Michelle Jacobs

Michelle Jacobs is an experienced trial lawyer who advocates with tireless dedication, whether in writing, in the courtroom, or at any other stage of litigation. Michelle represents clients in complex commercial, intellectual property, and products liability litigation in state and federal courts throughout the country. Her experience includes breach of contract, fraud, business disparagement, products liability, false advertising, breach of warranty, trade secret, copyright, and trademark claims, among others. Michelle also co-chairs the firm’s Products Liability Litigation Practice.

Clients appreciate Michelle’s sound business judgment and commitment to helping them achieve their business goals. She has substantial courtroom experience and works proactively and aggressively to position cases for a favorable outcome.

Michelle plays a leading role in complex litigation, including:

• Defeating a class action bid for AT&T involving claims of alleged environmental contamination and abandonment of property rights.
• Managing products liability lawsuits throughout the nation for a large manufacturer.
• Securing a unanimous dismissal of all claims against Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., following a two-week final arbitration hearing, in which the opposing party claimed that Halliburton misappropriated its alleged trade secrets and violated a non-disclosure agreement between the parties.
• After 16 weeks of trial, obtaining a judgment in favor of a coalition of 88 school districts on each of their affirmative claims, which challenged the constitutionality of Texas’s school finance system. Although the Texas Supreme Court ultimately reversed the trial court’s judgment, the case was widely publicized and cast light on the current state of public education in Texas.
• Securing a voluntary dismissal of all claims in response to motions to dismiss filed on behalf of a manufacturer of water filtration systems in a putative class action alleging breaches of warranty and false advertising.

Michelle enjoys dedicating her time to community service and pro bono work. She currently serves on the board of Genesis Young Leaders, an auxiliary of Genesis Women’s Shelter, and she leads the firm’s initiative to provide pro bono services to clients of Genesis Women’s Shelter. She served as first chair in a trial seeking asylum on behalf of a mother and her four children who faced imminent physical harm and persecution if forced to return to Sudan. At the conclusion of the trial, the woman and her four children were all granted asylum. Because of her work on this case, she was awarded the 2015 Outstanding Associate Award for the Asylum Program of Human Rights Initiative of North Texas.