Mike Correll practices in Alston & Bird’s Dallas office as a member of the firm’s Litigation & Trial Practice Group.
He has experience in a variety of litigation and appellate matters in numerous substantive areas, including commercial disputes, intellectual property, labor and employment, products liability, and tax. He has briefed a wide array of matters ranging from discovery disputes to dispositive motions to mandamus and substantive appellate review before state and federal courts throughout the country, and he has argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Mike was named a Texas Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in commercial litigation and appellate practice for 2013.
Mike served as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Catharina Haynes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He received his J.D. from Stanford University. During law school, Mike served as the managing editor of the Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance, and he argued before the California Court of Appeals as a member of Stanford’s Criminal Defense Clinic. Mike received his B.A. in English and Political Science from Southern Methodist University.
- Represented a large educational technology company in a federal lawsuit alleging contract, fraud and negligent misrepresentation claims. Secured summary judgment on all outstanding claims and the client paid nothing to the plaintiff.
- Represented a manufacturer of seismic data acquisition equipment in patent litigation on appeal to the Federal Circuit. Successfully secured affirmance of the district court’s favorable grant of judgment as a matter of law reducing the jury’s damage award by $12 million.
- Represented a manufacturer of faucets and showerheads before the Department of Energy in an investigation related to compliance with regulatory requirements. Obtained a favorable settlement that reduced the proposed civil penalty by 75 percent.
- Represented a United States Air Force officer pro bono in a contract dispute involving a large in-home service provider. Obtained a favorable settlement through informal negotiations without resorting to full litigation.
- Represented a state prisoner, pro bono, in a civil rights appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit after the prisoner’s claims were dismissed on summary judgment. Obtained a full reversal of the federal district court’s judgment.
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Mike Correll, an associate in the firm’s Litigation & Trial Practice Group, was quoted by NBC News and the ABA Journal regarding a Fourth Amendment case recently argued before the Supreme Court that questions the constitutionality of blood testing DUI suspects without their consent.
January 10, 2013
In the Press
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“It’s All Business: The Ethics of Lawyer-Judge Interactions in the Context of Business Torts,” Business Torts Institute (2011) [with Judge Catharina Haynes].
2011
Publications
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“Is There a Doctor in the (Station) House? Reassessing the Constitutionality of Compelled DWI Blood Draws Forty-Five Years After Schmerber,” 113 W. Va. L. Rev. 381 (2011).
2011
Publications
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“Fifth Circuit Survey — Employment Law,” 43 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 911 (2011).
2011
Publications
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“Finding The Limits of Equitable Liberality: Reconsidering the Liberal Construction of Pro Se Appellate Briefs,” 35 Vt. L. Rev. 863 (2011).
2011
Publications
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“Getting Fat on Government Cheese: The Connection Between Social Welfare Participation, Gender, and Obesity in America,” 18 Duke J. Gender L. & Pol. 45 (2010).
2010
Publications
- Member, State Bar of Texas Pro Bono College (2012)