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Mike Slack is the founding and managing partner of Slack Davis Sanger, L.L.P., and focuses on the most demanding areas of civil litigation, including aviation law and products liability cases against major corporations. A licensed pilot and former NASA aerospace engineer, Mike combines his technical knowledge and skills with his extensive litigation and trial experience for the benefit of his clients.. Mike's legal experience includes more than 35 years of litigating and trying lawsuits arising from catastrophic injuries and deaths due to the neglect of others or unsafe products. For most of his legal career, he has concentrated his practice on a diverse array of cases arising from crashes of aircraft and helicopters. In addition to providing the highest-quality legal services, Mike believes that it is his firm's responsibility not just to serve as our clients' legal advocate, but also to provide a comprehensive support system for our clients who have experienced a tragedy in their lives.. Going back to his roots as an engineer with NASA, Mike is a problem solver. In every case, he looks for ways to correct deficient behavior and prevent similar accidents from happening again. He has received national media attention as an advocate for stronger federal oversight to improve aviation safety, especially in the realm of air ambulance helicopter operations.. Mike successfully obtained settlements and verdicts in numerous products liability cases against aircraft and component manufacturers. In one products liability case against a helicopter manufacturer, he was able to negotiate a voluntary recall program, which afforded owners of a particular model of helicopter an opportunity to obtain a redesigned, more crashworthy fuel system to reduce the likelihood of post-crash fires.. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mike was a senior aerospace engineer at NASA, where he worked on the Apollo-Soyuz and Space Shuttle programs and received special recognition from NASA for his contributions. In 2002, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics named Mike an Associate Fellow, a unique honor for an attorney. He also serves on the Advisory Board for the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. In 2014, he received the Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Award from the university's Department of Aerospace Engineering in the Dwight Look College of Engineering.. Mike is certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Civil Trial Advocate and by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law.. Recent commercial aviation cases include the crashes of American Airlines Flight 331, American Connection Flight 5966, American Airlines Flight 587, and American Airlines Flight 1420. In addition, he has successfully obtained recoveries in numerous product liability cases against aircraft and component manufacturers. More details can be found at

I'm proud to have been recognized by Rising Star Super Lawyers each year since 2006. This distinction names the top 2.5 percent of lawyers in Texas who are younger than 40 or have been in practice fewer than 10 years.. In my aviation cases, I represent clients on both the plaintiff and defense sides of the bar concerning a range of aircraft from large commercial airframe jets to light and medium jets to a regional airline with a fleet of more than 10 aircraft serving more than 20 destinations.

I love practicing personal injury law, and I am good at it. My focus is my ability to tell your story. This is what we're good at.. I teach other plaintiff lawyers in Texas how to present their clients' damages in the most effective way. I tend to look at cases visually and get to know each of my clients and their families in order to understand what the collision or the injury has done to their world. Often the contrast between pre-collision and post-collision is dramatic. If I can show that contrast, then the insurance companies realize that the case is quite real, and they realize that they now have an opportunity to help you. If they balk at that opportunity to help, then we give that opportunity to a jury.. The effectiveness of how we tell your story is what will make a jury empathize with what has happened to you; juries will help when they understand the harms you have suffered.. If you have been the victim of a drunk or reckless driver, if you have been hit by someone who was not looking out for your motorcycle, if you have been t-boned by someone not paying attention to the traffic light because a text was more important than your safety, I can and I will help you.

Aviation trial lawyer.. I represent pilots, passengers, and families in claims involving manufacturers, pilots, air traffic controllers, owners, operators, maintenance facilities, and others in the aviation realm.. I also represent injured persons and families in wrecks involving commercial trucks and tractor/trailer "18-wheelers.". Commercial pilot certification in single-engine and multi-engine airplanes. Instrument rating, instrument flight instructor.

Attorney Michael Ely received his undergraduate degree in 1999 from Harding University. While incollege, Michael Ely worked as a White House intern under President Clinton and as a congressional intern with Congressman Vic Snyder’s office. Michael Ely received his law degree in 2002 from George Washington University located in Washington, DC. While in law school, Mr. Ely worked for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as a legal intern.. After graduating law school, Attorney Ely practiced law with the law firm R. Jack Clapp & Associates in Washington, DC, where he specialized in wrongful death and aviation cases. After three years as an associate with that firm, he became a partner in the law firm of Clapp, Desjardins and Ely, where he continued to practice Plaintiff’s personal injury and wrongful death law.. In August of 2009, Mr. Ely went to work for the law firm of Hassell, Moorhead & Carroll located in Daytona Beach, FL. While with that law firm, he concentrated his practice on insurance defense cases where he represented defendants for the first time, including the largest automobile insurance company in the United States.. Mr. Ely has been rated AV (the highest rating available) by Martindale Hubbell, who rates attorneys for legal ability and ethics. He has participated in 13 civil jury trials, including 9 cases in the past 4 years.. Michael Ely has litigated a variety of different cases for both Plaintiffs and Defendants, including:. • Aviation crash cases. • Gas Explosion cases. • FTCA cases (cases involving the United States government as a defendant). • Dog bite cases. • Automobile accident cases. • Trucking accident cases,. • Bus crash cases. • Property damage cases. • Wrongful death cases. • False imprisonment cases,. • Products liability cases. • Dram shop cases. Further, Michael Ely’s legal presence has been a national one. He has litigated cases in 14 different states and a multitude of different Courts.. Michael Ely is licensed to practice in the following jurisdictions:. • Texas. • Florida. • Maryland. • District of Columbia. • Military Court of Appeals. • United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. • US District Court for the Northern District of Florida. • US District Court for the Southern District of Florida. • US District Court for the Middle District of Florida. • US District Court for the District of Maryland. • US District Court for the District of Colorado. • US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. • US District Court for the Middle District of Illinois. • US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Allen Bertin is a shareholder in the firm's Business Group.  Allen regularly counsels entrepreneurs and investors in the early development stages of new business endeavors, including initial entity formation and capitalization. He also serves as outside general counsel for businesses, and represents businesses and their owners in many types of negotiated transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and aircraft purchase and sale, financing, and leasing transactions. Allen also collaborates with our tax planning group to counsel companies on entity conversion, restructuring and recapitalization transactions.

Experienced Aviation attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Aviation attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Aviation attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Aviation attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Aviation attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Aviation attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Aviation attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Aviation attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Aviation attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Aviation attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Aviation attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Aviation attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Aviation attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Aviation attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.