Michael Simons is an experienced trial lawyer with first-chair experience in complex cases including patent infringement, trade secret, breach of contract, fraud, trademark, and trade dress cases principally in the areas of medical devices, disruptive internet technology and financial services.

(Fed. Cir.); (E.D. Tex.) — Represented a neurosurgeon in a trade secret and correction of inventorship case against one of the largest privately held, medical device companies in the United States; obtained a large jury verdict after a jury trial in the Eastern District of Texas; the verdict was affirmed by the Federal Circuit
(Tex. – Harris County) — Represented one of the world’s largest chemical companies in the prosecution of a trade secret case in Houston that ended in a verdict that was identified by The National Law Journal as one of the 10 largest verdicts in America that year
(Tex. Dist. – Harris Cnty.) — Represented one of the largest banks in the United States in a fraud and conversion case wherein the plaintiff claimed more than $450 million in damages (jury trial in Harris County, Texas, resulting in a defense verdict and an award of attorney’s fees to the bank)
(5th Cir.); (S.D. Tex.) — Represented the largest tortilla manufacturer in the United States against charges of monopolization filed by 17 small tortilla manufacturers that claimed $84 million in damages (jury trial in the Southern District of Texas, resulting in a directed verdict for the defense that was affirmed on appeal)
(W.D. Okla.) — Represented one of the largest medical device companies in the United States in a three-week jury trial of patent infringement claims related to angioplasty catheter design technology