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Admitted: Texas, 1966

Law School: University Of Texas, J.D.

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Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, ADR

Additional Information: Michael S. Wilk is president of Hirsch & Westheimer and a member of its Executive Committee. Michael joined the Firm immediately after graduating with honors from the University of Texas School of Law in 1966, where he was an Associate Editor of the Texas Law Review. During his career, he has assisted clients with the overall structure and supervision of business transactions, frequently representing buyers and sellers of businesses and commercial real estate. In recent years, he has represented clients in contested civil litigation addressing issues of contract, real estate, partnerships and corporations, banking, common-law fraud, contested wills, breach of fiduciary duty, bankruptcy, and creditors' rights. He has successfully defended financial institutions in lawsuits involving claims of breach of good faith and fair dealing, usury, anti-trust, lender liability, and family trust mismanagement. Since 1991, he has focused on Alternative Dispute Resolution. He has also acted as mediator or arbitrator in hundreds of cases involving complex commercial and business disputes. He is a frequent speaker on topics such as arbitration, mediation, and future ADR trends. He has published numerous articles on Alternative Dispute Resolution procedures. As an arbitrator and mediator, Mr. Wilk is a fellow in the College of Commercial Arbitrators and a founding member of the Texas Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. He is a member of the American Arbitration Association Panel of Neutrals/Large Complex Commercial Cases; CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (Panel of Distinguished Neutrals) and the American Health Lawyers Association Panel of Neutrals (Arbitration and Mediation). He was chairman of the ADR Section for the State Bar of Texas for 2005-2006. He has also served as a Director and National President of the Association of Attorney Mediators; Director of the Harris County Dispute Resolution Center; Chairman of Peer Mediations and Schools Task Force for the Houston Bar Association and the Houston Bar Association ADR Section.

Firm Members: Lee Herman

Firm Members: Michael Conner

Firm Members: Whitney Rawlinson