I am a trial lawyer and principal of Mitchell A. Toups, Ltd., a nationwide catastrophic injury litigation firm based in Houston, Texas. My law practice focuses on serious injury and wrongful death cases, including serious ski and snowboard injury and wrongful death cases, class actions, products liability, and mass tort litigation.
I have tried hundreds of cases to verdict in state and federal courts throughout the United States and internationally.
I am Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. I also am Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and Civil Pretrial Practice by the National Board of Legal Specialization. I am a Texas Super Lawyer and AV peer-review rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating possible by judges and lawyers for professional excellence, legal knowledge, analytical capabilities, judgment, legal experience, and legal ethics.
Education
- Texas Tech University School of Law (1982)
- Lamar University (1980)
Court Admissions
- All State Courts in Texas and New York
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- United States Court of Federal Claims
- United States District Court for the District of Colorado
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- Admitted pro hac vice in various other state and federal courts
Affiliations
- State Bar of Texas
- New York Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- American Bar Association
- Fellows of the American Bar Association
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Houston Bar Association
- Jefferson County Bar Association
