Michael Slack
Managing Partner & Co-Founder | Slack Davis, PLLC
Michael Slack is a aviation accidents, product liability and catastrophic injury trial lawyer and managing partner & co-founder of Slack Davis, PLLC in Austin, Texas. Admitted in Texas; J.D., The University of Texas at Austin School of Law (1983).
Meet Michael
Michael L. (Mike) Slack is the managing partner and co-founder of Slack Davis, PLLC, in Austin, Texas. He handles aviation accident and product liability cases against major corporations, representing people catastrophically injured or families who have lost a loved one.
A licensed pilot and former NASA aerospace engineer, Slack has more than 36 years of legal experience and has litigated or tried cases in state or federal courts in 36 states. He has focused most of his career on aviation accidents, from major airline disasters to general aviation crashes. He has advocated for stronger federal oversight of aircraft design and of air ambulance, charter, air tour and commercial hot air balloon operations.
Slack is board certified in aviation law and personal injury trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and in civil trial law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in aerospace engineering from Texas A&M University in 1973 and 1974 and a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1983.
He is a past president of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, serving in 1997, and sits on its board of directors. He has also served as chair of the aviation law section of the American Association for Justice.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Texas A&M University, B.S. in Aerospace Engineering (1973)
- Texas A&M University, M.S. in Aerospace Engineering (1974)
- J.D., The University of Texas at Austin (1983)
- Admitted to the State Bar of Texas (1983)
- Board Certified in Aviation Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Board Certified in Civil Trial Law, National Board of Trial Advocacy
- Registered Professional Engineer (Aerospace)
Practice Areas
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Past President 1997; Board of Directors)
- American Association for Justice (Past Chair, Aviation Law Section; Board of Governors)
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- State Bar of Texas
- Dallas Bar Association
- Austin Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association
- Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- National Business Aviation Association
- Texas Pattern Jury Oversight Committee (2018-present)
- Distinguished Aggie Lawyer, Texas A&M University (2023)
- Distinguished Aerospace Engineering Alumni, Texas A&M University (2018)
- Outstanding Aerospace Engineer, Texas A&M University (2014)
- Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2009-present)
- Super Lawyers (2003-present)
- The Best Lawyers in America (1999-present)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rated
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