Michael Clinton
Zehl & Associates
Michael Clinton is a personal injury, car accidents and workplace injuries trial lawyer with Zehl & Associates in Houston, Texas. J.D., Baylor University School of Law.
Meet Michael
Michael Clinton is a trial lawyer at Zehl & Associates in Houston, Texas, whose practice has been dedicated to representing people injured by the wrongdoing of others. He joined the firm after practicing at two other Houston firms.
His work spans motor vehicle collisions, workplace injuries, premises liability, sexual assaults, dog attacks and medical malpractice. He has also represented clients across the country in mass tort litigation involving defective medical products.
Clinton graduated from Southern Methodist University and earned his law degree from Baylor Law School on a Dean’s Scholarship. He competed in moot court and mock trial competitions while in law school and stayed an extra year as the P.C. Associate in Baylor Law’s Practice Court program.
He has presented at the Texas Trial Lawyers Association Car Wrecks CLE, the State Bar of Texas Damages CLE and the UT Law Car Crash Seminar. Texas Super Lawyers named him to its Up and Coming 100 list for 2023 and 2024 and to its Rising Stars list every year since 2018, and U.S. News & World Report named him to its Ones to Watch list for 2024.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Southern Methodist University, degree in Financial Consulting, minors in Economics and Philosophy
- Baylor Law School, law degree
Practice Areas
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association (CLE Committee)
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Past Member, CLE Committee)
- Houston Young Lawyers Foundation (Immediate Past Chair, Board of Trustees)
- Houston Young Lawyers Association (Past Board of Directors)
- Texas Super Lawyers Up and Coming 100 (2023, 2024)
- Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars (every year since 2018)
- U.S. News & World Report Ones to Watch (2024)
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