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About Michael Clinton
Michael R. Clinton is a trial lawyer at Zehl & Associates Injury & Accident Lawyers in Houston, where he handles a broad range of personal injury litigation including motor vehicle collisions, workplace injuries, premises liability, sexual assaults, dog attacks, and medical malpractice cases. He also represents clients coast-to-coast in mass tort litigation involving defective medical products. Michael earned his undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University in Financial Consulting, with minors in Economics and Philosophy, and his J.D. from Baylor Law School, where he received the Dean's Scholarship and completed an additional year as a P.C. Associate in Baylor Law's nationally renowned Practice Court program. Before joining Zehl & Associates, he practiced at two other Houston firms. Michael has been named to the Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars list every year since 2018 and to the Up and Coming 100 list in 2023 and 2024, as well as to U.S. News and World Report's Ones to Watch list in 2024.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Zehl & Associates
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Zehl & Associates secured a $35 million settlement for the family of Susana Longoria, a 31-year-old nursing student and single mother killed when a Ben E. Keith 18-wheeler struck her disabled car and the people helping her on I-35W in Fort Worth.
A Dallas County jury found Oncor's driver 84 percent at fault and awarded $37.5 million to the widow and three children of trucker Shamsher Singh, killed on I-635 when a distracted Oncor service-truck driver struck his stopped 18-wheeler.
Zehl & Associates recovered $16 million for a drillship floorhand injured in the moonpool of a Gulf of Mexico rig, ranked by TopVerdicts as the largest reported Jones Act maritime settlement in Texas for 2025.
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