Michael Oldham

Partner

Plaintiffs and defendants rely on Mike Oldham’s exceptional ability to explain complicated issues and persuasively tell his clients’ stories to a jury. An industry generalist by choice, Mike has an impressive track record of successfully handling high stakes and contingency fee cases for companies, private equity groups, and entrepreneurs. His clients have included ExxonMobil, Texas Children’s Hospital, Bessemer Trust, NewQuest Properties, Avera Companies, Duke Energy, and DCP Midstream. Mike’s private equity clients have included The Sterling Group, The Stephens Group, Luxor Capital, and portfolio companies of Quantum Energy Partners, Clearlake Capital Group, Riverstone, First Reserve and Cerberus.

Mike is known for his relentless determination and ability to get up to speed quickly. In one particularly noteworthy case, he was hired by a major energy company to try an oil and gas accounting case that had been pending for years. After trying the case to a jury, Mike won all the claims in the client’s favor and so impressed both sides of the dispute that both the plaintiff and the defendant hired Mike to represent them in other major disputes the following year.

After graduating second in his class from The University of Texas School of Law, Mike clerked for Judge Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mike was a partner at Gibbs & Bruns LLP before co-founding Reynolds Frizzell LLP, which has been recognized as a Top Ten Litigation Boutique in America.

A leader in the legal and civic community, Mike has been honored repeatedly by Benchmark Litigation, Best Lawyers in America, and Super Lawyers, which ranks Mike as a Top 100 Super Lawyer. He is a past recipient of the Houston Bar Association President’s Award for Outstanding Committee Chair. Mike is also a member of the University of Texas Development Board and currently serves as Chair of the University of Texas School of Nursing Advisory Committee.

• University of Texas Development Board
• Heroes for Children, Board Member
• University of Texas School of Nursing Advisory Council, Chairman
• Texas Children’s Hospital Food Allergy Council
• Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, Souvenir Program Committeeman
• Madrugadores Breakfast Club
• Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow

• The University of Texas School of Law
  • J.D., with High Honors, 1996
  • Vice-Chancellor (#2 in Class); Order of the Coif; Associate Editor, Texas Law Review

• Universidad de Belgrano
  • International Legal Studies, 1995
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina

• The University of Texas at Austin
  • Plan II, with High Honors, 1993
  • B.A., Honors Business Program, with Highest Honors
  • B.B.A., Finance, with Highest Honors