Jeffrey D. Migit​​

Jeffrey D. Migit​

Partner

  • Phone: 713-547-9112
  • Email: jmigit@hicks-thomas.com
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffmigit/​​​​

Bio​​​

Jeff Migit is an experienced trial attorney with a diverse practice that focuses on complex commercial and business litigation. Mr. Migit has represented energy-based companies, including oil and gas (upstream and midstream), renewable energy, and oil field services companies, as well as corporate and individual clients in various other industries. He has prosecuted and defended cases involving breach of contract and business torts, including fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference, and misappropriation of trade secrets, among other matters. Mr. Migit also has extensive experience in insurance-related litigation, including ERISA/managed care litigation and insurance coverage disputes. He has tried cases in state and federal court and has handled numerous complex commercial arbitrations.

For more than two decades before joining Hicks Thomas, Mr. Migit was a trial partner with a large international law firm.

Practice Emphasis

Education

JD, South Texas College of Law, 1995

  • South Texas Law Review, Note and Comment Editor
  • Order of the Lytae

BS, University of Houston, summa cum laude, 1992

  • Phi Kapp Phi

Court Admissions

  • State Bar of Texas
  • United States District Courts for the Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas

Honors & Distinctions

  • Recognized as a Texas Rising Star,Super Lawyers byThomson Reuters (published inTexas Monthly) (2004)

Professional Memberships

  • Houston Bar Association
  • Texas Bar Foundation

Clerkships

  • Law clerk to the Hon. Paul C. Murphy, Chief Justice, Fourteenth Court of Appeals (1995-1996)

Representative Cases

  • Represented an international liability insurer in complex insurance coverage actions involving multiple insurers and latent injury claims spanning several decades.
  • Represented a former Chief Financial Officer of a publicly-traded bankrupt company sued for allegedly breaching fiduciary duties in connection with several corporate transactions.
  • Represented a law firm accused of securities fraud and legal malpractice in connection with a failed real estate development project.