Michael Wynne

Top rated White Collar Crimes attorney in Houston, Texas

Gregor Wynne Arney, PLLC
Michael Wynne
Gregor Wynne Arney, PLLC

Practice Areas: White Collar Crimes; view more

Licensed in Texas since: 1992

Education: Harvard Law School

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2021 - 2025

Gregor Wynne Arney, PLLC

4265 San Felipe St
Ste. 700
Houston, TX 77027 Visit website

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Michael Wynne is Co-Chair of Gregor Wynne Arney, PLLC, a Houston-based litigation boutique.  Michael practices white collar criminal defense and election law and has consistently shepherded individuals and companies, including corporate victims, successfully through state and federal criminal investigations. Michael has extensive experience and expertise in election and voting rights cases. Michael handles the most complex criminal corporate fraud, public corruption, food safety, money laundering, extradition, intellectual property, and asset forfeiture cases. For Michael, the only successful representation is one you never read about in the newspaper and that never reaches the stage of criminal charges.

Michael attended Bucknell University, and graduated magna cum laude with departmental honors in Economics in 1989. At Harvard Law School, he earned his Juris Doctor in 1992, was a research assistant to the Hon. Stephen Breyer. He is admitted to practice in the state of Texas and all federal courts in Texas, the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.  He is presently pro hac vice in multiple states.   Michael is a Sustaining Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, a member of the Texas Bar College since 2019, a twice-elected Director of the State Bar of Texas, multiple-term Chair of the HBA Criminal Law and Procedure Section, a frequent legal commentator to the local media, sponsor of the Houston Business Forum, contributor to The Houston Lawyer, Vice President of the Downtown Houston Rotary Club and member of Second Baptist Church.

 

Practice areas

Criminal Defense: White Collar

Focus areas

White Collar Crime

  • 100% Criminal Defense: White Collar

First Admitted: 1992, Texas

Professional Webpage: https://gwafirm.com/michael-j-wynne/

Bar/Professional Activity:
  • Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation, 2022
  • Member, State Bar College, 2022
  • Chair, Houston Bar Association Criminal Law and Procedure Section, 2022
  • Member, State Bar of Texas, 2022
  • Vice President, Downtown Houston Rotary Club, 2023
  • Monthly-Corporate Sponsor, Houston Business Forum Speaker Series, 2022
  • Board Member, Houston Lawyer, 2021
  • Chair, Houston Bar Association, Criminal Law and Procedure Section, 2020
  • Vice-Chair, American Bar Association Health Care Section, 2017
  • Director for the State Bar of Texas, District 4, Place 3 (three-year term ending June, 2026)., 2023
  • Co-Chair for the Houston Bar Association Administration of Justice Committee, responsible for planning and presenting Bench/Bar conference, 2018
  • Member, Southern District of Texas, Federal Bar Association, 2022
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
  • Criminal No. 14-CR-388-MMA; United States of America v. Jose Susumo Azano Matsura, et al., in the United States District Court for The Southern District of California, San Diego, 2016
  • Cause No. 2016-24818; Superior Energy v. Christopher Russo, Martin LeBlanc, et al.; in the 295th District Court of Harris County, Texas, 2018
  • Cause No. 01-18-00701-CV; Anahid Prigmore v. Tina S. Mantooth; in the First District Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas, 2018
  • Cause No. 2019-30591; The State of Texas v. Bayou Social Club, LLC dba Prime Social Club, in the 295th Judicial District of Harris County, Texas, and related cases., 2019
  • Case No. 1:92-cr-00129-SS; United States v. Mann; in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas at Austin, 2019
  • Civil Action No. 10-CV-2512; Unipec America, Inc. v. Carmine Battista, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2019
  • Case No. 4:16-cv-03595; Arya Risk Management System Pvt., Ltd. v. Dufossat Capital Puerto Rico, LLC.; in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division , 2019
  • Case No. 4:18-cr-00575; United States v. Steven Pursley, In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, 2019
  • Cause No. 2017-82546; MIKA Ventures, LLC. & Maribel Renteria v. EnerMech Mechanical Services, Inc.; in the 165th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas, 2019
  • Case No. 4:19-cr-00794; United States v. Dannenbaum; in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, 2019
Videos:
Representative Clients:
  • McCrary Interests, 2015
  • Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, 2016
  • American Modern Insurance, 2017
  • Central Chiropractic (St. Louis, MO), 2017
  • Amec Foster Wheeler, 2017
  • Harris County Emergency Service District Board of Directors, 2018
  • LeBlanc Real Estate Investments, Inc., 2018
  • Martin LeBlanc, 2018
  • Shorty's Outdoor Adventures, LLC, 2018
  • Partners Pharmacy, LLC, 2018
  • Chapman Associates, LLC, 2018
  • Aroldo Cadriel, 2019
  • Clint Carr, 2019
  • Arroyo Interests, 2019
  • Dinn Mineral Trust, 2019
  • Yngrid Silva, 2019
  • Salman Mukaty, 2019
  • Marvel Mann, 2019
  • Inland Recycling, Inc., 2019
  • James Prince, 2019
  • CC Pharmacy, 2019
  • Hector Javier Villarreal Hernandez, 2019
  • Prime Social Club, 2019
  • Shaun Mooney, 2019
  • MIKA Ventures, LLC, 2019
  • Lamar Burks, 2019
  • Drilling Structures International, Inc., 2019
  • Sunil Wadhwani, hotel owner, 2019
  • Ultramarine Commodities, LLC, 2019
  • Victory Healthcare System, 2019
  • Dufossat Capital, LLC, 2019
  • Blue Bell Creameries, 2019
  • Union Pacific Railroad Company, 2019
  • Dannenbaum Engineering Corporation, 2019
Pro bono/Community Service:
  • Representation of indigent Chrisshaun Brown in criminal proceedings., 2019
  • Representation of Charles Lee Baird, special needs individual, in criminal proceedings., 2019
  • Served as a judge for the Harris County High School Mock Trial Tournament and the National College Moot Court competitions, 2018
Honors/Awards:
  • Chosen due to prosecutorial work resulting in convictions of several attorneys, a state judge, and a district attorney who at the time was running for Congress., Cameron County Outstanding Public Service Award, Cameron County, Texas, Bar Association, 2014
Educational Background:
  • Harvard Law School, J.D., 1992
  • Bucknell University, B.A. with Honors in Economics, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, with Departmental Honors, 1989
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
  • Houston Bar Association Foreign Corrupt Practice Act Seminar, Speaker, HBA FCPA Seminar, 2017
  • Federal Law for Corporate Counsel, Speaker, Federal Law for Corporate Counsel, 2017
  • Federal Criminal Law Discussion at the American Society for Professional Fraud Examiners, Speaker, Federal Criminal Law Discussion, 2017
Other Outstanding Achievements:
  • State Bar College, 2019
  • Texas Bar Foundation Sustaining Life Fellow, 2019
Industry Groups:
  • Energy Trading; Political Campaigns; Health Care; Foreign Affairs; Oil & Gas; Insurance

Office location for Michael Wynne

4265 San Felipe St
Ste. 700
Houston, TX 77027

Phone: 832-602-3639

Selections

5 Years Super Lawyers
  • Super Lawyers: 2021 - 2025

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