
Practice Areas: White Collar Crimes; view more
Licensed in Texas since: 1992
Education: Harvard Law School
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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 CollarFocus areas
White Collar Crime
- 100% Criminal Defense: White Collar
First Admitted: 1992, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://gwafirm.com/michael-j-wynne/
- 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
- 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
- Michael J. Wynne speaks with KPRC News., August 2023 - Questions Arise Around Former HISD Trustee, Rhonda Skillern-Jones, Who Has Been Vacationing Since Being Found Guilty Of Conspiracy Tied To Bribes In 2021, 2023
- April 2023 - KPRC News: Pappa’s Family Files Lawsuit Alleging Inappropriate Contact By Mayor’s Office During Bidding Process, 2023
- Ask a Defense Attorney hosted by Michael J. Wynne, Ask a Defense Attorney hosted by Michael J. Wynne, 2019
- 13 Investigates: Mayor Turner says no connection between breakfast meeting, campaign donations and city insurance contract., 13 Investigates: Mayor Turner says no connection between breakfast meeting, campaign donations and city insurance contract, 2019
- Michael J. Wynne speaks with Bloomberg on Enron Trial, Michael J. Wynne speaks with Bloomberg on Enron Trial, 2006
- Michael J. Wynne speaks on Jeffrey Skilling and the Enron trial, Michael J. Wynne speaks on Jeffrey Skilling and the Enron trial, 2006
- Michael J. Wynne speaks with Bloomberg about Bristol Myers trial, Michael J. Wynne speaks with Bloomberg about Bristol Myers trial, 2006
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Harvard Law School, J.D., 1992
- Bucknell University, B.A. with Honors in Economics, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, with Departmental Honors, 1989
- 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
- State Bar College, 2019
- Texas Bar Foundation Sustaining Life Fellow, 2019
- Energy Trading; Political Campaigns; Health Care; Foreign Affairs; Oil & Gas; Insurance
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