User details
ID 1366430170 Email address mjt@obt.com
Status ResoluteOnly
First name Michael Last name Truncale
Full name Michael J. Truncale Esq.
Gender Male
Photo resolute/photos/Michael-Truncale.jpg
Contact information
Corporation Orgain, Bell & Tucker
Address 1 470 Orleans Street
City Beaumont
ZIP Code 77701
State Texas
Phone (409)838-6412 Fax (409)838-6959
Cell public? Yes
Promote video conferencing? No
CC name   CC email  
Formal Qualifications & Memberships
Judge? No
ADR services 1,2
Education Michael received his law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1985, where he was the President of the Student Bar Association and a Moot Court instructor. He was graduated with high honors from Lamar University in 1978 with a degree in economics, where he was elected to Phi Kappa Phi. He earned a master's degree in Business Administration in Banking and Finance from the University of North Texas in 1980.
Memberships

For several years, he has served as a member of the Standing Committee of the State Bar of Texas on Pattern Jury Charges – Malpractice, Premises, and Products Liability. He is a member of the College of the State Bar, and is a fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. He also maintains memberships in the Texas Association of Defense Counsel, the Defense Research Institute, and the American Bar Association.

Michael has been selected to become a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, a trial lawyer honorary society that includes for Fellowship less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Fellows are selected based upon effectiveness and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation. Michael is President of the Michelle Mehaffy Inn of Court, and he is a recent President of the Jefferson County Bar Association. He also served as the President of the Jefferson County Young Lawyers Association, and he was a member of the Alumni Advisory Council to the Southern Methodist University School of Law. Currently, he is Chair of the Local Bar Services Committee of the State Bar of Texas. He also served on the Law Focused Education Committee of the Texas Young Lawyers Association.

Finally, Michael is widely recognized for his leadership and involvement in civic, cultural, and church organizations in Southeast Texas.

Biography

Michael is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, is A/V rated in Martindale-Hubbell, and is listed as a “Super Lawyer” in Texas Monthly and was honored by Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition for being a “Super Lawyer in Civil Litigation Defense.”

He handles cases involving products liability, premises liability, toxic tort, health care liability, governmental liability, transportation, mass tort, insurance coverage, environmental litigation, as well as commercial litigation. Michael serves as local counsel in Patent Litigation and other types of litigation in the Eastern District of Texas. Michael is also a certified mediator in the Eastern District of Texas and in all state courts, and he is an arbitrator.

ADR Practice & Case Experience
Additional languages 1
Practice started 0
Dispute areas 15,32,37,44,50,61,65,67,69,85,94
Calendar Settings
Private calendar purchased No
Calendar preference Disabled Calendar display type 5 day
Calendar last update time Never
Booking
Whole days Disabled Multiple mediations Disabled Ask Client to Select ADR Service? Disabled
Time zone Eastern
Requested Date Automatically Held/Booked? Disabled Auto hold type On Hold Ask if all attending counsel agreed on date? Disabled
Notes mandatory? Yes
Additional attendees No
GoogleMaps
Map enabled Yes Streetview enabled Yes
Latitude 0
Longitude 0
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