Mike is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a Fellow in the National College of Advocacy of the American Association for Justice. Mike has obtained many multi-million dollar verdicts, judgments, and settlements
Jury verdict in 2004 of $2.56 million for a Jones Act seaman injured in the Gulf of Alaska
(Ella Pike v. SeaRiver Maritime, Inc. Reduced on appeal to $2,141,716.75 – Attorneys Fees: $936,772.52; Expenses: $77,625.97; injury – unoperated cervical herniation and leg lacerations);
Jury verdict in 2006 of $4.3 million in an insurance bad faith case
(Lloyd Snyder v. Cunningham Lindsey – Attorneys’ Fees – $1,000,000; Expenses – $37,708.88.);
Jury verdict in 2007 of over $1.5 million increased to $1,752,767.44 with interest for a boat captain injured offshore Angola (Attorneys Feees: $788,745.35; Expenses $49,603.52; injury – unoperated spinal injuries and post traumatic stress disorder);
Jury verdict in 2008 of $2.16 million for a passenger in a helicopter crash landing in the Gulf of Mexico
(Attorneys Fees: $820,000; Expenses: $117,502.70; injury – lumbar injuries requiring surgery and post traumatic stress disorder);
Jury verdict in 2009 of $4.5 million for a marine mooring master injured in a personnel basket transfer in the Gulf of Mexico
Mike’s personal injury practice includes the representation of Jones Act and foreign seaman in disputes arising in U.S. waters and around the world. He also represents a number of U.K. residents injured in the U.S. on holiday, as well as working people from various countries who have been injured as a result of the actions of multinational companies.
Mike’s insurance bad faith practice includes the representation of workers’ compensation claimants who have had their claims delayed and denied by their insurers and adjusters. In addition, Mike has represented insureds and policy holders against domestic liability and excess insurers, and in transnational coverage disputes against U.K. and E.U. underwriters and company market insurers.
“Critical Thinking and Building Your Case from the Ground Up”, Nonverbals, Anchoring and Framing, American Association for Justice, 2011 Winter Convention, Miami, Florida, February 8, 2011
“Maritime Personal Injury”; Seaman’s Remedies, Defenses, and Procedural Issues, Houston, Texas, February 1, 2011.
Insurance Update and Bad Faith Litigation, Michael Doyle, Chris Martin, Harris County Judicial Education Conference, Houston, Texas, August 9, 2010
Michael P. Doyle and Darryl Silvera, Directing, Crossing and Challenging Experts, State Bar of Texas Sixth Annual Advanced Workers’ Compensation Course 2009, Austin, Texas, August 13-14, 2009
Michael P. Doyle, “The Current State of the US Legal Market”, Legal & Medical Conference 2009 (UK), Royal College of Medicine, London, April 2, 2009
Michael P. Doyle, American Association for Justice (AAJ) Mid-Winter Convention, “Cross-Examination of Experts”, San Juan, PR, January 2008
Michael P. Doyle, American Association for Justice (AAJ) Annual Convention, “Direct Examination”, Chicago, July 2007
Faculty member & Speaker, Association of Trial Lawyers of America (now American Association for Justice (AAJ) National College on “Depositions”, Cleveland, October 2006; Atlanta 2008
Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association, 2006 Annual Convention, “Champions of Justice”, Winning the Impossible Case”, Cody, June 2006
TTLA Admiralty Update, Texas Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA), Advanced Personal Injury Update, Houston, May 2006
Faculty member & Speaker, Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) National College on “Essentials of Civil Litigation”, Tuscaloosa, March 2006
Sequencing, Point of View, and Other Ways to Make your Case from the Start, Kansas Trial Lawyer Association Annual Crown Center Meeting, December 2004
Michael P. Doyle and Jeffrey L. Raizner, “Winning the Battle of the Atlantic,” Association of Personal Injury Lawyers Newsletter (UK), Vol. 13, Issue 3, June 2003
