Michael Hutchens’ 30 years of practice provides him with a unique ability to service the legal and business needs of clients in a wide variety of areas. While Michael has spent a large part of his career representing management in labor and employment related areas, his clients have come to rely on his farsighted guidance and day-to-day problem-solving so much that Michael’s representation now extends to nearly all business-related matters.  As a result, Michael has an extensive background in all types off employment litigation and governmental investigations/audits; complex business litigation; healthcare and HIPAA Privacy; regulatory/administrative law; mergers and acquisitions; structuring complex business arrangements; drafting employment agreements, noncompete covenants, confidentiality provisions, and employment policies; drafting business/commercial contracts; and resolving pre-litigation employment, business, and shareholder disputes.

Michael’s primary goal for clients is pro-active risk avoidance. In fact, his new litigation clients usually become regular long-term consulting clients because Michael uses the litigation process as an opportunity to help the client understand how they could have avoided litigation entirely.

A native Cheesehead, Michael is a proud Texan by choice. He left the frigid Northwoods to attend college at SMU in Dallas, eventually married a 5^th generation Texan, and never left the DFW area. Michael received his J.D. from the Dedman School of Law at SMU in 1994. He and his wife are the proud parents of three daughters and are enjoying their recently acquired status as empty nesters, which has allowed Michael to unretire from golf after a 20+ year hiatus. Most importantly, Michael is also the only NFL team owner at KMD (Go Pack).

Michael is a member of the State Bar of Texas and is based in the Dallas-Fort Worth office of Kearney, McWilliams & Davis, PLLC.