Michael J. Durrschmidt graduated cum laude from South Texas College of Law in 1982, where he was honored as a member of the Order of Lytae and served on the editorial board for the South Texas Law Journal as Assistant Comments Editor. Mike graduated from American University's School of Public Affairs, with a double major in Political Science and Economics.

Practicing primarily in the areas of creditors' rights, bankruptcy, and banking, he represents lenders, suppliers, landlords, and lessors in cases related to work-outs, debt restructures, bankruptcy, state and federal collection and lien priority litigation, real and personal property foreclosures, and repossessions.  His extensive experience in business bankruptcy includes acquisition and disposition of business lines and assets in bankruptcy cases, prosecuting numerous contested stay litigation matters, as well as successfully contesting or confirming plans of reorganization.  Mike has prosecuted and defended numerous trials involving discharge/dischargeability and exemption issues.

He is Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization (since 1990), and nationally certified by the American Bankruptcy Institute  (since 1992). Mike is a member of The College of the State Bar of Texas, an honor society of lawyers who are among the best trained attorneys in Texas.

Mike is rated an AV lawyer by Martindale and Hubbell.  Annually, Texas Monthly Magazine publishes a list of Texas Super Lawyers based on surveys of the more than 55,000 attorneys across the state who have been licensed to practice for five years or more. The category of Super Lawyer belongs to only the top 5 percent of Texas attorneys in more than 60 practice areas.   Mike has been named to the "Super Lawyers" list in 2009 in the area of Bankruptcy and Workouts.  This marks Mike's sixth consecutive year to have achieved this honor.  Additionally, Mike has been voted and recognized by H Texas Magazine as a "Top Lawyer for the People" in February 2008 and as a "Houston's Top Lawyer" in June 2008.  Mike was a speaker at the 3rd Annual Consumer Bankruptcy Conference sponsored by the University of Texas School of Law speaking on the topic of exemptions.

Mike is admitted to practice in all Texas state courts, the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal for the Second and Fifth Circuits, and the Federal District Courts of Texas. Mike has practiced before numerous bankruptcy courts across the country.

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