Overview
Mitch Chaney has tried scores of high exposure cases to verdict in some of the most challenging jurisdictions in America. His practice focuses on civil and commercial litigation. His career, spanning over 30 years, includes trying cases on both sides of the docket at the federal and state level for leading manufacturers of automotive products, ATVs, firearms and other product liability cases in Texas. Additionally, Mitch has tried railroad crossing cases, FELA cases and legal malpractice cases on the defense side. Further, he has tried criminal and intellectual property cases. Before joining McGinnis Lochridge, he was a partner in his own firm in Brownsville, Texas and was the managing partner of that firm from 2009-2015.
Mitch also helps teach a skills workshop every year at his alma mater, the University of Kansas School of Law.
Honors & Recognitions
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants (2009 - 2025)
- Texas Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters service, Civil Litigation (2005 - 2024)
- Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™, AV® Preeminent™ (since 1986)
Community & Professional
- United States District Court Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division, United States Magistrate Merit Selection Panel (1998, 2000)
- American Bar Association, Law Practice Management Section, Litigation Section
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
- Bar Association of Fifth Federal Circuit
- Supreme Court Historical Society
- Kansas Bar Association
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Board of Directors, 2004-2006)
- Texas Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)
- State Bar of Texas, Special Assistant Disciplinary Counsel (1995)
- State Bar of Texas, Young Lawyers Association, District 15 (Director, 1989-1991)
- State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section, Council Member (2015-2020)
- University of Kansas School of Law, Board of Governors
- Cameron County Bar Association (Director, 1988-1990)
- City of Brownsville, Heritage Council, Heritage Review Committee (1999-2001)
- City of Brownsville Heritage Council (President 1998-2000)
- City of Brownsville, Brownsville Citizens Advisory Committee (1992-1996)
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Education
University of Kansas School of Law, J.D., 1981
University of Kansas, B.A., 1978
Bar admissions
- Texas
- Kansas
- Missouri
Court admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. District Courts for the Western, Northern, Eastern and Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court District of Kansas