Business and Lender Litigation; Employment; Personal Injury; Probate Litigation; Professional Negligence; Real Estate Litigation; Consumer and DTPA Litigation;

Torts and Insurance Litigation

Mike Amis began his private law practice in Oakland, California in 1971, returning to Dallas where he continued a civil litigation practice representing clients in most, if not all, the types of matters pending in our civil courts. He has mediated over 1,500 cases and has helped spread the good news of Dallas-style mediation to attorneys and courts in several states around the country.

Mike was a founding director of the Association of Attorney-Mediators, serving as President of that organization in 1991 and chair of its Seed Group Program which conducted trainings of experienced attorneys invited to be the first in their cities and states to bring the art of mediation to counsel and clients in their jurisdictions. He is a frequent speaker on mediation topics to local and state bar associations. He has been recognized three times as a “Texas Super Lawyer” and twice by Woodward and White as among the “Best Lawyers in America.” Amis has conducted in-house trainings for Federal Reserve Bank, the FDIC, Chevron Corporation as well as the Texas College of Advanced Judicial Studies and a variety of law firms. In 1998, Mike received “The Brutsche Award” from the Association of Attorney-Mediators.

Dallas Bar Basic and Advanced Training:
Chair, 1991, Instructor, 1990-1992,
Participant, 1989.
Attorney-Mediators Institute, Basic and Advanced:
Instructor, 1990-1991;
American Academy of Attorney-Mediators, Inc.:
Co-founder and Instructor, 1992-Present.
CDR Associates, Settlement Consultants Inc.,
Association of Attorney-Mediators.
L.L.B. University of Texas School of Law,
Austin, Texas, 1966
B.B.A. Accounting, Southern Methodist University, 1963

Mike Amis is a Super Lawyer of Texas in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Selected among “Best Lawyers in America” by Woodward and White, 2006

Winner of Steve Brutsche Award, Association of Attorney-Mediators, 1998

AFFILIATIONS

Member, State Bar of Texas

Member, California State Bar

(inactive)

Member, Dallas and Texas Bar

Foundations

Founding Director and Member,

Association of Attorney-Mediators

Co-founder and instructor, American Academy of Attorney– Mediators

HIS CLIENTS SAY:

“Mr. Amis did an outstanding job as a mediator. He was very persistent and hard working. He was also very patient and pleasant to be around.”

“Amis is the best mediator in Dallas and maybe the state.”

Mr. Amis has an excellent demeanor and personality for his work.”

“One of the reasons that I continue to use Mike Amis is because he understands the construction issues and because he really pursues resolution of the case, even if it means caucusing the parties days, weeks and even months after the session. I have found this particular aspect of his practice invaluable.”

“Mike is very proactive, and I think that’s the way it should be in order for mediation to be successful.”