Biography
From Los Angeles to the Texas Courtroom
Career
Mickey Haller joined Holdsworth & Inkwell as a partner in 2018 following more than two decades of independent trial practice in Los Angeles. Relocating to Austin to anchor his practice within the firm's Texas footprint, he transitioned his deep courtroom experience fully into sophisticated civil advocacy.
Practice
His practice focuses on commercial litigation and policyholder-side insurance recovery, with particular depth in matters where the client is an individual, small business, or family office facing a sophisticated institutional adversary. He has tried over thirty matters across his career and brings a trial-tested perspective to complex settlement negotiations.
Teaching and California Practice
He is a frequent CLE speaker on courtroom strategy and the author of two book chapters on cross-examination technique. He continues to maintain his California bar admission and appears occasionally in California state court on legacy matters.
Credentials
The Record Behind the Practice
What follows is Mickey Haller's professional record, gathered in one place rather than scattered across separate lists. The firm holds it to the same standard applied to every attorney, regardless of office or practice area, so a compact record carries the same weight as an extensive one. For the fuller picture of how the firm evaluates and presents credentials across all four offices, see the firm's credentials overview.
Court Admissions
Education
- B.A., Political Science, UCLA, 1992
- J.D., UCLA School of Law, 1995
Attorneys are licensed only in the jurisdictions listed in their individual credentials. Admission to practice varies by attorney and by court; nothing on this page implies licensure in any jurisdiction not expressly stated.
Recognition
- Texas Distinguished Counsel | Business Litigation, 2025
- Peer Counsel Register’s Top Lawyers | Commercial Litigation, 2024
Practice Areas
Where His Experience Runs Deep
The areas below are where Mickey Haller has built direct, sustained experience. Whether concentrated in one discipline or spread across several, each represents matters he has actually handled.
Practice Area
Commercial Litigation
Trial-tested representation for businesses navigating contract disputes, business torts, and competitive harm.
Practice Area
Insurance Recovery
Recovery for businesses and policyholders facing denied claims, coverage disputes, and bad-faith conduct by insurance carriers.
Sectors
Context Beyond the Case File
A legal matter sits inside a client's business, not apart from it. The sectors below are the industries Mickey has actually worked in. Some attorneys concentrate in one; others move across several. Each reflects applied experience, not a general claim of range.
Sector
Financial Services
Litigation for banks, mortgage servicers, investment funds, and private equity sponsors across securities and fiduciary disputes.
Sector
Manufacturing
Litigation for industrial manufacturers in supply chain disputes, trade secret matters, and product recall coverage.
Sector
Government Contractors
Litigation for federal and state contractors in False Claims Act matters, contract disputes, and parallel administrative proceedings.
Experience
Representative Matters
The matters below are representative of Mickey Haller's work at the firm, each prepared with the same care regardless of size or visibility. They reflect experience built over years of practice, not a forecast of how any new matter will proceed.
Defended Municipality in Highway Defect Litigation Under § 13a-149
dismissal2026ConnecticutWon Public Bid Protest Under Louisiana Public Bid Law
bid-protest-decision2025LouisianaSecured Fifth Circuit Affirmance in Energy Sector Commercial Dispute
trial-verdict2024TexasWon Chapter 542A Insurance Recovery for Manufacturing Client
jury-verdict2024TexasObtained Eleventh Circuit Reversal in Real Estate Litigation
trial-verdict2023Florida
Resources
Insights from Mickey Haller
Mickey's writing reads the way he argues a case: a plain statement of where things stand, not a softened version of it. When he has taken up a subject in his own words, rather than the firm's collective voice, it appears here, addressing the practical stakes behind a legal question as much as the doctrine itself.
Team
Depth Beyond One Name
A matter rarely moves on one calendar alone. The people who support Mickey Haller's work, sharing responsibility for scheduling, drafting, and the practical management of a matter, are introduced below. Their part of the work gets the same care as the strategy it serves.
Location
Mickey Haller's Office
The details below show where to reach Mickey Haller directly. Wherever he's based, he draws on the same bench and the same standard of preparation that runs across the firm.
Phone (512) 463-4630
Fax (512) 867-5309
- Monday
- 7 AM – 8 PM
- Tuesday
- 7 AM – 8 PM
- Wednesday
- 7 AM – 8 PM
- Thursday
- 7 AM – 8 PM
- Friday
- 7 AM – 8 PM
- Saturday
- 9 AM – 8 PM
- Sunday
- 9 AM – 8 PM
Business Profiles
Elsewhere Online
These links lead to other places Mickey Haller can be found online, apart from this page. What appears above speaks to what he has earned; what follows here is simply a matter of presence, additional points of contact and reference rather than further qualification.
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