Mitchell Toups is an accomplished litigator and principal of Mitchell A. Toups, Ltd., a nationwide business and catastrophic injury litigation firm based in Houston, Texas. Mr. Toups’ litigation practice focuses on commercial litigation, insurance litigation, class actions, products liability, and mass tort litigation.
Mr. Toups has tried hundreds of cases to verdict, judgment, or arbitration in courts and judicial forums throughout the United States and internationally.
Mr. Toups is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is also Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and Civil Pretrial Practice by the National Board of Legal Specialization. Mr. Toups is AV peer-review rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating possible by judges and lawyers for professional excellence, legal knowledge, analytical capabilities, judgment, legal experience, and legal ethics.
Education
- Texas Tech University School of Law (1982)
- Lamar University (1980)
Admissions
- All State Courts in Texas and New York
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- United States Court of Federal Claims
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- Supreme Court of New York
- Admitted pro hac vice in various other state and federal courts
Affiliations
- State Bar of Texas
- New York Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- American Bar Association
- Fellows of the American Bar Association
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- The Class Action Trial Lawyers
- Jefferson County Bar Association