Mike Conlon retired as partner on January 1, 2012 and now advises the firm on special projects.  Mike was Co-Partner-in-Charge of the firm'sHouston office from 2001 to 2007 and Partner-in-Charge from 2007 to 2011, Partner-in-Charge of its Washington office from 1992 to 1998 and Co-Head of the Corporations, Banking and Business Practice from 2005 to 2011.  Mike started with the firm in 1971. 

His general corporate practice primarily involved the representation of publicly held corporations in matters involving securities offerings and routine reporting, disclosure issues, corporate governance, mergers, secured and unsecured borrowing, acquisitions and dispositions. Mike's practice regularly included businesses involved in energy, manufacturing and retail. He has represented special committees of boards of directors in connection with takeover offers and corporate restructurings.

Mike's borrowing transactions included multicreditor workouts, long-term loans with institutional lenders, secured loans and off-balance sheet financing.

• Lead attorney for NYSE Company in connection with a taxable spin-off of a division immediately followed by a sale of the Company through a cash merger
• Lead attorney for multiple NYSE Companies in connection with acquisitions and dispositions of oil refineries
• Lead attorney in multiple acquisitions and dispositions of NYSE and NASDAQ companies
• Lead attorney for a NYSE Company in acquisitions of significant retail businesses
• Lead attorney for multiple NYSE and NASDAQ companies in equity and debt, private and public securities offerings
• Board level advisor to multiple NYSE and NASDAQ Companies on corporate governance, takeover defense, acquisition and disposition process and other matters
• Legal advisor to businesses related to retail, refining, land drilling, energy services, steel and aluminum production, home building products and media

• American Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas
• Houston Bar Association

• Who's Who in the World
• Who's Who in America
• Who's Who in American Law
• The Best Lawyers in America
• Chambers
• "Texas Super Lawyer"
• Expert Guides
• The World's Leading Lawyers
• America's Leading Business Lawyers
• "Texas Top Rated Lawyer"

1971 - J.D., Duke University
1968 - B.A., magna cum laude, Economics, Catholic University of America

As an undergraduate Mike was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. While in law school he was elected to the Order of the Coif. Mike was admitted to practice law in Texas in 1971 and in the District of Columbia in 1993.

• District of Columbia
• Texas

• Central Houston, Inc., Former member of the Board of Directors
• Central Houston Civic Improvement, Inc.,  Former member of the Board of Directors
• Greater Houston Partnership, Former member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors
• Julia Ideson Library Preservation Partners, Inc., Executive Committee and Board of Directors