ANDREW T. MCKINNEY IV

Over a 42-year trial and appellate career, I have seen the best mediators in action and tried cases against many of the best lawyers in the state on both sides of the docket.  Over time, one learns a lot about mediation, particularly after taking an unfavorable verdict.  After roughly 140 trials (plaintiff and defense, but mostly defense) and 40-plus arguments to various Texas Courts of Appeals, the 5th Circuit, and the Texas Supreme Court, I am intimately familiar with the post-verdict feast or famine paradigm.  

My conclusion: the thrill of victory is roughly one-tenth of the agony of defeat. However, I do not ever recall losing sleep over a settlement.  

LEGAL CAREER

1980 to 1985 Associate Attorney, Bean & Manning

1986 to 1990 Partner, Bean & Manning

1990 to 2000 Shareholder, Phillips & Akers, P.C.

2000 to 2012 Partner, McKinney Cooper LLP

2012 to 2019 Capital Partner, Litchfield Cavo LLP

2019 to Present Founding Shareholder and currently Of Counsel, McKinney Taylor P.C.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

State Bar of Texas

Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation 

Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)

AV Preeminent Martindale Hubbell

Texas Super Lawyer 2008 to present.

EDUCATION

North Texas State University B.A. 1977

University of Houston Law Center J.D.  1980