Michael L. Slack focuses on the most challenging and demanding areas of civil litigation, including aviation law and product liability cases against major U.S. corporations. In recognition of his excellence in representing clients, he has been named by his peers for the past 12 years to The Best Lawyers in America by Woodward White, and to the "Texas Super Lawyers" by Texas Monthly each year since the program's inception. In addition, he is a "Civil Trial Advocate" as certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and is an AV®-rated attorney (Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings).

Slack's aviation law experience includes more than 23 years of complex litigation arising from air crashes. His most recent commercial aviation cases include the crashes of American Connection Flight 5966, American Airlines Flight 587 and American Airlines Flight 1420. He also has successfully obtained recoveries in numerous product liability cases against aircraft and component manufacturers. For more about Slack's aviation law expertise, please see our Aviation Law page.

In addition to his aviation law practice, Slack is known for his successful representation of people hurt by pharmaceutical and medical products. He was the lead attorney for 100 cases involving patients who received faulty hip implants manufactured by Sulzer Orthopedics. Between 1993 and 1996, he obtained compensation for more than 30 plaintiffs seriously harmed by tainted L-Tryptophan supplements. He also served on the National Plaintiffs' Steering Committee for Norplant litigation, in which he represented hundreds of women.

Slack was the 1997 President of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association (TTLA) and he continues to serve on the Board of Directors for TTLA. He works actively with the Texas Legislature through TTLA to protect individual legal and consumer rights. He is board certified in personal injury trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. A member of many legal associations and national, state and county bar associations, Slack has served as chair of the Aviation Law Section for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. He is a member of the Lawyer Pilots Bar Association, the American Astronautical Society and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). In 2002, the AIAA named Slack Associate Fellow, an honor held by only a few attorneys.

Prior to his legal career, Slack was a senior aerospace engineer with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in Houston, working from 1974 to 1980 on the Apollo-Soyuz and Space Shuttle programs. He received special commendations from NASA for his contributions. Slack received his law degree from the University of Texas at Austin and was admitted to the bar in 1983. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in aerospace engineering from Texas A& M University. He remains licensed as a professional engineer and as a pilot.