Attorney Profiles
Mitchell C. Chaney Brownsville, Texas
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- Bar Admissions:
- Kansas, 1981
- Texas, 1982
- U.S. District Court District of Kansas, 1981
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1982
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1998
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 2003
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 2003
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1997
- Education:
- University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas,
1981
J.D. - University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas,
1978
B.A.
- Published Works:
- "Trying the Automobile Injury Case in Texas" (Co-Author), National Business Institute, Inc.
- "Daubert Update: Admissibility of Expert Testimony In The Wake of Kumho Tire" (Co-Author), National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
- "Spoliation in Texas", Texas Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- University of Kansas School of Law Deposition Skills Workshop, 2011
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Bar Association, Law Practice Management Section
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section
- American Association for Justice
- Bar Association of Fifth Federal Circuit
- Cameron County Bar Association, 1988 - 1989
- Awards Chairman
- Cameron County Bar Association, 1988 - 1990
- Director
- City of Brownsville, Heritage Council, 1999 - 2001
- Heritage Review Committee
- City of Brownsville Heritage Council, 1998 - Present
- President
- Defense Research Institute
- Lawyers Professionalism and Ethics Committee
- Kansas Bar Association
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
- Products Liability Advisory Counsel
- Sustaining Member
- State Bar of Texas, 1995
- Special Assistant Disciplinary Counsel
- Supreme Court Historical Society
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel, 2004 - 2006
- Board of Directors
- Texas Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
- Texas Bar Foundation
- Life Fellow
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- City of Brownsville, 1992 - 1996
- Brownsville Citizens Advisory Committee
- State Bar of Texas, Young Lawyers Association, 1989 - 1990
- Co-Chair, Dropout Prevention/Literacy Committee
- State Bar of Texas, Young Lawyers Association, 1990 - 1991
- Co-Chair, Rights of the Homeless Committee
- State Bar of Texas, Young Lawyers Association, 1989 - 1991
- Director, District 15
- United States District Court Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division, 1998
- United States Magistrate Merit Selection Panel
- United States District Court Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division, 2000
- United States Magistrate Merit Selection Panel
- West Brownsville Little League, 1992 - 1994
- Board of Directors
