Counselor to Tiger Venture.
Ms. Michaels is an attorney at law, the owner and managing partner of her law firm located in Houston, Texas. She also currently serves as the President of the Harris County Bar Association. Ms. Michaels received her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University’s School of Journalism with honors. She received her law degree, magna cum laude from the University of Houston, School of Law. Ms. Michaels began her law career by serving as a briefing attorney for the Texas First Court of Appeals before going into private practice. Ms. Michaels\' has significant experience in both trial litigation and appellate proceedings, while her commercial practice has consisted largely of contract review and negotiations, entity formation and the representation of clients in the resolution of contractual disputes. Ms. Michaels’ other practice areas are concentrated in business litigation, complex family law disputes, bankruptcy and probate and estates. Ms. Michaels received the Lawyer\'s Cooperative Publishing Award for Remedies; is a Member of the British American Business Council and attended as such the 2007 Women’s Global Leadership Conference on Energy and Technology.