Former UT Men's Athletics Director Tackles New Job at Winstead
Trial lawyer Mike Perrin, who spent nearly three years in UT's athletic department, will be part of the sports, university and health care industry groups at Winstead.
March 04, 2019 at 04:49 PM
2 minute read
Mike Perrin, Winstead.
Moving on from a nearly three-year stint as men's athletics director for the University of Texas, trial lawyer Mike Perrin joined Winstead Monday as an of counsel lawyer in Houston.
Perrin will work on litigation as part of the health care, sports and university industry groups.
While his background is in litigation, Perrin said he learned a lot about the business side of sports and higher education while serving his alma mater as men's athletics director, and said that will help him build a practice in those areas. After serving as interim men's athletics director for three months, Perrin was appointed to serve as athletics director from December 2015 through the end of the 2017-2018 school year.
Perrin said he left UT at the end of August and took a few months off for knee surgery.
He graduated from UT and the University of Texas School of Law, and played football for the university in 1966, 1967 and 1968.
Perrin said he's known a number of Winstead's senior lawyers for years, including his longtime friend and neighbor, Ross Margraves, a Winstead shareholder in Houston. Also, Perrin noted, his father-in-law, John Hill Jr., a former attorney general of the State of Texas, practiced at Winstead until his death in 2007.
Winstead's network of offices in Texas is a good fit for Perrin's practice, he said. The firm's Texas offices are in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and The Woodlands.
David Dawson, chief executive officer of Winstead, said in a press release that Perrin's reputation and his extensive relationships will benefit the firm's clients and add value to its services.
Perrin was a solo practitioner in Houston before taking the UT job, but he previously practiced at Vinson & Elkins, King & Spalding and trial firm Fisher Gallagher Perrin & Lewis.
Perrin said he talked to other firms when deciding what to do after leaving UT, but said Winstead “just really appealed to me” because he's known the firm for most of his professional career.
Read More
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View All
O'Melveny, White & Case, Skadden Beef Up in Texas With Energy, Real Estate Lateral Partner Hires
5 minute read
Chamberlain Hrdlicka Taps a New Leader as Firm Follows Succession Planning Path
3 minute read
Law Firms Are 'Struggling' With Partner Pay Segmentation, as Top Rainmakers Bring In More Revenue
5 minute read
Trending Stories
- 1Decision of the Day: Trial Court's Sidestep of 'Batson' Deprived Defendant of Challenge to Jury Discrimination
- 2Is Your Law Firm Growing Fast Enough? Scale, Consolidation and Competition
- 3Child Custody: The Dangers of 'Rules of Thumb'
- 4The Spectacle of Rudy Giuliani Returns to the SDNY
- 5Orrick Hires Longtime Weil Partner as New Head of Antitrust Litigation
Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
