McClanahan Myers Espey L.L.P.

McClanahan ● Myers ● Espey represents clients in business and commercial disputes, typically through contingency fee arrangements. The firm handles cases involving many subject areas and has extensive experience with civil trials, commercial litigation, and cases involving patent litigation and intellectual property rights, corporate owned life insurance, and class actions.

Randy J. McClanahan

Randy J. McClanahan is a trial lawyer who specializes in persuading the fact-finder, be it in an arbitration proceeding, Markman or class certification hearing, or jury trial. During his more than 30 years as a trial lawyer, he has handled a wide variety of cases, on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants, in which the amounts in dispute have ranged from less than one million to hundreds of millions of dollars. Randy has been named a "Super Lawyer" by Texas Monthly magazine and one of the top lawyers for business litigation by H Texas Magazine.

 


Practice Areas

  • Civil trials, including intellectual property disputes
  • Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
  • Certified, Civil Trial Law, National Board of Trial Advocacy

Professional Associations

  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • American Bar Association
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • College of the State Bar of Texas;
  • Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists
    • Director, 1998-present
    • Treasurer, 2007-08
    • Vice President, 2008-09
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association
  • Houston Bar Association
  • Houston Trial Lawyers Association

Education

  • JD, Louisiana State University (1975)
    • Managing Editor, La. Law Review
    • Order of the Coif
  • BS, Louisiana State University (1973)
    • Omicron Delta Kappa

Bar Admissions

  • Texas
  • Louisiana
  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
  • United States Court of Appeals for  the Federal Circuit
  • United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
  • United States Court of Federal Claims

 

Michael D. Myers

Michael D. Myers has a national law practice involving class actions and commercial litigation at both the trial and appellate levels. He has argued before state and federal courts of appeals in landmark cases involving life insurance and personal privacy rights.

 

 

 

Practice Areas

  • Commercial litigation
  • Class actions
  • Privacy rights
  • Cases involving corporate owned life insurance

Professional Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Oklahoma Bar Association
  • State Bar of Texas

Education

  • JD, The University of Texas School of Law (1994)
  • BBA, Texas A&M University (1991)

Bar Admissions

  • Colorado
  • New York
  • Oklahoma
  • Texas
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth, Eleventh and Tenth Circuits
  • United States District Court for the District of Colorado
  • United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

 

Robert H. Espey, II

Before forming McClanahan Myers Espey, Robert H. Espey, II was a partner in McClanahan & Clearman, LLP where he practiced for eight years. Bob began his law practice in 1998 at Austin’s Brown McCarroll & Oaks Hartline, LLP. Prior to law school, Bob worked as an engineer for eight years. He obtained his professional engineering license in 1993. In 2008, Bob was named one of Houston’s top attorneys by H Texas Magazine

 

 
Practice Areas

  • Commercial litigation
  • Class actions
  • Intellectual property

Professional Associations

  • State Bar of Texas

Education

  • JD magna cum laude, University of Houston Law Center (1998)
    • Articles Editor, Law Review
    • Order of the Barons
    • Order of the Coif
    • Public Interest Fellowship Recipient
  • BS (civil engineering), The University of Texas at Austin (1987)

Bar Admissions

  • Texas
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth, Eleventh and Tenth Circuits
  • United States District Court for the District of Colorado
  • United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida