Michael G. Guajardo

Attorney Bio

Michael Guajardo was born in Lubbock, Texas, and earned his B.B.A. in Finance and J.D. degree from Texas Tech University. While in law school, he served as the Articles Editor for the Texas Tech Law Review. Michael began his legal career with Thompson & Knight, P.C. in Dallas, Texas, where he spent approximately four years doing defense work in various types of personal injury matters. In 1996, Michael began representing injured victims, and he has continued doing so for the past 15 years. Michael worked for the Law Offices of Frank L. Branson, P.C. in Dallas from 2000 until August 2008, when he left to start his own law firm. In August 2011, Michael joined with his longtime friend and colleague, Greg Marks, to form Guajardo & Marks, L.L.P.

Michael is licensed to practice in the State of Texas, as well as being admitted to practice in all federal district courts in Texas. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the State Bar of Texas, the College of the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, the Dallas Bar Association and a Life Fellow of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation. Michael has been a Director of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association since 2003, and he has served as Vice President of Membership for 2010 and 2011. Michael has also served as a Director of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association since 2007. He is a member of the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, as well as a member of the Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America. Michael has been recognized by Thomson Reuters for Super Lawyers for the past three years (2009 – 2011). Michael focuses his practice on various types of personal injury cases involving catastrophic injury and wrongful death, with an emphasis on automotive and commercial trucking litigation.