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Mike Hatchell heads the Firm's appellate practice group. During his forty-year legal career, he has been lead counsel in over 150 appeals. He has argued thirty-eight appeals or original proceedings in the Supreme Court of Texas, has argued en banc to the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals twice, and has appeared in all fourteen courts of appeal in Texas. Mr. Hatchell was recognized by Texas Monthly magazine as one of the top five appellate lawyers in Texas and three times as one of the top 100 Texas Super Lawyers by Texas Lawyer Magazine. He is also one of 300 elected members of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Mr. Hatchell serves on the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee and is a highly-rated lecturer on a variety of appellate issues and developing Texas law. Education LL.B., The University of Texas School of Law, 1964 Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity Hildebrand Moot Court Competition Finalist and Best Brief Award, 1962 Moot Court Board of Managers Chairman, Law Day, 1964 B.B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 1961 Bar Admissions Texas, 1964 Admitted To Practice U.S. Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Texas U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.Professional History Of Counsel for the law firm of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Head of the Firm’s Appellate Section, May 2004present Shareholder for the law firm Hatchell PC in Tyler, Texas, February 2001April 2004 Attorney, Partner, and Shareholder with Ramey & Flock, P.C. in Tyler, Texas, 1965January 2001 Briefing Attorney for the Senior Associate Justice, Meade F. Griffin, The Supreme Court of Texas, 1964 1965. | 