Michael T. McConnell is a civil trial and appellate lawyer with more than 20 years of courtroom experience. He is a founding shareholder and CEO of McConnell Fleischner Houghtaling & Craigmile, LLC. In October 2000, Mr. McConnell was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers, the most selective organization of trial lawyers in North America. He has been selected for 12 years by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America. Mr. McConnell handles a broad spectrum of complex civil cases at both the trial and appellate levels. He has defended some of Colorado’s top lawyers and law firms in legal malpractice cases and has represented hospitals and physicians throughout Colorado in medical malpractice cases.

From 1980 until 2001, Mr. McConnell practiced with Long & Jaudon, P.C. In the early 1980s, Mr. McConnell successfully defended John Hinckley’s psychiatrist in the lawsuit arising from the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. He was instrumental in a landmark oil and gas case representing the Southern Ute Tribe and has argued numerous appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, the Colorado Supreme Court, and the Colorado Court of Appeals.