Michael Skadden (Member) is a multilingual, globetrotting lawyer especially devoted to international business, probate, property rights and civil rights law. Born in Germany, raised in France and especially in Spain, he speaks fluent English and Spanish and good French.

• Admitted to practice: State Bar of Texas, United States Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the United States Tax Court and the United States Supreme Court
• Education: M.A. (Spanish) Rice University, 1977. Ph.D. (Spanish) University of Texas, 1984, J.D. University of Texas, 1986
• Member: Amnesty International, The Calico Fund, Inc., The Christina Fund, Inc. and the Netherlands-Texas Business Association (Houston)

He helps clients in and from all parts of the world, but is especially attuned to Europe and Latin America.