Mitchell B. Bryant

• Representing a multinational pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical technology company in talcum powder mesothelioma litigation, including securing a partial directed verdict and a complete defense verdict on remaining claims.
• Representing global energy technology company in masstort litigation involving alleged groundwater contamination, winning a complete defense verdict in the sole bellwether trial, defending pretrial rulings on appeal, and favorably resolving other claims.
• Representing a Fortune 50 oil & gas company in both trial and appellate courts in litigation alleging soil and groundwater contamination from historical oil and gas operations, including securing a complete defense verdict and multiple favorable pretrial outcomes across the docket.
• Representing a German automobile manufacturer in asbestos personal injury litigation, including securing exclusion of both plaintiff’s primary causation expert and plaintiff’s historical corporate conduct evidence.
• Representing an environmental consulting firm in multidistrict litigation and related appeals involving professional negligence claims arising from alleged soil and groundwater contamination, including securing dismissal of more than 2,000 claims on motion to dismiss.
• Represented an agricultural biotechnology company in litigation involving alleged PCB soil contamination, securing dismissal of all claims on summary judgment.
• Represented a manufacturer of industrial, safety, and consumer products in state attorneys general litigation involving alleged soil and groundwater contamination and natural resource damages associated with PFAScontaining products.
• Represented a home improvement retailer in products liability litigation in trial and appellate courts, securing a favorable pretrial resolution.
• Investigated catastrophic injury incidents for an oilfield service company and defended related litigation.
• Represented a publicly traded REIT in contract and employment litigation, securing dismissal of all claims on summary judgment.
• Represented a sexual assault victim pro bono in retaliatory defamation litigation, securing partial dismissal of the claims, defending that ruling on appeal, and favorably resolving the remaining claims before trial.

Mitchell Bryant represents companies in high-stakes products liability, environmental, and toxic tort litigation arising from their historic products and practices. From individual claims to mass torts and MDLs, Mitchell defends clients in state and federal courts in Texas and across the country, with an emphasis on developing and executing strategies to resolve the complex legal issues clients face at every stage of litigation—from filing through appeal.

Mitchell focuses on toxic tort and products liability disputes involving alleged exposures to a wide range of constituents—including asbestos, PFAS, PCBs, chlorinated solvents, oil-and-gas-related compounds, and other substances—in both consumer products and environmental media. He also helps clients investigate catastrophic injury incidents, particularly in the automotive industry, and defend against resulting litigation.

No matter the dispute, Mitchell works with clients in the energy, chemical, manufacturing, consumer products, and retail sectors to assess risk early, develop and execute winning legal strategies, and focus resources on the arguments and issues most likely to drive favorable resolution, whether by settlement, motion practice, or trial. Clients value his ability to make complex legal and scientific issues understandable, position cases of all sizes for trial, and work effectively with legal and business teams, describing him as a “trusted member of the team” who is “responsive, insightful, and adept at working with lawyers and non-lawyers alike.”

Outside the office, Mitchell serves the Houston community as a Fellow of the Houston Bar Foundation, through the United Way of Greater Houston’s Chairman’s Club and Young Leaders program, and as a member of several other legal and charitable organizations.

A native Oklahoman, Mitchell earned his law degree with highest honors from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Oklahoma Law Review. Before law school, he graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Oklahoma, where he was a National Merit Scholar. Mitchell previously worked as a nonpartisan staff member in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.