Michael Killingsworth

About Michael Killingsworth

My practice focuses on commercial and intellectual property litigation. I am a member of the State Bar of Texas, the United States District Courts for the Southern, Northern, Western, and Eastern District of Texas, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the the Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar.

Experience

1. Partner

   Foster Yarborough Killingsworth Pllc

   Jan 2026 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Michael Killingsworth is a trial lawyer focused on complex commercial and intellectual property disputes, trusted by clients in bet-the-company matters. Michael has tried dozens of cases to a jury, the court, and in arbitration, securing verdicts exceeding $100 million and successfully defending cases exceeding $200 million. Won a no-liability jury verdict for the former board members of Dun Huang Plaza (“DHP”). The jury deliberated for less than an hour before returning a verdict of no fraud in favor of the board members. Won a $22 million dollar jury verdict for the Port of Houston in a complex commercial lease dispute with an international grain trader.Won a no-liability jury verdict for a Houston-area radiology group. After a 4-day trial, the jury deliberated for less than an hour before returning a verdict of no fraud in favor of Michael\'s client.Won a $62.65 million verdict from a Nevada jury in a nationally watched case for emergency room physician group clients who were underpaid by United Healthcare.Won a $19.1 million jury verdict against a large insurance company related to underpayment to emergency room physicians’. Won a $9.4 million jury verdict against an Arkansas insurance company in a breach-of-contract case. The verdict is in the 2020 Top 100 Verdicts as calculated by Verdict Search. Obtained a defense verdict for National Oilwell Varco (NOV) in a $200 million jury trial over a tragic 2018 oil rig explosion. After three weeks of trial, the jury announced a verdict that was only a small fraction of NOV’s pre-trial settlement offer.Won a jury verdict of in patent infringement suit against Samsung on behalf of Anonymous Media Research for its patents covering a particular type of ACR technology. The verdict was listed as one of the top ten patent verdicts of 2025.

Education

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology

  2011 — 2015

• University of Chicago Law School

  Doctor of Law (JD)

  2015 — 2018

Skills

• Research
• Management
• Fundraising
• Leadership
• Data Analysis