Michael Casey Williams

Michael Casey Williams is a partner and trial lawyer in Bradley’s Jackson, Mississippi office. A substantial part of Michael’s practice focuses on defending manufacturers and national companies in product liability litigation, including catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death claims involving engineering, medical and scientific issues. He has worked on large, multijurisdictional proceedings concerning automotive, consumer and industrial products, including multidistrict litigation and one of the largest MDLs in U.S. history. His work includes coordinating defense strategy across jurisdictions, developing expert testimony, and handling summary judgment motions and Daubert challenges.

Licensed in Mississippi and Texas, Michael represents clients in complex litigation across the country. He has served as lead counsel in more than 20 jurisdictions, appears regularly in state and federal courts, and has first-chaired jury trials to verdict. Clients also bring him into high-exposure matters at critical stages, sometimes shortly before trial, to assess risk and develop a path toward trial or settlement. His broader civil litigation practice includes disputes involving fraud, breach of contract and business torts, as well as matters requiring emergency injunctive relief, temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions.

Michael’s mass tort experience forms part of his work for global manufacturers and national companies in large-scale proceedings. Across his practice, he represents clients that include national retailers, energy and utility companies, financial services platforms, law firms, closely held businesses and high-net-worth individuals. Their businesses span the automotive, consumer products, industrial equipment, energy, technology, entertainment and professional services sectors.

In closely held company disputes, Michael advises founders, shareholders and other equity holders on conflicts over control, fiduciary duties, alleged self-dealing, misappropriation of funds, fraudulent transfers, ownership dilution and access to corporate records. He works to position those matters for negotiated separation or, where necessary, court-supervised dissolution. His practice also encompasses intellectual property, trade secret and unfair competition litigation, including disputes over trademarks, restrictive covenants and confidential information. His experience in patent and trademark prosecution informs his approach to validity challenges, enforcement risks and potential injunctive relief. He also handles regulatory proceedings.

• Core trial team member in MDL proceedings for a global automotive manufacturer involving alleged vehicle defects, coordinating strategy across jurisdictions and claims.
• Played a key role in one of the largest MDLs in U.S. history involving alleged defective military earplugs, handling discovery, expert development, and dispositive motion practice, including summary judgment, Daubert, and venue challenges.
• Secured complete summary judgment in a catastrophic product liability and wrongful death action involving alleged defects in an off-road vehicle, defeating claims for negligence, wantonness, failure to warn, and breach of warranty by establishing that an intervening criminal act broke the chain of proximate causation.
• Defended a pool equipment manufacturer in multi-defendant catastrophic wrongful death and product liability litigation arising from a fatal carbon monoxide incident involving overlapping negligence, fraud, and product defect claims with alleged damages exceeding $50 million.
• Represented a leading powersports manufacturer in multiple product liability actions involving alleged design and manufacturing defects.
• Defended a manufacturer in product liability and mass tort litigation involving personal injury claims related to respiratory protection equipment.
• Handled complex medical malpractice and medical device litigation involving alleged surgical error and robotic device malfunction, including claims of permanent neurological injury and strict liability against a national device manufacturer.

• University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 2013, Associate Notes and Comments Editor, Mississippi Law Journal; University of Mississippi Moot Court Board; Trial Advocacy Board; Member of the Year, Trial Advocacy Board
• Mississippi State University, B.S. Biological Engineering, 2010, Dean's List

• Mississippi
• Texas

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, Patent Law, 2024-2027
• Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, "Rising Stars" 2022-2025
  • General Litigation, 2016-2018
  • Intellectual Property, 2019-2021
• Listed in Mississippi Business Journal, "Top 40 Under 40," 2026
• Cameron J. Miller Award for Excellence & Community Service, 2019
• Bradley Diversity Leadership Award, 2023

• Jackson Young Lawyers
• American Bar Association
  • Section of Intellectual Property Litigation, Membership Subcommittee, Co-Chair
• Mississippi Bar
  • Character & Fitness Committee, Special Counsel
  • Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports Law Section, Executive Committee; Vice Chair, 2020-2021
  • Leadership Forum, 2019
• Gulf Coast IP Association
• Magnolia Bar
• 100 Black Men of Jackson, Board of Directors
• Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), Fellow, 2022