Michelle Kornblith focuses her practice on civil litigation, with experience in commercial disputes, trust and probate matters, and automobile and real estate agent liability cases. She represents clients in Texas state courts and manages matters through settlement or trial, developing strategies grounded in evidence and client objectives.

Michelle has managed substantial litigation dockets, with extensive experience conducting and defending depositions of fact and expert witnesses, and drafting and arguing dispositive and pretrial motions. She prepares witnesses for testimony and addresses discovery disputes and evidentiary issues, keeping cases ready for trial while evaluating opportunities for resolution. Her client counseling includes candid assessments of case strengths and weaknesses, anticipated costs, and potential outcomes.

Before joining Chartwell, Michelle operated a solo civil litigation practice and worked with litigation teams in Houston. Her prior accounting experience brings an additional perspective to commercial matters involving financial records and forensic accounting.

Michelle earned her Juris Doctor and Graduate Diploma of Comparative Law from Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center. She received her Bachelor of Science in Management from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business, with majors in Legal Studies in Business and Management.