Michael Brady is an associate at Elias Books. His practice focuses on litigation in state and federal trial courts, with an emphasis on representing energy industry clients. Michael's experience encompasses a wide variety of cases, including disputes over oil and gas leases, surface and mineral interests, easement rights, quiet title litigation, ad valorem taxation, and other energy industry issues. In addition, Michael represents a broad range of clients in tort, real property, contract, and bankruptcy matters. Michael's practice also includes transactional work focusing on energy industry related agreements, real property transactions, and business entity formation.

Michael has spent more than a decade in the energy industry and, prior to embarking on a legal career, worked as an oil and gas landman. He served as an in-house landman for a publicly traded oil and gas company and focused on assets located within the Permian and Hugoton Basins. Prior to working in-house, Michael worked as a field landman and lease negotiator for client prospects located across Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Kansas.

Michael graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and is originally from Oklahoma City. Outside the firm, Michael enjoys spending time with his wife and daughters, playing golf, and cheering on his Oklahoma Sooners.