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Busby & Lee: A Marine Corps Field Artillery Veteran Turned Houston Bankruptcy Attorney

Michael Busby spent four years as a Marine Corps field artillery cannoneer and another four in the National Guard before earning his law degree — a military background that predates his current practice filing Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases across a dozen-plus Houston-area counties from an office between Richmond and Westheimer.

Origin and Background

Busby & Lee is located near the Galleria on Hillcroft between Richmond and Westheimer in Houston, TX, with a branch office in Katy, confirmed through the firm’s own site. Michael Busby served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a field artillery cannoneer from 1989 to 1993 and in the National Guard from 1993 to 1997 across Arkansas, Oklahoma, and North Carolina before earning a B.S. with honors from the University of Central Oklahoma in 1996 and his J.D. from South Texas College of Law.

Practice Concentration

Busby’s practice includes Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 consumer bankruptcy across a wide service area spanning Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Galveston, Brazoria, and more than a dozen additional Texas counties. Busby is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization — a different specialty than bankruptcy — and Awesome Attorneys applies “specialist” language only to that family-law certification, not to his bankruptcy practice, consistent with house policy tying the designation to the specific certified area. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of Texas. See this Houston Bankruptcy & Debt directory for how this broad-service-area practice compares to other Harris County bankruptcy firms.

Notable Work / Track Record

As a consumer bankruptcy practice, the firm does not publish a table of case-specific results, and Awesome Attorneys did not identify one. What is independently verifiable is the firm’s unusually broad geographic reach, covering bankruptcy filings across the greater Houston metro and outlying counties from Katy to Galveston to The Woodlands, along with Busby’s authorship of an international law article published in a South Texas College of Law journal.

Client Voice

Awesome Attorneys did not identify a substantial independent public review record specifically for Busby’s bankruptcy practice across the major platforms checked, a gap disclosed here rather than papered over. The firm’s own site emphasizes procedural guidance — for example, detailed explanations of Chapter 13 trustee payment requirements tailored to specific presiding bankruptcy judges — reflecting a practice built around client education on process mechanics.

Beyond the Courtroom

Busby is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Houston Bar Association. Awesome Attorneys did not identify separate non-legal civic or nonprofit board service documented for him beyond his military service record.

Recognition for This Houston Bankruptcy Attorney

Busby’s Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification is in Family Law, not Bankruptcy Law; Awesome Attorneys does not apply “specialist” language to his bankruptcy practice on that basis, consistent with house policy reserving that language for the specific certified practice area. His bankruptcy work rests on his broad-service-area experience and procedural transparency rather than a bankruptcy-specific board credential.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Consumer bankruptcy filers in Houston’s Southern District of Texas qualify for Chapter 7 primarily through a means test comparing trailing six-month income against the Texas median for a household of their size; filers above the median may still qualify after allowed-expense deductions or may be directed toward a Chapter 13 repayment plan instead. Chapter 13 filers must make timely monthly payments to the trustee’s office, and specific presiding bankruptcy judges vary in how much flexibility they allow before a case is dismissed for non-payment. None of this is legal advice; a specific bankruptcy filing should be evaluated by a licensed Texas attorney based on the actual facts and finances involved.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Busby & Lee’s clearest differentiator is an unusually wide Houston-metro service area, reaching well beyond Harris County into more than a dozen surrounding counties, paired with a Marine Corps veteran’s background and detailed procedural transparency about trustee payment mechanics. The honest trade-off is that Busby’s TBLS board certification is in Family Law rather than Bankruptcy Law, so a filer specifically prioritizing a bankruptcy-certified specialist should weigh that against his broader service-area reach and procedural clarity. For a filer in one of the Houston metro’s outlying counties who wants a single firm covering a wide geographic footprint, Busby & Lee is a reasonable basis for a shortlist.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from Busby & Lee’s own website (busby-lee.com), including multiple location- and county-specific practice pages, and Michael Busby’s professional biography as published there.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Busby & Lee or Michael Busby prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placement products to attorneys and firms, including this one, but sponsorship has no bearing on the editorial content, inclusion, or findings of this profile.