Michael J. Gayan

Michael J. Gayan is a partner at Claggett & Sykes Trial Lawyers and works on the firm’s mass torts and class action team. He has helped try cases to verdict and recovered more than $400 million for his clients, including In re: Kitec Fitting Litigation, the largest class action case ever tried in Nevada. Michael has litigated cases before state and federal trial courts in Nevada and throughout the country from California to Massachusetts, as well as the Nevada Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Based on his successes, Michael has been recognized by Best Lawyers for his commercial litigation work and as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers for his class action and mass tort work. Since 2015, he has authored the Nevada section of the American Bar Association’s Survey of State Class Action Law. Michael also serves on the Nevada Justice Association’s Construction Defect committee and drafts amicus curiae briefs on the NJA’s behalf.