Michael has over 15 years of extensive litigation, advisory, and transactional experience in helping clients resolve their legal problems.  He is recognized by the American Law Society as one of America’s Top Lawyers. 

Before opening his own law practice, Michael spent over a decade as an attorney at AM Law 100 and 200 firms and boutique law firms, as well as an in-house counsel for a multi-billion dollar technology company.  He began his legal career as a law clerk at the United States Attorney's Office and, later, as a judicial law clerk at the Supreme Court of Hawaii. 

He is admitted to practice in all state courts in Washington, California, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for Northern District of California, and the United States Tax Court.

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Education

• Juris Doctor, University of San Francisco, School of Law
• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Psychology, University of Rochester
• Valedictorian, William E. Grady High School

 
Honors and Accolades

• Recognized by the American Law Society as one of America’s Top Lawyers
• CALI Award for Excellence in Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis
• Dean's List

Reported Cases

• Attorney on Brief (full brief), Haque v. Fry’s Electronics, Inc., 2006 WL 584435 (9th Cir. (Cal) 2006).
• Attorney on Brief (partial), Staley v. Howard, 2004 WL 100339 (Cal.App. 2004).

Publications

• Author, “Free Speech Coalition v. Reno: Has the Ninth Circuit Given Child Pornographers a New Tool to Exploit Children?” 35 U.S.F. L.Rev. 109 (2000).

               -- Cited in Annotations to California Constitution, Article I, Section 2.

               -- Cited in a treatise, several law review articles, and USSC Amicus Curiae Brief.

               -- Top 20 Law School used the writing as model for its law review articles.