Experience

Michael’s commercial and fiduciary litigation experience includes:

• Serving as lead outside counsel in the Mid-Atlantic for a major commercial lender;
• Obtaining a complete defense verdict, including a $300,000 fee award, in a three-million-dollar claim brought by a former employee against a private equity fund and its owners;
• Successfully representing a trust beneficiary in million-dollar litigation against the Trustee of his trust;
• Conducting a full-scale, company-wide investigation of alleged discrimination in response to EEOC charges;
• As co-counsel, successfully defending a construction company in a two-week, six-million-dollar arbitration brought by a former employee;
• Successfully defending a corporate employer against a TRO and damages sought by a competitor for alleged trade secret violations and tortious interference with contract;
• After a multi-day trial, successfully opposing the discharge of a six-figure commercial debt that had been fraudulently incurred; and
• After a three-day jury-trial, winning a complete victory, and a substantial award of attorneys’ fees in favor of a client against a former employee who violated the client’s covenant not to compete.

In his transactional practice, Michael has:

• Represented the buyer in acquiring a series of chiropractic practices;
• Represented the seller in the sale of a multi-million-dollar, family-owned industrial business;
• Routinely drafted executive compensation agreements, covenants not to compete, non-disclosure agreements, and similar employment-related agreements; and
• Routinely advised clients regarding hiring and firing of employees and controlling litigation risk.