Michael’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. Michael’s practice focuses on commercial litigation, and his focus is on matters relating to financial services, structured finance and securitization.

In addition to his experience in the financial services industry and securitization, Michael has represented clients in cases involving loan repurchase demands and factoring contracts. He also has experience in SEC and CFTC enforcement actions and product-liability cases.

Michael is admitted to practice before the US District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the United States Supreme Court. He is committed to the practice of law pro bono and has recently represented veterans seeking disability and educational benefits.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, New York University School of Law, Associate Articles Editor, New York University Law Review, 2007

PhD, Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996

BA, Philosophy, Yale University, cum laude, 1989

• Member of team representing loan servicer in Connecticut state court against claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and violation of state unfair trade practices act.
• Member of team representing CDO investors with claims against a credit default swap counterparty.
• Represented Fortune 10 financial institution in an action filed against the FDIC.
• Member of team defending a Fortune 500 lender in a factoring contract dispute.
• Drafted successful forum non conveniens motion for Fortune 500 firm dismissing complaint alleging environmental exposure claims.
• Represented national retail chain in settlement of ADA complaint.
• Represented pro bono clients seeking asylum from China and Kazakhstan.
• Represented pro bono client in a trust matter in New York state court.

• Selected as a “Rising Star,” New York Super Lawyers, 2012-2016

• THE BRIEF: Spring 2022 Financial Services Litigation Quarterly
• Administrative Law, Syracuse Law Review, Vol. 58, No. 4, 638-682
• 24th Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition Winner
• THE BRIEF: Winter 2022 Financial Services Litigation Quarterly
• THE BRIEF: Summer 2021 Financial Services Litigation Quarterly
• Constructing the Special Theater Subdistrict: Culture, Politics, and Economics in the Creation of Transferable Development Rights, The Urban Lawyer, Vol. 40, No. 1, 95 145
• THE BRIEF: Winter 2021 Financial Services Litigation Quarterly
• THE BRIEF: Summer 2022 Financial Services Litigation Quarterly
• Scientific Evidence and Confidence Intervals: Theory and Fallacy, BNA's Expert Evidence Report, Vol. 8, No. 11
• Proof of Causation in Recent Product Liability Cases, Product Liability Law 360
• THE BRIEF: Spring 2021 Financial Services Litigation Quarterly
• THE BRIEF: Spring 2023 Financial Services Litigation Quarterly
• LIBOR’s Last Leg: Legislation and Synthetic LIBOR Ease the Transition to SOFR, The Review of Banking & Financial Services
• THE BRIEF: Fall 2023 Financial Services Litigation Quarterly
• THE BRIEF: Winter 2023 Financial Services Litigation Quarterly
• THE BRIEF: Winter 2024 Financial Services Litigation Quarterly