Lawyers in United States

Michael Brown

Partner

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Michael Buchanan

Michael F. Buchanan is a litigation partner focusing his practice on white-collar defense and investigations, cybersecurity, and patent litigation. A skilled trial lawyer, Mr. Buchanan has tried several complex civil and criminal cases to verdict, including several complex federal patent trials and international arbitrations on behalf of major pharmaceutical companies. He has also argued multiple federal appeals. Mr. Buchanan regularly represents public and private companies in the financial services, healthcare, and e-commerce industries on a variety of issues relating to data breaches and cybersecurity, including incident response and investigation and related litigation. His white-collar representations have involved allegations of securities fraud, insider trading, tax fraud, accounting fraud, health care and Medicare/Medicaid fraud, and theft of trade secrets. He served on the Monitoring Team for the Newark Police Department, responsible for overseeing the NPD's compliance with a Consent Decree issued by the U.S. Department of Justice. Mr. Buchanan spent over nine years at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, where he investigated and prosecuted matters involving the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, insider trading, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, health care kickbacks, off-label marketing, and Medicare/Medicaid and private insurance fraud. He was involved in some of the Office's most significant and high-profile prosecutions. During his tenure, Mr. Buchanan served as Chief of the Securities and Health Care Fraud Unit, Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division, and Chief of the Terrorism Unit. Before becoming a federal prosecutor, Mr. Buchanan practiced at one of New York City's top white-collar criminal defense law firms and served as a Law Clerk to the Hon. Franklin S. Van Antwerpen, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Mr. Buchanan also served as a law clerk at a premier intellectual property law firm where he participated in all aspects of the firm's patent litigation and prosecution practice. Mr. Buchanan previously worked as a structural engineer at Grumman Aerospace. Mr. Buchanan has spoken before various professional organizations on topics including criminal investigations in securities fraud, as well as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. He has published articles on white collar and intellectual property issues, including an amicus curiae brief to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA). Mr. Buchanan writes frequently on privacy and data security issues. He has participated in a number of seminars, including the Rutgers Institution for Professional Education’s “Data Breach: Legal Responsibilities and Ramifications,” and The Law Firm Cyber Risk Conference, regarding data breaches, notification issues, and incident response strategies.

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Michael Burke

Senior Counsel - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Michael Byrne

Partner Michael (Mike) Byrne has extensive experience in complex insurance transactional, regulatory and InsurTech matters. He advises US and international insurers and reinsurers, investors, producers and technology companies on a broad range of matters, including obtaining regulatory approvals for M&A; change of control and affiliate transactions; forming, licensing and structuring business operations; drafting and negotiating agreements; M&A involving producers and service providers; and developing and obtaining approvals for unique products. He delivers practical and business-focused counsel on novel issues. Please visit our website for more details: https://www.mwe.com/people/byrne-h-michael/

McDermott Will & Schulte

Michael C Steindorf

Norton Rose Fulbright

Michael C. Mineiro

Shareholder

Greenberg Traurig

Michael Carey

Counsel - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Michael Carroll

Michael Carroll is a partner in the Environment, Land & Resources Department and the global Co-chair of Latham's Project Siting & Approvals Practice. His practice focuses on permitting, entitlement and environmental review of complex infrastructure projects, with an emphasis on energy projects.

Latham & Watkins

Michael Chan

Michael Chan advises employers of all types and at different stages of their life cycles on employee benefits and executive compensation matters. Combining over 20 years of experience with deep knowledge of the laws governing employee benefits and compensation arrangements, he helps clients with all aspects of compliance and benefit plan design and implementation. Michael is leader of the Tax, Employee Benefits and Trusts & Estates practice group. Clients consult with Michael to develop plans aimed at attracting and retaining talent, and that make business sense relative to a company’s size, workforce, industry, growth trajectory and competitive position in the market. Michael works closely with clients to stay abreast of the ever-changing legal landscape so that they can remain in compliance and meet their obligations under the law.

Sheppard

Michael Chibib

Michael Chibib focuses all aspects of intellectual property litigation, with an emphasis on district court and ITC patent litigation in the areas of semiconductors, telecommunications, electronics, software and energy. He has an active post-grant practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and also provides IP portfolio counseling.

Bracewell LLP

Michael Choate

Michael focuses on securities and corporate finance matters including public and private offerings of both equity and debt securities with an emphasis on REITs and real estate funds including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance issues and federal securities compliance matters impacting these entities. Michael’s representative experience includes advising publicly-traded and non-listed REITs and private real estate funds and investors in equity and debt offerings of more than $30 billion, structuring public and private equity and debt offerings, and representing publicly and privately held entities in merger and acquisition transactions including various REIT internalization transactions and counseling boards and managers on fiduciary duties and governance matters.

Proskauer Rose LLP

Michael Christensen

Partner

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

Michael Chu

Michael P. Chu focuses his practice on all aspects of patent law, including complex litigation, opinions and prosecution. He serves as the Local IP Litigation Practice Group Leader in McDermott’s Chicago office. Mike is also the head of the Firm’s Racial & Ethnic Diversity Committee. In his litigation practice, Michael handles patent, trademark, trade secret and copyright matters, including trials, hearings, post-grant proceedings (including IPRs and PGRs) and mediation. His experience also includes complex patent cases, design patent cases, International Trade Commission (ITC) investigations and a strong appellate practice before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Michael also has extensive experience working with clients on litigation, licensing, regulation and import/export issues in Asia (including China, Japan, Korea and the Philippines) and in Europe. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/chu-michael-p/

McDermott Will & Schulte

Michael Cohen

Partner

Brown Rudnick LLP

Michael Cohen

Michael J. Cohen is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s New York office and a member of the Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group. Michael represents a diverse array of parties in bankruptcy and insolvency matters, distressed investments, acquisitions and financings, debt exchanges, and in‐court and out‐of-court restructurings.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Michael Cohen

Counsel

The Rosen Law Firm

Michael Comstock

Counsel

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Michael Conley

Principal

Offit Kurman

Michael Considine

Michael Considine is a founding partner of the Firm’s Dallas office. Michael represents clients in connection with significant corporate events, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, carve-out divestitures, joint ventures, family office management and corporate restructurings and workouts. Michael has extensive experience in a variety of industries, including consumer products, software and technology, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, real estate and retail.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Michael Cook

Michael Cook served as a partner in the New York office for 16 years, devoting his practice to business reorganization and creditors’ rights litigation, including mediation and arbitration. His clients include professional firms, lenders, acquirers, trustees, creditors’ committees, troubled companies and other parties. Michael’s representative engagements include the following: counsel to prevailing law firm in In re Renaissance Radio, Inc., 2020 WL 2529405 (5th Cir. May 18, 2020) (affirmed denial of former shareholder's motion to revoke reorganization plan confirmation order and to reopen closed case for purpose of disallowing lender's legal fees; also affirmed enjoining of shareholder's further filings as “vexatious litigant.”); counsel to prevailing law firm defendants in Kaplan v. Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc., 2019 N.Y. App. Div. Lexis 2157 (1st Dept. March 21, 2019) (affirmed dismissal of lease breach, fraudulent transfer, conversion and breach of fiduciary duty claims); counsel to prevailing defendant in Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. v. Alfa SAB, 651 F.3d 329 (2d Cir. 2011) (reversed bankruptcy court; fraudulent transfer and preference complaint dismissed); counsel to prevailing law firm in In re Quigley Co., 500 B.R. 344 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2013) (fee application granted over U.S. Trustee objection); counsel for prevailing debtor in In re Quigley Co., 676 F.3d 45 (2d Cir. 2012) (affirmed propriety of injunction staying litigation against insurance assets); counsel for prevailing law firm in In re United Merchs. & Mfrs., Inc.,198 F.3d 235 (2d Cir. 1999) (affirmed denial of sanctions and of creditor’s application for fees and costs); counsel for prevailing debtor in Dalkon Shield Claimants v. A.H. Robins Co., 828 F.2d 239 (4th Cir. 1987) (affirmed denial of motion for reorganization trustee); counsel for prevailing debtor in Grady v. A.H. Robins Co., 839 F.2d 198 (4th Cir. 1988) (affirmed judgment that creditor’s claim subject to automatic stay); counsel for prevailing acquiror in In re Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific R. Co., 756 F.2d 508 (7th Cir. 1985) (affirmed judgment that acquiror could bid for assets months after bidding deadline); counsel for prevailing defendants in fraudulent transfer suit, Scherling v. Ehrenkranz, 121 B.R. 961 (S.D.N.Y. 1991) (affirmed judgment dismissing complaint after trial); counsel to prevailing creditor in Andy Warhol Foundation v. Hayes, 183 F.3d 162 (2d. Cir. 1999) (reversed lower court; held creditor’s claim for debtor’s breach of fiduciary duty survived debtor’s bankruptcy discharge); counsel to prevailing law firm in In re Ames Dept. Stores. Inc., 76 F.3d 66 (2d Cir. 1996) (fee application granted, reversing district court); counsel to prevailing creditor in Columbia Pictures Inds., Inc. v. D.H. Overmeyer Telecasting Co., Inc., 470 F.Supp. 1250 (S.D.N.Y. 1979) (reversed bankruptcy court’s denial of attorney-client privilege; struck compelled responses from record). Chambers USA listed Michael as a “leading individual” in bankruptcy/restructuring and interviewees praise him for his “tremendous experience and vision in bankruptcy matters.” He has also been recognized by Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, The Best Lawyers in America, Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Banking, Finance and Transactional Law Lawyers, The K&A Restructuring Register, The Legal 500 US, New York Super Lawyers, PLC Cross-border Restructuring and Insolvency Handbook and Who’s Who in American Law. He is past chair of the American College of Bankruptcy, which has established the “Michael L. Cook Extraordinary Grant” for legal services organizations that provide pro bono bankruptcy services for indigent consumer debtors. He is also a fellow of the American and New York Bar Foundations and a former chair of the American Bar Association’s Creditors’ Rights Litigation Committee. A frequent contributor to major publications, Michael serves as lead editor and contributing author of Bankruptcy Litigation Manual (rev. ed., Aspen Law & Business, 2020), is on the editorial boards of Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law and The Bankruptcy Strategist, is a contributing author to Collier Bankruptcy Guide (rev. ed., Matthew Bender, 2020) and Collier on Bankruptcy (15th rev. ed., 2003), and he co-authored Creditors’ Rights, Debtors’ Protection and Bankruptcy (3rd ed., Matthew Bender, 1997) (with NYU School of Law Professor Lawrence P. King). Michael served for 26 years as an Adjunct Professor at New York University School of Law, teaching courses on creditors’ rights, debtors’ protection and bankruptcy. He received his A.B. from Columbia University and his J.D. from New York University School of Law.

McDermott Will & Schulte

Michael Cosby

Husch Blackwell LLP

Michael Crawford

Attorney

Offit Kurman

Michael D. Bopp

Michael Bopp is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Michael brings his extensive government and private-sector experience to help clients navigate through the most difficult crises, often involving investigations as well as public policy and media challenges. He chairs the Firm’s Congressional Investigations practice and he is a member of the White Collar Defense and Investigations Crisis Management Practice Groups. Michael also co-chairs the firm’s Public Policy Practice Group and is a member of its Financial Institutions Practice Group. His practice focuses on congressional investigations, internal corporate investigations, and other government investigations. He also advises clients on public policy and regulatory consulting in a variety of fields, and managing and responding to major crises involving multiple government agencies and branches.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Michael D. Celio

Michael Celio is a trial lawyer with more than two decades of experience trying cases in Silicon Valley and beyond. He is a recognized expert in the field of securities litigation and is particularly experienced in defending venture capital firms and their partners as well as their portfolio companies. He also has deep experience in defending criminal actions brought by the United States Department of Justice and civil enforcement actions brought by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP