Mike has more than 37 years of experience with class actions and other complex cases, including wage-hour class actions and collective actions, consumer products class actions, racketeering (RICO), and labor disputes with unions and employee groups. In 2025, he was elected to be a Fellow in The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers. He has tried more class actions and representative actions to verdict than perhaps any other attorney in the country. He has spent 215 trial days in court, including in a dozen class actions or other representative actions tried to verdict, the majority of which have resulted in zero recoveries by the plaintiffs.Mike has earned multiple awards for his aggressive, innovative and successful track record, including The American Lawyer's 2015 "Litigator of the Week," The National Law Journal's 2016 "Litigation Trailblazer" and Law 360's 2016 "Class Action MVP."Mike helps his clients to avoid litigation but, if they are sued, to successfully navigate pretrial proceedings, trials and appeals. In many cases, he has successfully avoided trial by defeating class treatment or winning dismissal on the pleadings or on summary judgment.Mike's experience covers a broad spectrum and includes unmanned aircraft systems, antitrust law, bankruptcy, corporate takeover and valuation disputes and claims against former officers/directors, consumer products law, contract disputes, credit counseling law, foreign military sales, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, labor and employment law, media law, racketeering (RICO) and securities law.Mike has litigated at all levels of the federal court system and in the state courts of California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. He is admitted to practice in the following jurisdictions: US Supreme Court; US Court of Appeals for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th Circuits; US District Courts for the District of Columbia, the Middle, Northern, and Southern Districts of Florida, the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, and the Central and Northern Districts of Illinois. He held a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Avern Cohn, US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.A regular speaker and writer on the topics of class actions or RICO, Mike has been quoted and mentioned frequently in media coverage of litigation matters and has appeared on CNN and PBS. He is a contributing author to the firm's retail industry blog.

Bar Admissions
District of Columbia

Illinois

Florida

Education
JD, University of Michigan Law School, cum laude, Managing Editor, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 1985

AB, University of Michigan, with highest distinction, Member, Phi Beta Kappa, 1982

2018 Review of Hospitality Lawsuits & 2019 Predictions, Greater Miami & Beaches Hospitality Association Newsletter

2nd Circ. Slack-Fill Ruling Makes Injunctive Relief Harder, Class Action 360

An Employer's Perspective On Techniques For Managing Class Employment Trials: Presentation to ABA's 18th Annual Labor & Employment Law Conference

Chapters on Trials and Statistical Sampling, A Practitioner's Guide to Class Actions (3d edition), American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section

Chapters on Trials and Statistical Sampling, A Practitioner's Guide to Class Actions (2d edition), American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section

Don't Overlook The 1st Amendment in Labeling Litigation, Law360

Employer Trial Tips For Fighting Worker PPE Pay Claims, Law360

Expert Analysis: How to Defend Against Multi-Model Product Class Actions, Westlaw Journal Class Action, Volume 23, Issue 12

Facing Privacy Suits About Facial Recognition, International Law Office - IT & Internet Newsletter

Following on the FTC's Heels, Plaintiffs' Firms File Dozens of Class Actions Against Retailers and Manufacturers Alleging Technical Violations of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, Retail Industry 2022 Year in Review

Recap of Lawsuits Against Hotel Industry in Second-Half 2016: Are You Prepared to Protect Your Reputation and Profitability?, Greater Miami & Beaches Hotel Association Allied Upgrade Newsletter

Recent developments under BIPA: Examining Spokeo's impact and more, Westlaw Journal Computer and Internet

Regulators and Plaintiffs Target 'Junk Fees'

Report on second-half 2017 lawsuits against hospitality industry: business is up, and so are the lawsuits, Greater Miami & Beaches Hotel Association Allied Upgrade Newsletter

Spokeo's Impact and More, Westlaw Journal

The Case for Overruling Steiner v. Mitchell: An Unworkable Judicial Doctrine In Conflict With The Portal-to-Portal Act's Plain Language

Threading The Needle: Identifying And Preparing A Strong RICO Case

Tips For Defeating Claims Of Willful FLSA Violations, Law360

Watch for the Expansion of BIPA Claims to New Use Cases and Jurisdictions, Pratt's Privacy and Cybersecurity Law Report

When US Privilege Law Applies To Docs Made Outside The US

Winning Defense Verdicts in Wage-and-Hour Class Actions: Trial Strategies for Defeating Class-Wide Proofs, Westlaw Journal Employment