Biography
Michael's principal areas of practice are white-collar criminal and civil litigation. He has represented numerous companies and individuals in white-collar criminal matters involving antitrust, banking, election, energy, environmental, export, financial, fraud, FCPA, health care, immigration, insurance, money-laundering, procurement, securities, tax and technology laws. He also assists clients in the conduct of internal investigations, and in defense of congressional and other enforcement investigations. He is currently defending several companies and individuals in civil and criminal financial fraud investigations by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. He is also currently defending companies in investigations of their work in Iraq on behalf of the U.S. military.

His civil practice includes qui tam defense, business, and tort cases, as well as antitrust, export, procurement, securities, tax, and technology matters.

Michael is V&E's White Collar Crime Practice Specialty Leader and formerly served as Managing Partner of the Washington, DC office.