Michael represents carriers in complex disputes arising under directors and officers insurance and other professional liability coverages. He litigates coverage and bad faith disputes on behalf of carriers around the country at trial and appellate levels.
Noteworthy Experience
- Jarden, LLC v. ACE Am. Ins. Co., No. N20C-03-112 AML CCLD, 2021 Del. Super. LEXIS 534, 2021 WL 3280495 (Super. Ct. July 30, 2021)
- Barber v. Arch Ins. Co., 852 F. App’x 210 (6th Cir. 2021)
- Griffin v. Darling Ingredients, Inc., No. 3:19-cv-009 (S.D. Ohio March 23, 2020)
- ISCO Indus. v. Great Am. Ins. Co., Hamilton C.P. No. A-1803505 (Oct. 23, 2018) aff’d 1st Dist. Hamilton No. C-10547, 2019-Ohio-4852 (Nov. 27, 2019)
- UBS Financial Serv. Inc. of Puerto Rico v. XL Specialty Ins. Co., 929 F.3d 11 (1st Cir. 2019)
- Miami-Luken, Inc. v. Navigators Ins. Co., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 122009 (S.D. Oh. July 11, 2018)
- Jayhawk Private Equity Fund II LP v. Liberty Ins. Underwriters, Inc., No. 17-cv-5523 (C.D. Cal. June 7, 2018)
- Maxus Capital Group, LLC v. Liberty Surplus Ins. Corp., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 136564 (N.D. Oh. Sept. 26, 2014)
- Nicholas v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co., 2013 Del. Super. LEXIS 84 (Del. Super. March 19, 2013)
- Washington Mut., Inc. v. XL Specialty Ins. Co. (In re Washington Mut., Inc.), 2012 Bankr. LEXIS 4673 (Bankr. D. Del. Oct. 4, 2012)
- Heat Controller, Inc. v. Westchester Fire Ins. Co., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 137302 (E.D. Mich. Sept. 25, 2012)
- Endurance Am. Specialty Co. v. Lance-Kashian & Co., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 129330 (E.D. Cal. Nov. 8, 2011)
- Endurance Am. Specialty Ins. Co. v. Lance-Kashian & Co., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 100467 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 13, 2010)
- Dennis J. Connolly, Plan Admin. for SONICblue Inc. v. Admiral Ins. Co., et al., 2010 WL 2034798 (N.D. Cal. May 19, 2010)
- Axis Reins. Co. v. HLTH Corp., 2010 Del. LEXIS 183 (Del. Supreme Ct. Apr. 22, 2010)
- HLTH Corp. v. Agriculture Excess & Surplus Inc. Co., 2009 WL 2849779 (Del. Super. Aug. 31, 2009)
- HLTH Corp. v. Clarendon Nat'l Ins. Co., 2009 Del. Super. LEXIS 437 (Super. Ct. Del. July 15, 2009)
- Miller v. St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co., 2009 WL 6417804 (D. Md. Mar. 24, 2009)
- Riddle v. Royal Indemnity Co., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23719 (W.D. Ky. Mar. 25, 2008)
- Home Federal Savings & Loan Assn. v. Federal Ins. Co., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68558 (N.D. Ohio Sept. 14, 2007)
- In re Adelphia Comm. Corp., 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 644 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. March 6, 2007)
- Riddle v. Royal Indemnity Co., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11401 (W.D. Ky. Feb. 16, 2007)
- Florists Mutual Ins. Co. v. Ludy Greenhouse Mfg. Corp., 521 F. Supp. 2d 661 (S.D. Ohio 2007)
- Tittle v. Enron Corp., 463 F.3d 410 (5th Cir. 2006)
- Commercial Capital Bankcorp, Inc. v. St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co., 419 F. Supp. 2d 1173 (C.D. Cal. 2006)
- Newby v. Enron Corp., (In re Enron Corp. Secs., Derivative & "ERISA" Litig.), 391 F. Supp. 2d 541 (S.D. Tex. 2005)
- In re WorldCom, Inc. Sec. Lit., 354 F. Supp. 649 (S.D.N.Y. 2005)
- Associated Elec. & Gas Ins. Servs. v. Rigas, 382 F. Supp. 2d 685 (E.D. Pa. 2004)
- In re Adelphia Comm. Corp., 302 B.R. 439 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2003)
- In re Adelphia Comm. Corp., 285 B.R. 580 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2002)
- GTE New Media Servs., Inc. v. Ameritech Corp., 44 F. Supp. 2d 313 (D.C. Cir. 1999)
- Hartford Accident & Indem. Co. v. Pro-Football, Inc., 127 F. 3d 1111 (D.C. Cir. 1998)
Affiliations and Civic Involvement
- Member, Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS)
- Member, Columbus Bar Association
- Member, Ohio State Bar Association
Education
- American University (J.D., 1989)
- Brandeis University (B.A., 1986)
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- Virginia (inactive)
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- United States District Court for the District of Maryland
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States Supreme Court