|
Representative litigation matters in which he has acted as lead counsel include the following:
Lead trial counsel for State Farm Insurance Companies in defending numerous class actions and other institutional claims involving insurance coverage, programmatic challenges and claims-handling disputes.
Lead trial counsel for the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club in numerous matters including successful trial defense of the Club and its owners in Monus v. Colorado Rockies, a Bankruptcy Court fraudulent transfer claim involving valuation of the Rockies franchise.
Lead trial counsel for Xcel Energy in prosecuting contract, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims concerning the sale of corporate owned life insurance.
Successful defense of publicly traded medical rating company in shareholder derivative action.
Lead trial counsel for DCP Midstream in administrative litigation with the state of New Mexico involving alleged air quality violations.
Lead trial counsel for a publicly traded cable television limited partnership affiliated with Tele-Communications Inc. in federal class action litigation asserting securities fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims.
Representation of an insurance brokerage firm as a dissenting shareholder in valuation litigation relating to the reorganization of an agent-owned life reinsurance company.
Trial counsel for lawyers and law firms in a number of cases involving allegations of professional malpractice
Trial counsel for Longmont United Hospital in litigation with an ambulatory surgery center involving scope of service conflicts
Representation of the Vail Valley Foundation in the negotiation and administration of organizational and sponsorship contracts for various international athletic competitions including the 1999 World Alpine Ski Championships.
Defense of natural gas pipeline companies in a variety of cases arising out of natural gas purchase contracts.
Representation of America West Airlines Inc. in bankruptcy litigation involving numerous claims brought by aircraft lessors.
Lead trial counsel for a publicly traded oil and gas company in the prosecution of Rule 10b-5 securities fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims against former members of management.
Representation of both manufacturers and retailers in private, treble damage antitrust actions.
Representation of the MiniScribe Unsecured Creditors Committee in the prosecution securities and common law fraud claims, as well as claims for breach of fiduciary duty against former members of MiniScribe's management.
Michael has presented a number of papers concerning commercial litigation, natural resources, and dispute resolution topics before various industry groups, including the Colorado Bar Association, the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Annual Institute proceedings, in RMMLI Special Institutes and in the Colorado Lawyer.
| 