Michael’s practice draws on significant experience at the intersection of international trade, regulatory matters, and complex commercial disputes. He advises clients on issues involving federal agencies, international trade, and high-stakes patent litigation.

Before joining Mintz, Michael served for more than a decade as a senior attorney-advisor at the US International Trade Commission (ITC), where he advised multiple commissioners on hundreds of Section 337 investigations involving a broad range of technologies. Through that work, he engaged extensively with the core substantive issues that define Section 337 practice, including patent infringement, invalidity, domestic industry, importation, remedy, bonding, and the public interest, as well as issues arising across the life cycle of an investigation. Drawing on his deep institutional knowledge and strategic perspective on the Commission’s decision-making process, he helps clients navigate ITC proceedings, assess enforcement and defense strategies, and advocate effectively in high-stakes disputes.

Prior to his government service, Michael was an associate in the patent litigation practice of a large firm, where he represented clients in complex disputes before federal district courts, the ITC, and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In that role, he developed litigation strategies, managed discovery, drafted substantive motions and briefs, prepared witnesses, and participated in courtroom proceedings, giving him practical litigation and case-management experience that complemented his later work at the Commission.