Bio

Michael represents clients in a broad range of privacy, data, and technology litigation disputes. He specializes in defending companies in privacy class actions brought under various federal and state statutes, including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and the Stored Communications Act (SCA), biometric and genetic privacy laws such as the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and the Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA), federal and state wiretapping laws such as the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) and the federal Wiretap Act, data breach notification and response statutes, and unfair competition laws.

Before joining ZwillGen, Michael was a counsel at Perkins Coie, where he represented social media and technology companies in complex civil litigation. Notable matters included favorably settling a data breach class action brought against a major healthcare provider, securing a summary judgment resolution in litigation arising out of CIPA claims against a technology company, and defending major social media companies in ongoing federal litigation regarding BIPA. Michael also litigated and counseled numerous companies on responses to law enforcement requests and third-party subpoenas, as well as issues arising under federal and state privacy, security breach, and surveillance statutes and the First Amendment.

Michael earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he researched and wrote on First Amendment, net neutrality, and data privacy issues with Langdell Professor of Law Martha Field and was awarded the Dean’s Scholar prize in First Amendment. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude from Brown University with a BA in English.

Outside of the office, Michael enjoys writing and recording music, running, and American history.