Michael Walsh

Michael Walsh

Associate
Boston
About

Michael Walsh represents clients in high-stakes government investigations and litigation. He enjoys digging in to solve complex problems, whether to navigate a dispute with a client's adversary or to address an issue surfaced from within a client's organization. He leverages experience from working with clients in various sectors and insight from five years of service as a law clerk and staff attorney for federal judges and courts of appeal. He strives to deliver highest-quality work product and maintain a steadying, good-humored presence in challenging situations.

Areas of FocusLitigation, Arbitration and Investigations
Bar admissionsMassachusetts
CourtsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitUnited States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

EXPERIENCE

  • Representing real-estate entity in litigation concerning an application for a Massachusetts Brownfields tax credit
  • Representing company in putative class action concerning data breach involving client's third-party vendor
  • Defending media network against claims under the Video Privacy Protection Act
  • Representing client in connection with an exploited zero-day vulnerability, including an internal investigation, responses to inquiries from the Securities and Exchange Commission and various states' Attorneys General, and multidistrict litigation
  • Representing company in connection with a deferred prosecution agreement related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
  • Obtained settlement for company in litigation concerning disputed rights to block of IP addresses after filing motion to dismiss that plaintiff did not oppose
  • Obtained settlement for company in action alleging trade secret misappropriation and other claims against client's former Chief Product Officer and his new employer after filing complaint and motion for temporary restraining order
  • Represented hospital and executives in discovery related to eminent-domain litigation
  • Conducted an internal investigation focused on client's handling of controlled unclassified information (CUI) and compliance with federal contracting requirements
  • Secured dismissal based on lack of personal jurisdiction in an action concerning electromagnetic spectrum bands in Bangladesh
  • Represented current and former officers and employees of companies in connection with various investigations of those clients by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice
  • Worked with financial and cybersecurity forensics experts to investigate issues raised by whistleblowers, coordinating with a client's auditor to prevent impact to the client's public-filing schedule
  • Assisted directors of a company in investigating and resolving issues raised by senior employees
  • Liaised between a client and outside counsel from two other firms in evaluating the client's remediation of compliance issues uncovered by internal investigations

Pro Bono

  • Represented two veterans in connection with applications for combat-related special compensation
  • Staffed and captained shifts for voting hotline
  • Conducted research and analyzed data concerning civil forfeiture on behalf of an organization advocating for fair courts
  • Prepared successful clemency petitions for five federal prisoners, including one client who had been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole
  • Assisted a federal prisoner in obtaining a sentence reduction based on retroactively applicable changes to sentencing guidelines
  • Collaborated with multiple firms and organizations to obtain $20 million settlement for victims of labor trafficking
Education
  • J.D., The University of Chicago, 2008
    with honors
    Order of the Coif
    Staff Member, The University of Chicago Law Review
    Champion, Edward W. Hinton Moot Court Competition
    Research Assistant, Hon. Richard A. Posner
    Staff Member, Employment Discrimination Project of the Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic
  • M.C.S., Computer Science, University of Illinois, 2006
  • B.S., Theater, Northwestern University, 1999

Clerk Experience and Other Work for Judges

  • Law Clerk, Hon. Richard R. Clifton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Law Clerk, Hon. Alan C. Kay, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
  • Staff Attorney, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • Staff Attorney, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Judicial Intern, Hon. Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Prior Experience

Prior to joining DLA Piper, Michael was a litigation associate at two other leading law firms for seven years, working on matters including a trial concerning trade secrets and other intellectual property issues related to virtual reality and shareholder litigation that led to a favorable opinion by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court concerning directors' fiduciary duties. He was also a software developer for six years before law school.

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