Litigation

Partner

Michael Kidney has more than 25 years of experience winning lawsuits – and doing it efficiently. Clients often turn to Michael when they are facing high-stakes consumer class actions, product liability claims, and complex commercial litigation.

As a result of filing early dispositive motions, Michael has won the outright dismissal of dozens of lawsuits – at the very outset of the case. These dismissals have resulted in opinions that have been widely cited. For example, Michael secured the dismissal, with prejudice, of a group of defendants from a multi-district litigation proceeding involving a consolidated nationwide class action filed in a plaintiff-friendly jurisdiction and involving over-the-counter pharmaceutical products.

In other cases, Michael has been able to resolve the case early by narrowing the issues in discovery, developing facts that lead to an early resolution, and employing alternative dispute resolution strategies. Michael firmly believes that there are many ways to resolve a case other than by engaging in protracted and expensive discovery.

Michael's complex civil litigation practice has also included such diverse matters as disputes involving software development agreements, environmental litigation, directors' and officers' liability, and litigation involving the interpretation and enforcement of indemnification agreements.

English

Member, American Bar Association; Member, Defense Research Institute; Member, Bar of the District of Columbia

J.D., University of Michigan Law School, cum laude, 1989; B.A., Yale University, cum laude, 1986