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Dallas, TX 75201-2481
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Michelle Reed
Work Department
Partner; Disputes & Investigations; Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection
Position
Michelle Reed, leader of Akin’s Dallas Litigation Section, focuses on complex civil litigation, with an emphasis on securities litigation, consumer class actions, and internal investigations. She co-leads the firm’s cybersecurity, privacy & data protection practice and has nearly two decades of experience advising companies, boards, and executives on navigating the evolving risks in privacy and cybersecurity regulation, securities enforcement, and class action litigation.
To learn more about Ms. Reed, please visit her full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/michelle-reed.html
Career
Ms. Reed is a leading securities and cybersecurity lawyer who has been recognized by various industry directories and publications for many years, including Who’s Who Legal, Super Lawyers, Cybersecurity Docket and The Legal 500. In addition, she was named as a 2020 Attorney of the Year finalist and an inaugural 2019 Texas Trailblazer by the Texas Lawyer.
Memberships
Co-Chair, Class Actions and Derivative Suits Subcommittee, Litigation Section, American Bar Association.
Panel Counsel, Directors and Officers Securities Claims and Investigation EdgeSM Panels of the American International Group.
Member, Bar Association of the 5th Federal Circuit.
Member, Texas Bar Association Pro Bono College.
Education
B.A., with honors, Brigham Young University
JD, Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, summa cum laude.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Akin is known for its expertise in representing leading financial institutions and public companies, including private investment funds, broker dealers, and public accounting firms in private litigation arising under the federal securities and commodities laws, as well as regulatory investigations. Practice head Stephen M. Baldini in New York and key partner Neal Marder in LA achieved a landmark victory for Eastman Kodak Company by securing a motion to dismiss a purported direct stockholder class action. Marder also represented Armistice Capital in a high-stakes securities fraud class action involving biotech firm Vaxart, which is working on oral vaccine technology, including an oral COVID-19 vaccine. New York-based Douglas Rappaport is acting for Inclusive Capital Partners Spring Master Fund in a case alleging that is aided and abetted in breach of fiduciary duty by officers and directors of Nikola Corporation who failed to prevent, intervene or ameliorate various allegedly false or misleading statements made by its former CEO. Scott Barnard and Michelle Reed in Dallas also play key roles in the practice. They both acted for former directors of FTS International and Chesapeake Energy in a securities class action arising from Chesapeake’s IPO.
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
San Francisco-based Natasha Kohne and Dallas-stationed Michelle Reed, co-heads of Akin’s data privacy team, advise clients from a range of industries, including retailers, data brokers, healthcare services, energy companies and private equity firms, on the full range of cyber law and data privacy mandates. The pair have expertise in dealing with class action litigations, regulatory actions, law enforcement enquiries and incident response preparations. Kohne is also a key contact for global mandates, working on high profile cybersecurity projects in the Middle East. Jo-Ellyn Sakowitz Klein, in Washington DC, is the firm’s specialist on healthcare and life sciences data-related matters involving HIPAA and HITECH regulations. The team frequently provides federal policy advice to large defense contracts and global companies for the development of privacy issues. A cross-disciplinary approach with the litigation, white-collar, international trade and public law and policy teams is a key feature of the team.
Lawyer Rankings
- Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection) United States > Media, technology and telecoms
- Securities litigation: defense United States > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization