Michael J. Stortz > Akin > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile
Akin Offices
580 CALIFORNIA STREET
SUITE 1500
SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104 1036
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Michael J. Stortz
Work Department
Partner; Litigation
Position
Partner; Litigation
Career
Over the course of three decades, Michael Stortz has established a reputation as a thought leader within the California class action defense bar. He has been successful in:
- Devising creative exit strategies
- Enforcing arbitration agreements with class action waivers
- Disposing of cases at the motion to dismiss or summary judgment stages
- Opposing class certification
- Negotiating favorable resolutions on an individual or class-wide basis.
Michael is a trusted advisor to a range of clients, helping companies navigate significant changes to the law, including under the California Privacy Act and the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). He focuses on anticipating future class action litigation against businesses in the California courts in order to proactively advise clients on ways to mitigate risk. In addition to his class action experience, Michael also represents clients in a range of commercial disputes, including antitrust and intellectual property matters.
Memberships
Member, American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
Member, Bar Association of San Francisco
Member, Antitrust, UCL and Privacy Section of the California Lawyers Association
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School, cum laude, 1988
B.A., Dartmouth College, summa cum laude, 1985
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