Mr Michael E. Hutchins > Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP > Atlanta, United States > Lawyer Profile
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ATLANTA, GA 30309
GEORGIA
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Mr Michael E. Hutchins
Work Department
Partner
Position
Commercial Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Mass Tort, Toxic Tort and Product Liability Litigation
Career
Michael E. Hutchins joined Kasowitz as the partner in charge of the firm’s Atlanta office in June 2001. Mike specializes in complex civil litigation. He has represented many pharmaceutical and chemical companies, consumer and industrial product manufacturers in a variety of complex toxic tort, product liability, general liability and commercial litigation matters. He serves three of his largest clients as national counsel for toxic tort litigation and has represented other clients on a regional and local basis. He has tried cases or represented clients in litigation around the country including courts in Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, West Virginia, Virginia, Delaware and California.
Mike received his undergraduate degree with high distinction from the University of Virginia in 1980 and his law degree from Emory University in 1983. Mike is recognized as a local “litigation star” by Benchmark Litigation 2013-2015 and has been named among The Best Lawyers in America© in 2013-2016. Mike has also been selected as a ‘2013 Top Rated Lawyer in Energy Environmental and Natural Resources’ by American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell™.
Memberships
Georgia; West Virginia; Florida; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Education
Emory Law School (J.D., 1983); University of Virginia (B.A., with high distinction, 1980)
Leisure
Omicron Delta Kappa; The State Bar of Georgia; The Florida Bar; The West Virginia State Bar; The Atlanta Bar Association; The Lawyers Club of Atlanta; The Defense Research Institute, among other professional organizations.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: plaintiff
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > International litigation