• Representing a victim defense industry company in a matter involving the theft of trade secrets by former employees causing substantial financial damage to the company and resulting in criminal charges being filed against the former employees.

• Representing the former mayor of Rosemead, California in a public corruption prosecution brought by the United States Attorney’s office and the FBI (United States v. John Tran, CR 12-00104-DSK).

• Representing a Riverside County, California political figure in a public corruption investigation being conducted by the FBI.

• Representing a California investment firm in an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

• Representing a pool of employees of an international corporation under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

• Representing the target of an investigation by the Department of Justice Antitrust Division for alleged violations of bid-rigging.

• Representing a local Southern California political figure in a public corruption investigation being conducted by the District Attorney’s Office Public Integrity Division.

• Represented a high ranking federal law enforcement agent in an investigation by his agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility for alleged false statements and obstruction of justice resulting in a declination of all charges by the United States Attorney’s Office.

• Represented an engineer of a large cargo ship involved in an oil spill within Oakland harbor which was investigated by the Environmental Protection Agency for federal environmental criminal violations resulting in a declination of prosecution by the United States Attorney’s Office.

• Represented a foreign sales agent in an investigation and prosecution by the US Department of Justice into allegations for the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (United States v. Lindsey Manufacturing, et al., CR 10-1032(A)-AHM).

• Represented a Fortune 500 client in an investigation by multiple California District Attorney offices into allegations of violations of California consumer protection laws.

• Represented a mid-sized business in an investigation by the California Attorney General’s office as a result of a breach of the client’s database information.

• Represented a federal law enforcement agent in an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for misuse of IRS computer databases resulting in a declination of charges.

• Advising a multinational corporation on safe harbor issues.

• Advised an online company on issues involving data aggregation and web crawling.

• Advised an online company on issues involving European Union privacy rules.

• Advised a Fortune 500 client on issues involving data security in a cloud computing platform environment.

Michael previously served as an Assistant US Attorney. While at the US Attorney’s Office, he investigated and prosecuted intellectual property offenses, complex business crimes, white collar fraud, and health care fraud and corruption matters. During his service, Michael successfully prosecuted over 20 complex federal jury trials. In addition, he served for two years as deputy chief of the US Attorney’s Organized Crime and Terrorism Section, supervising over 15 prosecutors and staff members.

He also served as chief of the Cyber & Intellectual Property Crimes Section, which involved the investigation and prosecution of complex computer crimes. These crimes involved the intrusion of corporate and government computer networks and e-commerce fraud schemes. Additionally, he prosecuted offenses involving the theft of intellectual property, including the theft of corporate trade secrets, criminal copyright, trademark, and violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Michael also served as an instructor for the Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute.

• “Data Security-Threats, Response, and Enforcement,” West Coast Summit Information Systems Security Association, June 3, 2009

• “A Virtual Can of Worms,” Los Angeles Daily Journal, August 18, 2009

• Director’s Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant US Attorney, 1997 and 1999

• Department of Justice Special Achievement Award, 1993 and 1996