Michael is a member of the Corporate and Commercial Practice Group. He is the Family Business Team Co-Chair, Securities Team Co-Chair, and the Technology Team Chair. His practice is focused on business law matters. Michael has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity matters, venture capital matters, raising capital, private and public securities law matters, advising Board of Directors, business negotiations and family succession matters. In particular, he has worked with clients on numerous matters, including shareholders’ agreements, investors' rights agreements, joint venture agreements, asset purchase agreements, merger agreements, private placements, public offerings, financings and business negotiations.
Education
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B.S., summa cum laude, Denison University, 1984
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J.D., University of Wisconsin, 1987
Courts Admitted to Practice
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U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Louisville Bar Association
- Mediation Association of Kentucky
- State Bar of Wisconsin
- One Southern Indiana
- Greater Louisville Inc.
Professional Leadership
- Leadership Kentucky graduate
- Represented clients in connection with general business matters, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, financings, settlement of litigation matters, and Federal and state securities law matters
- Represented clients in connection with private and public capital formation, including public offerings, shelf registrations and private placements
- Extensive experience in representing clients involved in the telecommunications and technology industries
Honors and Awards
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007-2011 in the fields of Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Securities Law
- Recognized in the 2008-2010 Kentucky Super Lawyers® lists
- AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®
Civic and Charitable Involvement
- Board Member, Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Kentucky Chapter
- Member, Venture Club of Louisville
- Member, Attorneys for Family-Held Business Enterprises
- Chair, Technology Council, 2004-2005
- Chair, Sparks, 2004-2005; 2007-2008
- Vice Chair, Sparks, 2003-2004; 2006-2007
- Vice-President, Friends of the Waterfront, 2006-2008
- Board Member, Technology Council, 2002-2006
- Board Member, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Kentucky/West Virginia Chapter, 1998-2009
- Board Member, Friends of the Waterfront, 2001-present
- Board Member and Treasurer of the Ambassador Condominium Association, 1990-1995
- Member, Rotary Club of Louisville, Inc., 2003-present
- The International Center for Dispute Resolution & Leadership graduate
- Member, Phi Beta Kappa
- Member, Psi Chi
- Focus Louisville
- Kentucky Colonel
- Note and Comment Editor, Wisconsin International Law Journal
Selected Publications and Presentations
- SEC Guidance on Use of Website, Emails and Company Blogs, 15th Biennial Midwest/Midsouth Securities Law Conference
- Corporate Law Updates
- Top Ten Legal Needs for a Family Business and Succession Planning, Annual Meeting for the Kentucky Crushed Stone Association, Inc.
- Evolution of the Family Business, Sullivan University, KFG, SICC, MET, inc. tank and SBDC
- Family Business - Hot Topics, Strothman & Company PSC and Greater Louisville Inc.
- Pre-Business Workshop, Southern Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Legal Structures
- The Legal Maze, Small Business Development Center
- Venture Capital from the Entrepreneur's Perspective, Chair, Great Mid-West Venture Capital Conference
- Lorman Education Services, Estate Planning for the Family Business
- Southern Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Business Planning through Succession or Sale
- Greater Louisville Inc., Legal Issues for Small Business Seminar
- Venture Capital for the Telecommunications and Technology Industries, First Union Securities
- Raising Capital, First Union Securities
- Plain English Disclosure Rules and SEC Year 2000 Disclosure Guidelines
- Federal and State Securities Law Issues, University of Louisville and Telecommunications Research Center
- Maximizing Wealth through Shareholder Liquidity Alternatives, Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin
- Securities Law Disclosure Update
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