Michael is a seasoned unclaimed property practitioner, focusing on securities industry participants and financial institutions. For more than 20 years, he has defended companies in unclaimed property audits, assisted with voluntary compliance initiatives, and conducted internal investigations into potential unclaimed property law violations. He has also counseled clients on the application of unclaimed property laws to FinTech platforms, stored value card programs, and third-party processing arrangements. Michael also advises companies on the unclaimed property implications of new products and merger, acquisition, and divestiture activity.
Michael also has significant commercial litigation experience, representing clients in litigated matters and arbitration proceedings involving purchase price adjustments, patent infringement, shareholder oppression, licensing, consumer fraud matters, and business torts. He has also represented clients in appellate matters before all levels of both state and federal appellate courts.
Michael is admitted to practice in the states of New York, New Jersey, and Arizona, the Supreme Court of the United States, and numerous federal trial and appellate courts. He is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Professional Responsibility Committee, the Unclaimed Property Professionals Organization, and the American Bar Association Subcommittee on Unclaimed Property Law. He is a 1998 graduate of the Stevens Institute of Technology, and received his Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law in 2001. At Seton Hall, Michael was a member of the Editorial Board of The Seton Hall Law Review and a recipient of the Daniel J. Moore Scholarship.
