A first-chair trial lawyer with 30 years of wide-ranging complex civil trial experience, Mike is Barclay Damon’s Branding, Trademarks & Copyrights Practice Area chair and co-team leader of the outdoor and wildlife team. He regularly represents clients in complex intellectual property disputes throughout the United States and in negotiating agreements, licensing, monetization, and IP due diligence in mergers and acquisitions.
Mike is also an experienced environmental lawyer, having litigated and tried numerous environmental- exposure, property-contamination, Clean Water Act, and Superfund cases. His passion for wildlife and related laws and regulation has led to his outdoor and archery industries focus and his frequent representation of both individuals and organizations in these industries. He also counsels individuals and organizations, including natural history museums, on a variety of wildlife law, permitting, and related issues, including those regarding the Endangered Species Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), and the Lacey Act.
Mike leverages his trial experience, representation of plaintiffs and defendants, and ability to connect with both clients and adversaries in his growing alternative dispute resolution practice. In addition to mediating numerous complex civil matters, including patent, trademark, and copyright cases, he has been chosen as an arbitrator and neutral. Mike has also been named as a neutral to multiple panels, including the American Arbitration Association, the International Trademark Association, and various state and federal courts, and is involved with training and new developments in ADR as a member of the New York State Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section Executive Committee.