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Michael E. Johnson

Partner


Michael Johnson, a partner in the Litigation and Trial Practice Group, has represented a variety of business and individual clients in complex commercial disputes.  His experience includes multiple trials and arbitrations, as well as state and federal appellate work.  Michael serves as co-hiring partner in the New York office.

Michael’s practice has focused on complex business litigation, employment-related disputes (particularly restrictive covenant litigation), securities class actions and international arbitrations.  He has appeared in courts and before arbitration tribunals in New York and throughout the United States.  He has authored articles on international arbitration and class action practice that have appeared in regional and national publications, including The National Law Journal.

Michael was previously with the New York office of Salans, where he was a partner in the litigation department. Prior to joining Salans’s predecessor firm in 1997, Michael was an associate with Sullivan & Cromwell.

Representative Experience

  • Prosecuted copyright infringement action on behalf of international software manufacturer, including federal court jury trial and appeal.
  • Represented a large European telecommunications company in an international arbitration brought by its U.S. sales agent.
  • Defended an international professional services firm accused of misappropriating a business in connection with its hiring of a senior executive from a competitor.
  • Won confirmation of international arbitration award in excess of $35 million against European government instrumentality that sought to avoid enforcement on jurisdictional and sovereign immunity grounds.


Publications
April 2008
November 19, 2007
"Standard Clarified for International Antisuit Injunctions," New York Law Journal, Vol. 238, November 19, 2007.
January 2007
"2d Circuit’s ‘IPO’ Ruling,” The National Law Journal, January 29, 2007.

Michael E. Johnson

90 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016-1387
Phone: 212-210-9584
Fax: 212-922-3884

Education

  • New York University
    (J.D., 1994)
  • Earlham College
    (B.A., 1989)

Admitted to Practice

  • New York