Biography
Michael is an attorney in the Corporate & Securities practice of Jackson Walker’s Austin Office. Michael’s practice focuses on investor representation and corporate and securities matters including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities offerings and general business transactions. In his investment funds practice, Michael’s experience includes advising public and private institutional investors in connection with investments in private equity funds.
An involved leader, Michael was elected as Class Company Commander and Company Honor Board Representative during his time at the United States Naval Academy, in addition to being named to the Dean’s list. In law school he went on to serve as the Associate Administrative Editor to the Texas Law Review, currently the ninth most cited legal periodical in federal and state cases in the United States, and the thirteenth most cited by legal journals. Michael earned the Dean’s Achievement Award for highest grades in his Business Environment of Law Firms, Law and Social Media, and Constitutional Law courses. Michael was a research assistant for Angela K. Littwin, professor of bankruptcy, consumer, and commercial law and Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School.
Education
B.A., summa cum laude, Texas A&M University
- Dean’s List
- Phi Beta Kappa, Member
J.D., with honors, The University of Texas School of Law
- Order of the Coif
- Texas Law Review, Associate Administrative Editor
- Dean’s Achievement Award
- Business Environment of Law Firms
- Constitutional Law
- Law and Social Media
- Tax Planning for Business Entities
- Research Assistant to Professor Angela Littwin
Bar Admissions
Texas
