Michael E. Rosenberg

Since joining Kirkland, Michael has been involved in the following matters:

• Defends a national nonprofit charity against false advertising, unfair competition, and RICO claims related to information that was omitted from its advertisements and solicitations.
• Assisted with representing a large real estate development company in construction defect litigation against the general contractor, subcontractors, and insurers regarding one of the most prominent condominium developments in Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Represented a manufacturing company based in Taiwan in an international arbitration regarding breaches of contract.
• Helped an international shipping company navigate an investigation by the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division.
• Represented large financial institutions that were victims in a Ponzi Scheme to recover tens of millions of dollars in invested funds from one of the country’s largest, implicated escrow companies.
• Represented a technology entrepreneur in a private civil case in state court and a parallel Securities and Exchange Commission action in federal court stemming from the sale of the entrepreneur’s company to an American multinational IT services corporation.
• Defended a large insurance company against claims that its agents and other partners violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
• Represented a third-party parent company in a dispute involving trade secret theft between the subsidiary solar power company and its next largest competitor.
• Helped a children’s vitamin company prepare the necessary paperwork to file for a Temporary Restraining Order preventing a former employee from utilizing company confidential and trade secret information.
• Represented an electric vehicle start-up company and its founders in a matter involving breaches of contract, breaches of fiduciary duties, and theft of trade secret claims that spanned across federal court, state court, and private arbitration proceedings.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Michael was involved in the following matters:

• Represented a technology and communications company in connection with a large-scale government investigation and subsequent litigation into monopolistic activities brought by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
• Defended a major pharmacy chain against a nationwide consumer class action lawsuit for claims of fraudulent and deceptive behavior and violations of multiple state consumer protection laws.
• Represented a large insurance company’s interests in bringing a breach of contract claim against a software vendor.
• Defended various companies against claims for violation of the California False Advertising Law or Unfair Competition Law.

Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Los Angeles, 2016–2018

Summer Associate, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, Summer 2015

Since joining Kirkland, Michael has been involved in the following matters:

• Helped former convicted felons apply to expunge their criminal records following an extended period of lawful conduct.
• Helped asylum seekers to complete necessary paperwork and obtain asylum in the U.S.
• Represented current and prospective transgender military servicemen and individuals in Karnoski et. al. v. Trump et. al., a civil rights action challenging the Trump Administration’s so-called transgender military ban in conjunction with Lambda Legal.
• Helped a woman receive an extension of time to find eligible Section 8 housing from the City of Long Beach Housing Authority as a reasonable accommodation for her treatment for mental illness in conjunction with Mental Health Advocacy Services. 

Prior to joining Kirkland, Michael was involved in the following matters:

• Helped a number of families to adopt children in conjunction with the Alliance for Children’s Rights.
• Represented a group of tenants in a dispute with their landlord in conjunction with the Inner City Law Center.