Michael Huston

Practice Areas

Appeals, Issues & Strategy

Business Litigation

Career

Clients seek Michael Huston's counsel in high-stakes litigation matters, especially complex appeals and matters involving administrative law. Michael has briefed, argued, and won multiple cases in the Supreme Court of the United States, where he has personally argued eleven times. He has also achieved multiple precedent-setting victories in federal and state appellate courts across the country. He regularly assists clients in sensitive, bet-the-company matters.

As a former Assistant to the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice, Michael represented the federal government before the Supreme Court of the United States by arguing cases and drafting hundreds of briefs. The overwhelming majority of Michael's cases resulted in a successful disposition. He was the principal drafter of seven successful petitions for a writ of certiorari, and he has prepared dozens of successful merits-stage, amicus curiae, and emergency-docket briefs.

Prior to his position at the DOJ, Michael worked at another leading law firm in Washington, D.C. handling high-stakes appellate matters in federal and state courts. He is a former law clerk to the Chief Justice of the United States, John G. Roberts, and to Judge Raymond Kethledge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Michael graduated first in his class from the University of Michigan Law School and summa cum laude from the University of Arizona.