Michael N Ungar

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Litigation, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor Litigation, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Appellate Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Business Litigation, Governance Disputes & D&O Litigation, Financial Services, Broker-Dealer & Investment Litigation, Product Liability, Toxic Tort and Environmental Litigation, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation, Life Sciences, Professional Liability, Fiduciary Services, Employee Benefits & ERISA Litigation, Financial Services Industry, Manufacturing, Software & Information Technology, Trade Secret Protection & Enforcement, Life Sciences Industry, Real Estate Litigation

Mike is a nationally recognized trial lawyer who is trusted by his clients to handle their most critical disputes. His practice is focused on complex civil litigation and encompasses a broad range of general business disputes, including the defense of commercial, banking, professional liability, securities, broker-dealer, class action, consumer, product liability, pharmaceutical, and medical device cases. Mike also frequently serves as a mediator and arbitrator, helping find solutions in contentious and complex disputes. Mike brings a determined, decisive, and results-oriented approach to his cases, which has resulted in his recognition as one of the top trial lawyers in the United States.

Mike is Chair of the firm’s Litigation Department and a member of the Governing Board.

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (Past President); Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation (Member and Fellow); Ohio State Bar Association’s Commission on Judicial Candidates (Past Member); The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland (Past President, Board of Directors); American Bar Association; Ohio State Bar Association; American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow); Appointment by Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor of the Supreme Court of Ohio to the Task Force on the Funding of Ohio Courts (2012); Securities Industry Association (Member); American Inns of Court (Founding Member of a Cleveland Chapter); Judge John M. Manos Inn of Court (Master Bencher); Litigation Counsel of America (Senior Fellow)

Boston University School of Law

J.D.

Boston University

B.A., cum laude