Michael is an associate in the Washington D.C. office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation practice group, focusing on international arbitration and litigation. In his private practice, Michael represents and advises clients in domestic and international disputes and transactions. His cases have encompassed mining, transportation, employment, energy, infrastructure, banking and trademark disputes, and have involved interpretation of international, foreign and domestic law.
Michael also maintains a domestic litigation practice and clerked for the Honorable Adalberto Jordan at the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Outside his private practice, Michael is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, teaching advocacy in international arbitration to domestic and foreign law students. He has also coached the University of Miami in the Foreign Direct Investment Moot, which focuses on investment arbitration.
Michael is natively fluent in English and Spanish. Most of his practice has involved reading and drafting in Spanish, interpreting Latin American law.
Highlighted Publications
“What Investor-State Arbitrations Involving Latin American States Indicate about the Increasingly Relevant Dominant and Effective Nationality Principle”, 19-4 Transnational Dispute Management, 2022
“A Brief Overview of Recent SCOTUS Precedent – Keeping Foreign Litigation at Bay”, 83 INT’L ASS’N OF DEF. COUNS. 460, 460–71, 2016
“The Implications of ZF Automotive v. Luxshare for International Arbitration in the United States”, 1 PARIS J. OF INT’L ARBITRATION 121, 2013
Education
University of Miami School of Law, J.D., 2017, summa cum laude, University of Miami Law Review Managing Editor
