麦可 M. Conway is a retired partner at 佛利 &拉德纳律师事务所。他曾是该公司业务诉讼的成员&争议解决和上诉惯例。
麦可 has been Peer Review Rated as AV® Preeminent™,是Martindale-Hubbell同行评审等级系统中最高的性能等级。他是美国审判律师学院的成员,并在 《钱伯斯美国》:美国’领先的商业律师 (2008-2014)。从1991年到2014年,他被选入 美国最佳律师® 在第一部修订法*中,并已被选入 伊利诺伊州超级律师 ®列表(2005年,2007年至2014年)。该州只有5%的律师是由 超级律师 。* 38年以来,他一直专注于媒体,商事仲裁,商业纠纷,公司和联邦税务诉讼,尤其着重于紧急禁令案件。在联邦和州法院系统中已报告的200多个判决涉及民事案件,在这些民事案件中,他在初审法院或应上诉承担主要诉讼责任,包括第一修正案,商业,商业侵权,ERISA,RICO,机场环境和联邦税争议:
麦可 has been principal trial attorney in a wide variety of civil matters. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment on behalf of 纽约时报,纽约每日新闻 和 波士顿环球报 which 麦可 represented in a $125 million defamation lawsuit brought by Global Relief Foundation, an Islamic charity. The court of appeals ruled that the newspapers' articles reporting on governmental investigations of Global ties to terrorists were substantially true. 全球救济基金会公司诉《纽约时报》等, 390 F.3d 973(2004年第7卷)。
他赢得了诽谤案件, 芝加哥论坛报 ,ABC, Kankakee Journal ,穆罕默德·阿里,新闻杂志和其他新闻组织。 2004年,他根据伊利诺伊州的一家报纸解雇了诉讼’在伊利诺伊州法规授予基于此类名单重新公布的权利的绝对豁免权的基础上,在州警察的性犯罪者名单上发布了姓名。两国的上诉意见 德斯尼克眼科中心诉ABC– 双方都主张上诉 Michael – 为新闻机构提供重要的保护,使其免受与新闻搜集和新闻内容有关的索赔责任。 Desnick Eye Services诉ABC, 233 F.3d 514(2000年7月Cir)和44 F.3d 1345(7 cir.1995)。
在他的ERISA实践中,他成功地为一家基金经理为养老基金提出的1000万美元ERISA索赔辩护。联邦地方法官批准了抗辩裁决。 Wsol诉FMA (N.D. Ill. 2000). This verdict was affirmed by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in an appeal argued by 麦可, 266 F.3d 654 (7th Cir. 2001).
麦可 was also lead trial attorney in 2005, successfully representing an LLC in a commercial arbitration relating to the dismissal of a member for cause. 迈克尔还曾代表一家上市公司在数百万美元的仲裁中由一位退休的联邦地方法官审理。该索赔是纽交所一家上市公司的前董事长针对客户提出的违反合同和相关索赔的要求。仲裁员不给原告任何赔偿。
麦可 has successfully represented insurance companies, software companies 和 other employers in injunction lawsuits for breach of fiduciary duty 和 trade secret misappropriation.
2004年,他成功代表Wirtz Corporation d / b / a法官&位于伊利诺伊州最高法院的Dolph Ltd.被驳回了一项试图强迫J提出的消费者集体诉讼&D在抗议下支付其州酒税。 韦克斯勒诉维兹 ,211 Ill.2d 18(2004)。
In his representation of airport proprietors, 麦可 has successfully represented airports in Chicago, Denver, Albuquerque 和 Cleveland in challenges to FAA approvals of airport developments.
麦可 has tried bench or jury trials in the United States District Courts in Chicago, Detroit, Kalamazoo, Green Bay, Denver, Minneapolis, 和 New Orleans, as well as the United States Tax Court, United States Claims Court, the circuit courts of Illinois 和 in arbitration proceedings. 麦可 has also tried, on behalf of both employers 和 employees, preliminary injunction cases asserting claims under non-competition agreements 和 the Illinois Trade Secret Act.
麦可 has supervised Firm associates in pro bono federal appellate work.
麦可 is a graduate of Yale Law School (J.D., 1973) 和 Northwestern University (B.S., 1968). He is a charter member of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism Hall of Achievement. Aside from his service as counsel to the United States House Judiciary Committee in the Impeachment Inquiry of President Richard M. Nixon in 1974, 麦可 was with Hopkins &直到与Foley合并为止& Lardner LLP on February 1, 2001. He was an elected delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, as well as in 1996. 麦可 was an elected member of The Rules Committee of the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
麦可 was admitted to the Bar in 1973. He is admitted to practice in Illinois 和 before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern 和 Central Districts of Illinois, the Eastern District of Michigan, the Northern District of Indiana, the Eastern District of Wisconsin, the District of Colorado, the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the First, Second, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, 和联邦巡回法院,美国税务法院,美国索赔法院和美国最高法院。 迈克尔目前是西北大学梅迪尔新闻学院的兼职讲师。
麦可’的出版物和媒体报道包括:
*伊利诺伊州最高法院不承认法律实践中的专业证书,在伊利诺伊州实践法律无需授予或认可。