Overview
Michael R. Huttenlocher focuses his practice on all aspects of complex commercial litigation and international arbitration, including contract disputes, business torts, merger and acquisitions, shareholder appraisal actions, the federal securities laws, and white-collar criminal matters. He is experienced in all phases of litigation in state and federal courts around the country, as well as in domestic and international arbitration, including pre-filing investigation and case assessment, fact and expert discovery, legal research, motion practice, trial preparation, trial and appeals. Michael also has an active pro bono practice.
Michael is an adjunct professor of law at the Fordham University School of Law. He also clerked for the Honorable Richard M. Berman of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. While in law school, he was an associate editor on the Moot Court Board in the Casebook Division as well as co-chair of the NYU Trial Advocacy Society.
Results
- Represented a UK investment company in a bet-the-company arbitration concerning an alleged breach of environmental indemnity as well as a post-hearing mediation that led to a favorable settlement
- Defended the acquirer of a publicly traded company in the Delaware Court of Chancery against allegations of aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty
- Represented an employee of a broker-dealer in an investigation led by the US Department of Justice and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission concerning trading involving benchmark rates
- Defended a Korean chemicals company in an alleged breach of contract action that resulted in a full defense verdict after a bench trial in the Southern District of New York
- Defended a target company and certain members of the board of directors in the Delaware Court of Chancery against allegations of breach of fiduciary duty
- Represented financial advisors to the board of directors of a publicly traded company concerning opinions rendered regarding the fairness of the consideration to be received in a merger
- Defended foreign liquidations of a hedge fund in litigation brought by investors, which led to a complete dismissal of the causes of action brought against them
- Represented The Mattachine Society of Washington, DC, in connection with an amicus brief to the US Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges and the consolidated same-sex marriage cases
Recognitions
- Benchmark Litigation, 40 & Under Hot List, 2017-2021
- New York Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2011 to 2016
Community
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
Credentials
Education
New York University School of Law, JD, 2005
State University of New York – Binghamton, BA, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2002
Admissions
New York
Courts / Agencies
Supreme Court of the United States
US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
US District Court for the Southern District of New York
