Mike is a senior associate with the firm. His practice focuses on consumer protection and
false advertising litigation. Mike’s entire legal career has been focused on representing plaintiffs
against large corporations. Mike has argued appeals before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in various consumer matters.
Mike has performed significant work on behalf of plaintiffs in the following cases:
Hilsley v. Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., No. 3:17-cv-02335(GPC) (S.D. Cal.) (certified class
action involving the false labeling of cranberry juice products where a $5.4 million settlement
was reached); Graves v. United Industries Corporation, No. 2:17-cv-06983-CAS-SK (C.D. Cal.)
(action involving the false labeling of weed killer products where a $2.5 million settlement was
reached); McSwain v. Axos Bank, No. 37-2019-00015784-CU-BC-CTL (San Diego Sup. Ct.)
(action involving allegations that Axos Bank failed to pay simple interest on homeowner
impound escrow accounts. A classwide settlement was reached where each class member
received the interest owed); Littlejohn v. Ferrara Candy Company, No. 18-cv-0658-AJB-WVG
(S.D. Cal.) (action involving allegations that candy products were falsely labeled as containing
“no artificial flavors.” A classwide settlement was reached requiring the defendant to remove the
allegedly false labeling statement from the product packaging).
Mike also has experience in multidistrict litigation matters and he worked on the
successful transfer briefing before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in the matter of
In re Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Marketing & Sales Practices Litig., No. 1:16-md-
02695-JB-LF (D.N.M.).
Mike graduated magna cum laude in May of 2015 from the Thomas Jefferson School of
Law and ranked in the top 5% of his graduating class. During law school, Mike received four
Witkin Awards for the highest grade achieved in his Legal Writing, Constitutional Law,
American Indian Law, and California Civil Procedure courses. He also served as an editor on the
law review.