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Michael A. Leone
Firm Member
Michael A. Leone is a shareholder of the firm whose practice is concentrated in the areas of complex business litigation, litigation before the trademark trials appeals board and legal malpractice defense.
Education Background
Mr. Leone received his B.A. from the University of California, San Diego in 1987. He earned his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1990. As a law student, Mr. Leone won the American Jurisprudence Award for both evidence and criminal procedure, as well as the Best Oral Advocate Award in the Honorable Jack R. Levitt Law & Motion Moot Court Competition. He also served as extern to Justice Gilbert R. Nares, California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One.
Employment Background
Prior to joining Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek, Mr. Leone was an attorney with the law firm of McInnis Fitzgerald Rees & Sharkey in San Diego, California.
Representative Matters
- Successfully represented former partners of law firm against $15 million legal malpractice claim
- Successfully represented real estate development company in $40 million breach-of-partnership action
Professional Affiliations & Admissions
- State Bar of California
- San Diego County Bar Association
