Michael A. Hacker

Associate

Michael Hacker counsels clients through all stages of complex civil litigation and government and internal investigations, with a focus on securities-related matters. He has litigated in a variety of federal and state trial and appellate courts and represented clients before the US Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Mike also maintains an active pro bono practice and is committed to volunteering his time to individuals in need of legal services.

Extended Profile

Before moving back to Boston and joining Morgan Lewis, Mike was an associate in the New York office of another major international law firm.

While in law school, Mike served as the executive notes editor of the Boston College Law Review and was a teaching assistant and research assistant to a constitutional law professor. Mike also completed an internship with Judge Allison D. Burroughs of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Selected Representations

Represented civil rights organizations as amicus curiae in case before Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court concerning application of search and seizure jurisprudence to digital data obtained from search of cell phone controlled by third party.
Member of team that secured a highly favorable result on behalf of a renewable energy business in a two-week bench trial before the Business Litigation Session of the Massachusetts Superior Court
Key member of team that successfully represented a Big Four accounting firm in a three-week jury trial before the Business Litigation Session of the Massachusetts Superior Court
Represented Big Four audit partner at PCAOB deposition
Successfully represented a US Army veteran in federal court challenge after US Citizenship and Immigration Services failed to timely adjudicate his naturalization application