As a senior member of Morgan Lewis’s market-leading Band-1 litigation practice, described by Chambers USA (2021) as “the gold standard,” Michael Kichline has three decades of experience defending corporations, boards of directors, and other clients in complex, high-stakes disputes, including securities and derivative litigation, corporate governance matters, M&A disputes, and commercial litigation.
Mike is widely recognized as a leading securities and corporate litigator in The Best Lawyers in America, The Legal 500 US, and Chambers USA, for his “intellectual prowess” and “great judgment” as a “top flight litigator” who is “very well connected” and “understands the pragmatics of big class action securities litigation.” He is regarded as “smart, thoughtful, and good in the courtroom” and “is terrific on cross-examination.”
In addition to his Band 1 ranking in Chambers USA (2022), the Best Lawyers in America recognized Mike as 2022 Lawyer of the Year for Securities Litigation in Pennsylvania. Mike appears in federal and state courts throughout the United States, and handles matters in the Delaware Chancery Court. Mike has been approved by all major D&O carriers and is on the AIG Panel Counsel List.
Securities Class Action Defense
Derivative Litigation
SEC Investigations and Enforcement
M&A Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Law Firm Defense
Recommended, Dispute resolution: Securities litigation: defense, The Legal 500 US (2022, 2023)
Recommended, Dispute resolution: Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense, The Legal 500 US (2021)
Recommended, Dispute resolution: General commercial disputes, The Legal 500 US (2021)
Band 1, Litigation: Securities, Pennsylvania, Chambers USA (2022, 2023)
Ranked, Litigation: General Commercial, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia & Surrounds, Chambers USA (2021–2023)
Ranked, Litigation: Securities, Pennsylvania, Chambers USA (2007–2021)
Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
Recommended, The Legal 500 US (2007–2019)
Lawyer of the Year, Litigation – Securities, Philadelphia, The Best Lawyers in America (2022)
Recognized, Litigation – Securities, Philadelphia, The Best Lawyers in America (2022–2024)
Member, National Association of Corporate Directors
Past Chair, Business Litigation Committee, Philadelphia Bar Association
Member, Philadelphia Bar Foundation
Member, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Historical Society
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