Morgan Lewis Featured Among 2026 ALM New York Legal Awards Honorees

NEW YORK, July 14, 2026: The 2026 ALM New York Legal Awards have recognized Morgan Lewis’s labor and employment practice and litigation partner Michael Kraut as part of the annual program honoring law firms and lawyers whose dedication, innovation, and leadership have profoundly impacted the legal profession.

Morgan Lewis is shortlisted in the Litigation Department of the Year category in labor and employment. Morgan Lewis represents employers in labor and employment disputes across industries, handling matters ranging from single-plaintiff claims to complex class and collective actions, government investigations, arbitrations, and high-stakes trials.

The firm’s labor and employment litigators advise clients on workplace disputes involving discrimination, wage and hour, restrictive covenants, trade secrets, labor relations, union organizing, collective bargaining, and other employment-related matters before federal and state courts, administrative agencies, and arbitration tribunals. These litigators possess deep industry knowledge in financial services, technology, energy, healthcare, retail, pharmaceuticals, transportation, aviation, and defense, among others.

Michael is recognized in the Best Mentors category. The award celebrates those lawyers who take it upon themselves to prepare the next generation of legal talent. Mike’s mentees, who number in the hundreds and encompass lawyers within and outside Morgan Lewis, describe his advice as unusually impactful because of his dual emphasis on the practice of law and business of law.

For more than 25 years, Michael has represented banks and other financial institutions in defense of large high-risk, high-profile complex securities and commercial class actions and other litigation involving securitization issues and breach of contract, fiduciary duty, and consumer protection claims.

View the complete shortlist. Winners will be announced at the September 3 New York Legal Awards in New York City.