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Michael Cody is a founding partner of Macdonald & Cody, LLP. For over 20 years, Michael has litigated both general and complex civil litigation cases including bodily injury and property damage defense, catastrophic injury defense, medical malpractice and other professional liability defense, employment defense and construction defect litigation. Michael is known as an effective and thorough litigator. Michael understands the importance of early evaluation of cases to ensure they are properly and efficiently prepared for either settlement or trial. Michael spent his first 6 years of practice representing physicians, nurses and hospitals in medical malpractice litigation and defending automobile personal injury matters. Michael gained significant trial experience while representing private clients in complex real estate, business/commercial and employment litigation matters at a boutique law firm for 8 years. Michael returned to the insurance defense arena several years ago, working primarily on catastrophic injury, complex commercial construction defect and professional liability matters for a mid-sized, multi-state law firm. Michael has tried over a dozen cases to verdict, including obtaining a $25 million verdict for a large, federally-insured bank in a lawsuit over a complicated land development deal in Colorado.Michael received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of San Diego in 1993 and earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of San Diego in 1998. Michael is licensed to practice before all of the state courts in California and United States District Court for the Southern and Central Districts.

Listed skills include Civil Litigation, Employment Law, Personal Injury, Trials, and 8 others.