Michael Firestone is a business litigator who regularly represents individuals and businesses in a broad range of commercial disputes, including complex contract and fraud cases, securities litigation, and bankruptcy litigation. Michael focuses a significant portion of his practice on disputes between the owners of privately held businesses involving business divorces, derivative actions, dissolution proceedings, books and records actions, and claims for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and fraud. He also represents clients in actions to determine the existence of a partnership where the parties dispute that they formed a business together. Many of Michael’s clients are involved in partnership disputes with close family members, including siblings and parents. In those matters in particular, Michael provides the experience, judgment, and steady hand that his clients need to navigate emotionally charged disagreements involving business and family. In addition, Michael also advises his clients on business formation, with a particular focus on the drafting and negotiation of shareholder, partnership, and operating agreements. Michael was recognized as a “Super Lawyer” for Business Litigation in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 in New York Metro SuperLawyer Magazine. He has lectured on the topic of business divorce and written on the management of limited liability companies under New York Law. Michael is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of New York, and he also represents clients before the Delaware Court of Chancery, the American Arbitration Association, and JAMS. A graduate of New York University School of Law, Michael began his career in the litigation department of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. He then joined the leading international law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLC, where he spent nearly eight years working on a diverse array of cases, such as litigation arising out of a billion-dollar management buyout, representing a private equity company in connection with claims for securities fraud, and representing the estate of Lehman Brothers in connection with various disputes arising out of its historic bankruptcy. Michael founded Firestone Law PLLC in 2017, where his practice focused on representing privately held businesses in commercial disputes and business divorces. In May 2023, Michael formed Firestone Greenberger PLLC with Jordan Greenberger.