Michael Hodgson is a litigation attorney with substantive experience in representing corporate and individual clients in all aspects of complex commercial litigation, including securities fraud and regulatory matters, government enforcement actions, internal company investigations and contract disputes. He has significant experience in conducting legal research and analysis, drafting legal memoranda, formulating litigation strategy, managing and conducting e-discovery, expert discovery, and dispositive and non-dispositive motion practice. Representative accomplishments include:• Represented Fortune 100 company in state and local False Claims Act litigation.• Various internal compliance investigations for companies in the life sciences and industrial contracting sectors.• Defended Broadway theater producer in a copyright infringement and breach of contract suit brought by competing Beatles tribute show; settled on favorable terms.• Represented textile designer in action for copyright infringement; settled on favorable terms.• Represented the trustee of a mortgage-backed securities trust against breach of contract and fiduciary duty claims.• Represented a bond insurer in a negligence and breach of contract action arising from the failure to maintain a housing complex owned by a municipal issuer.• Represented hedge fund in action for breach of contract and tortious interference with a confidential settlement agreement.• Represented investment bank in regulatory investigation into the structuring, marketing and sale of a CDO squared.• Represented broker dealer in conducting internal investigations into customer complaints and resolving all outstanding issues in connection with ongoing regulatory exam. • Represented clients on pro bono basis in successful petitions for asylum, petitions brought under the Violence Against Women Act and DACA, as well as obtaining divorces for victims of domestic violence.