Conduct complex civil litigation cases including intellectual property, labor, civil rights, class action and appeals.

Michael Cummings is a partner in CMDA's New York office where he leads the intellectual property and complex litigation practice. Mr. Cummings provides cost-efficient representation, focusing on clients’ business interests and using technology and appropriate staffing to litigate effectively while driving down costs.Mr. Cummings has over twenty years of experience litigating patent and intellectual property cases in U.S. District Courts throughout the country, including appeals to the Federal Circuit Court and investigations in the U.S. International Trade Commission. He has successfully represented numerous Fortune 100 companies. He has previously litigated for Am Law 100 firms and for one of the U.S.’s premier intellectual property boutiques. His cases have involved patents in the areas of computer hardware, software, telecommunications, consumer electronics, semiconductor design and manufacture, standards, microprocessor design, e-commerce, electro-mechanical controls, lasers, optics and storage technology. Mr. Cummings’ practice includes counseling clients in strategic planning and in complex licensing transactions. He has prosecuted patents before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.