MICHAEL I. SPIEGEL, Partner
Antitrust Law /
Unfair Business Practices
Spiegel, Liao & Kagay
388 Market St. Ste# 900
San Francisco, California 94111
Phone: 415-956-5959
Fax: 415-362-1431
E-Mail: mis@slksf.com
URL: www.slksf.com
MICHAEL I. SPIEGEL earned his undergraduate degree at Columbia University in 1956. In 1961, he received his J. D. from Stanford University Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review. He was admitted to the bar in 1962 and clerked for California Supreme Court Justices Dooling and Tobriner from 1961 to 1962. He is a past member (1978-1986) of the Executive Committee of the California State Bar's Antitrust and Unfair Competition Section, and a present member of the American Bar Association's Antitrust Law and Litigation Sections.
Mr. Spiegel was one of the founders of the Antitrust Section of the California Department of Justice, where he served as Deputy Attorney General and Supervising Deputy from 1963 to 1985. In that position, he took a lead role in many major antitrust cases and achieved national prominence as an antitrust attorney. He pioneered the development of modern day class action and other complex litigation.
Mr. Spiegel represented the State of California in the Western Pipe Antitrust cases; the Antibiotics Antitrust Litigation; the Western Liquid Asphalt Antitrust Litigation, MDL-50; and the Cement Antitrust Litigation, MDL-296, among many others. He has consistently been recognized by the courts and his peers as a leader in the fields of antitrust, class actions, and other complex litigation. See, e.g., In re Coordinated Pretrial Proceedings in Antibiotic Antitrust Actions, 410 F.Supp. 706, 717 (D.Minn. 1975): "Mr. Spiegel . . . [has] done an outstanding job throughout this litigation. The Court has the highest esteem for [this man] as [an] individual and as [a] litigant." He is best known for captaining the Petroleum Products Antitrust Litigation for all plaintiff states, an eighteen-year effort in a massive class action that ultimately netted over $140 million for four western states and their citizens.
In 1995, Forbes Magazine recognized Mr. Spiegel as one of the nation's 25 most successful trial lawyers. Mr. Spiegel has served as Advisory Counsel for an Independent Counsel probe of a cabinet-level official in Washington, D.C.
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Areas of Practice:
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Alternative Dispute Resolution :
Arbitration
Mediation
Antitrust & Trade Regulation:
Antitrust Law
Deceptive Trade Practices
RICO Act
Trade Regulation
Unfair Competition
Business & Commercial Law:
Consumer Protection
Contracts
Litigation & Appeals:
Class Actions
Complex Litigation
Federal Appellate Practice
Federal Trial Practice
Multidistrict Litigation
State Appellate Practice
State Trial Practice
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Education:
Stanford Law School, J.D.
Stanford, Calfornia USA
Stanford Law Review 1959 – 1961
Columbia College, A.B.
New York, New York USA
Major: Math- Physics
Past Employment:
California Supreme Court, Law Clerk 1962-1963
California Department of Justice, Deputy Attorney General 1963-1985
Office Held:
California State Bar, Antitrust and Unfair Competition Section, 1978-1986
ABA, Antitrust Law & Litigation Section 1976-present
Federal Bar Association, Member
Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve 1956-1958
Representative Clients and Industries:
State of California
Representative Cases:
In Re Petroleum Products
Cite:906 F2x432
Court: 9th Circuit 1990
