MICHAEL KATZ
MANAGING PARTNER
KATZ RUBY & CARLE LLP
WHY: Managing partner of boutique litigation firm that handles complex business and IP litigation, as well as probate, real estate and other sensitive matters for high net worth individuals.
Clients have included DirecTV, Vizio, Honda North America, Cricket Wireless and individuals like Chuck Yeager and the estates of Marilyn Monroe and the Marx Brothers. Experienced trade secret lawyer, and he periodically teaches a course on Trade Secret law at the UCI Law School.
NOTABLE: Started at New York firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; after moving to California, was a partner for many years at the global law firm of Morrison & Foerster. Author of a published book of poems, “No Turning Back.”
