Michael concentrates his practice on white collar criminal defense and securities litigation. Before entering private practice in 1988, Michael served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Rackets Bureau of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office and as an Associate Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for Prudential Securities. Michael is admitted to practice law in the States of New York and New Jersey as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the United States District Court for New Jersey. Michael was a Deputy Bureau Chief in the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor of the City of New York. Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, New York J.D. - 1981 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ B.A. - 1978 Major: Criminal Justice