Mike Walsh is a partner in O’Melveny’s Washington, DC office and a member of the Securities Litigation Practice and a founding member of O’Melveny’s transnational China-based US-Listed Company Litigation Task Force. Mike is actively involved in several complex securities class action and shareholder derivative cases, as well as several ERISA class action cases. He has authored numerous motions in connection with matters pending before various United States district courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. Mike is currently representing the Chief Financial Officer of a China-based, NASDAQ-listed company in a U.S. litigation and regulatory enforcement proceedings. Mike represented a company in connection with the investigation conducted by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, and he also provides advice to clients in connection with internal and regulatory investigations. He has co-authored two articles on private rights of action under Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and also has experience with all aspects of electronic discovery issues.
Prior to joining the Securities Litigation Practice, Mike represented an incumbent local exchange carrier in arbitrations and intercarrier compensation disputes, writing and arguing various motions before several state utilities commissions, and state trial and appellate courts. He also has significant experience before the Federal Communications Commission, authoring responsive pleadings and post-hearing briefs in an expedited Section 252 arbitration between two local exchange carriers, and submitting comments on behalf of a large Spanish-language broadcasting company.
Mike also maintains an active pro bono practice. He drafted and filed a successful amicus brief in the Supreme Court of Missouri defending the rights of child victims of parental abuse, and successfully obtained full US citizenship for a victim of spousal abuse. In 2011, Mike received the Friend of Children Award from child advocacy group Justice For Children.
