Michael Cohen is a partner with Antitrust and International Competition Practice Group in the firm's San Francisco office.

After beginning his career in law enforcement as an Assistant Special Prosecutor, Mr. Cohen has practiced all dimensions of competition law defending multinational clients without borders across continents in business conduct cases and investigations. He is among a short list of lawyers who have successfully defended mergers through trial and appeal in the United States, including serving as co-lead counsel to Western Refining in its acquisition of Giant Industries, which proceeded from complaint through trial in twenty-one days and through appeal in less than fourteen days.

His practice includes concentrated experience representing clients in high tech, software, oil and gas, heavy manufacturing, food processing, broadcast, digital media, and healthcare industries. In addition, he helped pioneer a novel trade regulation practice area bridging environmental organizations and stakeholders with industry in sustainability joint ventures.

Mr. Cohen is a professor at the Monterey College of Law, where he teaches core curriculum courses in Constitutional Law and Business Organizations. He also hosts the BizLaw and VoiceAmerica network International Business Corner segment of On the Law, a syndicated radio program reaching more than 1,100 stations across the world (including more than 300 across the United States).