Michele Johnson is the Managing Partner of the Orange County office, Chair the office's Litigation Department and recognized as a leading California litigator. Her practice focuses on securities and professional liability litigation, and she represents industry-leading companies, officers and directors, special committees and accounting firms in connection with: Securities class actions, Shareholder derivative litigation, Mergers and acquisitions litigation, SEC enforcement actions, Internal investigations, Other complex, high-exposure litigation.

Ms. Johnson's recent representations include M&A litigation brought by sellers’ shareholders seeking to enjoin transactions, and investigations and litigation related to the mortgage crisis on behalf of both special committees and boards of directors. She has represented pharmaceutical companies in clinical and post-clinical trial phases of development, energy companies in the post-Enron era and major accounting firms in professional malpractice actions. She has had significant trial experience involving product liability, unfair business practices, tax, trusts and estates, and insurance bad faith trials.