

Overview
Michael Doyen is a litigator who represents international corporations, corporate officers and national and international law firms in major criminal and civil matters in the United States, Central and South America and Europe.
He has worked on cases involving large-scale disasters, financial and otherwise – from the collapse of the nuclear industry, the junk bond market and the savings & loan crisis in the 1980s to the dot-com bubble, financial meltdown, Gulf Coast hurricanes and oil spill and the major wildfires of the early 21st century.
Michael specializes in criminal and regulatory investigations and related civil litigation. He handles all phases, formal and informal, from the earliest days of an investigation through trial.
He also represents law firms and lawyers in malpractice and malpractice actions (and, occasionally, in criminal matters). Most of his law firm clients would prefer their names not be mentioned here.
Michael has worked on many matters touching on warfare, from libel and reporting to war crimes. He speaks and writes about strategic issues and the nature of litigation, has served as a visiting fellow at Harvard Law School and is (eternally) trying to finish a book on war and litigation.
Capabilities
Practices
Experience
Complex Civil Litigation
Transocean and certain of its subsidiaries, which owned or operated the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, in litigation arising from the April 20, 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
An aerospace company in
- its successful defense against $7 billion breach of contract, fraud and tortious interference claims brought by a satellite communications company related to construction and launch of 12 satellites for a telecommunications network.
- securing a dismissal with prejudice of a trade secrets action filed under RICO by a rival aerospace company.
An Am Law 20 law firm in trying and defeating a $2 billion legal malpractice claim against it. To deal with complex and competing privilege issues in this three-cornered lawsuit, counsel traveled around the country with the trial judge, taking trial testimony from attorneys in New York, Florida and San Francisco.
More
- Attorney of the Year, California Lawyer, 2015
- The Best Lawyers in America
- Visiting Fellow, Harvard Law School