Michael is a partner in Rivkin Radler’s Commercial Litigation, Insurance Coverage, and Insurance Fraud Practice Groups. His practice includes representing a wide array of clients, ranging from midsize businesses to large Fortune 500 companies in complex, high-stakes commercial litigations, such as contractual, business torts and shareholder and partnership disputes. He has extensive experience in civil litigation and corporate counseling, including trial and appellate work involving complex commercial matters, real property disputes, insurance law disputes, and labor and employment issues, and he has served as trial counsel in federal and state courts.

As a partner in the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Insurance Fraud Practice Groups, Michael’s practice focuses on insurance fraud investigations and litigations involving health care claims. He also represents insurers in litigation to recover no-fault benefits. He has helped insurers achieve multimillion-dollar judgments and settlements in fraud cases and has helped develop case law that is used to combat insurance fraud. Additionally, he helped secure a major victory for New York no-fault automobile insurers by obtaining dismissal of an action challenging an insurer’s right to use medical peer reviews to deny no-fault claims for MRI studies.

Michael’s cases often involve the eligibility of fraudulently incorporated medical providers and fraudulent billing by medical providers for unnecessary treatment. Michael has a wealth of experience in the investigation and defense of automobile and medical fraud claims and regularly counsels insurers during the investigative stage of a claim. Additionally, Michael prosecutes and defends complex civil lawsuits under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, including affirmative actions to recover insurer claim payments to physicians, pharmacists, medical clinics, attorneys, and others involved in complex, large-scale insurance fraud schemes. He also represents clients in federal and state litigation, arbitration, mediation, and administrative proceedings in matters involving complex commercial disputes.

Court Admissions

U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Education

Thomas M. Cooley Law School, J.D.

University of Buffalo, The State University of New York, B.A. in Political Science

News & Publications

• Feuer, Grill, Schnepper and Lampert Close the Sale of Mixed-Use Building
  October 9 | 2018
• Rivkin Radler Elects Three New Partners
  January 2 | 2018
• Rivkin Radler Attorneys Named As 2017 New York Metro Super Lawyers
  September | 2017

A member of Rivkin Radler’s pro bono program, Michael represents indigent tenants in landlord-tenant disputes in Nassau County and throughout New York City. He is also active in several local charities, including the North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, Long Island’s preeminent not-for-profit children’s mental health agency. Michael sits on the organization’s Board of Directors and also has served as co-chair of its charity golf and tennis outings from 2013 to 2025 where Michael’s efforts have helped raise millions of dollars.

Super Lawyers named Michael aa Rising Star in the Metropolitan New York area from 2014 to 2018. Only 2.5% of the lawyers in New York are named to the Rising Stars list.