Michael B. Colgan
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Practice Area
Commercial Litigation
Practice Profile
Mike specializes in civil litigation and has represented clients in cases in more than 30 states. He is the firm's most senior trial lawyer, with extensive experience in complex tort and business disputes, including product liability, professional liability, breach of contract, intellectual property, insurance coverage, trade regulation, trade secret, construction, business torts, and class actions. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute, where he has served as a consulting member of the Restatement of Torts, the Restatement of Restitution, the Restatement of Law Governing Lawyers, and the Complex Litigation Project. Mike has served as a bar examiner, taught trial practice to law students, and written and lectured on trial topics.
Education
- University of Kentucky, J.D. with distinction (Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa; Kentucky Law Journal Comments Editor), 1974
- Michigan State University, B.A. with high honors (Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi), 1971
Professional Recognition
- American Bar Foundation, Fellow
- AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation
- Florida Super Lawyers, Business Litigation
- Florida Trend Magazine's Legal Elite, Commercial Litigation
- Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
- Tampa Bay Magazine's Tampa Bay's Top Lawyers
- U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® Best Law Firms, General Commercial Litigation
Certification
- Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Business Litigation
- Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Civil Trial Law
- Certified Circuit Court Mediator
- Certified District Court Mediator for the U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
Bar Admissions
- Florida
- Trial Bar, Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina
- U.S. Federal Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Selected Professional and Civic Activities
- American Bar Association
- American Inns of Court, J. Clifford Cheatwood Inn of Court (Master)
- American Law Institute
- Florida Board of Bar Examiners (Emeritus Member)
- The Florida Bar Civil Trial Certification Committee (Past Member)
- The Florida Bar Committee on Professionalism
- Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Grievance Committee (Past Chairman)