Michael Gay

Michael Gay is a litigation partner and national department chair for Litigation at Foley & Lardner LLP. Michael handles a variety of commercial disputes, including restrictive covenant litigation, patent and trademark litigation, environmental litigation, health care litigation and contract disputes. Michael serves on the firm's Management Committee. He is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property Litigation Practices. Michael is former managing partner for the Orlando office.

Prior to joining Foley, Michael practiced in Houston, Texas, as a commercial trial lawyer.

Education

• Duke University (J.D., with honors, 1990)
• Tulane University (B.S., 1987)
  • Electrical engineering

Recognition

• Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^© in the field of Commercial Litigation (since 2013)
• Selected for inclusion to the Florida Super Lawyers^® list (2011 – 2013 and 2016 – 2017)
• Peer Review Rated as AV Preeminent^®, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell^® Peer Review Ratings^™
• Recognized multiple times in the past by his peers as one of Florida's Legal Elite^™ in Florida Trend magazine

Admissions

• Florida
• Texas