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Michael "Mike" Yoder

O'Melveny & Myers
  • Recognized Since:
    2006
  • Recognized in:
    Bet-the-Company Litigation
    Commercial Litigation...
  • Lawyer Page:
    https://www.omm.com/profession...
  • Website:
    https://www.omm.com
  • Location:
    610 Newport Center Drive, 17th Floor
    Newport Beach, CA 92660

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Mike Yoder, a partner in O’Melveny’s Newport Beach office and head of that office’s Business Trial and Litigation Practice, is an accomplished trial lawyer with a broad range of substantive experience, including securities, trademarks, unfair competition, trade secrets, business torts, insurance, contract, real estate, land use, and related commercial litigation. Mike is a Fellow of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers and was one of only 10 lawyers to be featured in the National Law Journal’s 2008 “Winning: Successful Strategies from the Nation's Top Litigators” special report. He was also selected by his peers as one of “The Best Lawyers in America,” for the past five years. Mike also has been recognized as a “Super Lawyer” and one of Orange County's “Top 50 Lawyers” in annual surveys conducted by Law & Politics Media Inc. and published in Los Angeles magazine.

Mike has practiced in Orange County for over 28 years and plays a prominent role in the Orange County legal community, having served in numerous leadership positions for a variety of bar and civic organizations. Mike currently serves as President of the Orange County Bar Association, the second largest bar association in the State of California with over 8,000 members. Mike also has served as a Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, as President of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers Orange County Chapter, and as Chair of the Orange County Bar Association’s Judiciary Committee.
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  • Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2013 - Bet-the-Company Litigation

Education:

  • Stanford University , graduated 1978
  • University of Southern California

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Orange County (2019)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Orange County (2013)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
 

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Federal Clerkships:

  • United States District Court
 

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O'Melveny & Myers
https://www.omm.com
 
Headquarters
400 South Hope Street, 18th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
213-430-6000
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Century City, CA

1999 Avenue of the Stars, Eighth Floor

Century City, CA 90067

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310-553-6700

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2765 Sand Hill Road

Menlo Park, CA 94025

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650-473-2600

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Newport Beach, CA

610 Newport Center Drive, 17th Floor

Newport Beach, CA 92660

United States

949-823-6900

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Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

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415-984-8700

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Washington, DC 20006

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