Mike is a partner in the litigation group in the Baton Rouge office. His practice includes all areas of commercial litigation, including business, construction, insurance and product disputes. Mike also counsels clients on matters involving public and private contracts. From 1977 until 1978, Mike served as Law Clerk to Senior U.S. District Judge Ben C. Dawkins, Jr., United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Mike holds the "AV" rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest possible rating for legal ability and ethical standards, and has also been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America.

• Louisiana State University, J.D., 1977; Phi Alpha Theta
• Louisiana State University, B.A., 1974

• Member: Baton Rouge and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Fifth Circuit and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal; American Bar Association, Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, Section of Public Contract Law, Litigation Section, and Center for Professional Responsibility; Master Chair, Dean Henry George McMahon American Inn of Court

• "Louisiana Legal Ethics," Michael D. Hunt and Kelsey B. Kornick, American Legal Ethics Library (Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School), available at www.law.cornell.edu
• Seminar and program speaker, Louisiana State University, College of Engineering, Louisiana State University Law School, Louisiana State Bar Association, Baton Rouge Bar Association

• Litigation involving business torts, trade secrets, and unfair trade practices.
• Litigation and consultation on antitrust matters.
• Litigation involving major manufacturing equipment, products, and environmental issues.
• Litigation and arbitration of construction disputes.
• Defense of Directors and Officers in securities litigation.
• Liaison defense counsel and coordinating counsel on large declaratory actions brought by major assureds for determinations of insurance coverage for their North American environmental liabilities.
• Lead litigation counsel for trustee defendant in the In Re Taxable Municipal Securities multidistrict class action litigation arising out of the liquidation of Executive Life Insurance Company.
• Litigation and consultation involving the chemical manufacturing industry.
• Litigation and consultation involving insurance coverage and risk management issues.
• Litigation and consultation involving professional liability and legal ethics.