Michael Denison

Michael Denison has been an attorney for over 40 years, practicing civil litigation in state and federal court, at both the trial and appellate levels. The appeals he has handled resulted in 10 published opinions and nine unpublished opinions. His current practice emphasizes employment defense. Mr. Denison is also an arbitrator on the consumer panel of the American Arbitration Association.

Mr. Denison graduated from UCLA with an AB in History. He then earned is J.D. from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles (LMU), where he was Chief Note Editor on the Board of Editors of the Loyola Law Review, and was elected to the St. Thomas More Law Honor Society. Mr. Denison clerked one year for the Honorable Manuel L. Real, U.S.D.C., and then served approximately three years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division in the Central District of California. The next 40 years of his career were devoted to civil litigation.

Between 1996 and the present, Mr. Denison authored or co-authored eighteen publications, including in magazines, a CEB book chapter, and a CEB Action Guide. Between 1998 and 2014, Mr. Denison spoke in twelve speaking engagements.