Michael S. D’Orsi
(617) 720-2880 x120
msd@dcglaw.com

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EDUCATION

JD, magna cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1994
BA, summa cum laude, Yale University, Phi Beta Kappa, 1991

CLERKSHIP

Hon. Joseph L. Tauro, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts,
1994-1995

BAR ADMISSIONS

Massachusetts, Illinois

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Michael S. D’Orsi

Michael S. D’Orsi, a partner of the firm, focuses his practice on business litigation in a wide range of industries. He regularly represents both corporate and individual clients in prosecuting and defending civil cases involving restrictive covenants, trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duties, and unfair competition as well as a wide variety of contract disputes. Mr. D’Orsi’s practice also includes the defense of white collar criminal matters, most recently concerning the government’s investigation of the “Big Dig” public works project in downtown Boston.

Mr. D’Orsi graduated summa cum laude from Yale University in 1991 where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was recognized for distinction in the history major. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1994. Following his graduation from Law School, he served as law clerk to the Hon. Joseph L. Tauro, then Chief Judge of the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts in Boston. From 1995 to 1997 he was an associate at Ropes & Gray in Boston, Massachusetts, practicing both health care law and litigation. From 1997 to 2002 he was an associate in the Chicago litigation boutique firm, Miller Shakman & Beem.

Recent engagements include:

• Prosecuting breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets action on behalf of a national software company against a competitor where the competitor failed to pay licensing fees and improperly used and distributed proprietary programming code.
• Defending a global communications company in a breach of contract and unjust enrichment action involving the development of a statewide fiber-optic network.
• Securing a preliminary injunction for a national footwear company in litigation against a former employee for interference with advantageous business relations when the employee moved to a competitor.
• Successfully defending a medical consulting company and several of its employees against a competitor’s motion for a preliminary injunction alleging violation of non-competition and non-solicitation agreements and misappropriation of trade secrets.
• Obtaining dismissal of an action brought by a municipality against a company executive concerning plant user charges. See Templeton Board of Sewer Commissioners v. American Tissue Mills of Massachusetts, Inc., 352 F.3d 33 (1st Cir. 2003).
• Achieving favorable settlement of a property damage dispute on behalf of a public transportation management company where a business owner claimed damages to a building that abuts the railroad right of way.
• Obtaining dismissal of claims brought by student loan recipient against various lending institutions alleging, among other things, violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. See Gibbs v. SLM Corp., et al., 2005 WL 5493113 (1st Cir. 2005).
  
• Prosecuting a civil action for employee raiding on behalf of a national publishing company against a competitor when its employees resigned en masse to work for the competitor.
• Securing a mandatory preliminary injunction in favor of a regional convenience store franchiser against a former franchisee, requiring the franchisee to transfer its beer and wine license to the franchiser pursuant to an option agreement.
• Representing a corporate executive in a lawsuit alleging improper access to a competitor’s computer system.
• Representing present and former employees of a major pharmaceutical company in connection with a federal investigation concerning alleged healthcare fraud.
• Representing an individual in a government investigation concerning alleged violations of laws limiting the export of medical devices to the Middle East.
• Successfully defending an individual investor in an SEC insider trading investigation.

Mr. D’Orsi has been was named by Boston Magazine as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer Rising Star in the category of General Litigation.

He has worked with the Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, Big Brothers of Massachusetts Bay and the Mass Mentoring Project on an initiative sponsored by the Suffolk Juvenile Court to provide volunteer mentors to Boston area youth who are in the Court’s jurisdiction.

Mr. D’Orsi is admitted to the bar in Massachusetts, Illinois, the United States District Courts for the District of Massachusetts and the Northern District of Illinois, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association and Boston Bar Association.