Michael Huston

Practice Areas

Appeals, Issues & Strategy

Business Litigation

Career

Michael Huston counsels clients in high-stakes litigation matters, with a particular focus on crafting winning appellate strategies. He is also sought after for his deep knowledge of administrative law.

A former Assistant to the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice, Michael has personally argued nine cases before the Supreme Court of the United States and briefed hundreds more at the certiorari and merits stages. He has authored eight successful petitions for a writ of certiorari, and he has led teams in both the government and private practice to brief multiple successful emergency-docket proceedings through courts of appeals and the Supreme Court. Michael has briefed, argued, and won cases in the Supreme Court, several U.S. federal courts of appeals, and multiple state appellate courts.

Michael regularly assists clients in sensitive, bet-the-company matters. A former law clerk to the Chief Justice of the United States, John G. Roberts, Michael presents his clients’ cases through written briefs and oral arguments that are clear, precise, and persuasive. His exceptional knowledge and experience, honed at the highest levels of the judicial and executive branches, enables him to provide deeply informed and incisive guidance.