Michael Creta is a litigation partner at the firm, concentrating his practice on complex commercial disputes, trade secret litigation, international arbitration, and class action defense. Drawing upon his extensive experience, Mike works closely with clients to develop dispute resolution strategies to address their unique legal risks and needs. He has litigated matters in both state and federal courts across the country, as well as in domestic and international arbitrations. Mike has helped clients resolve a wide-range of high-stakes commercial litigation, including disputes in life sciences, consumer goods, manufacturing, construction, financial services, and energy sectors.
Mike has significant experience in matters involving alleged trade secret misappropriation. Through these matters, Mike has helped clients successfully obtain injunctive relief to protect their sensitive business information. Mike's trade secret litigation experience includes the representation of a developer of point-of-care diagnostic tests in an international arbitration, which resulted in an award in the developer’s favor. Outside of litigation, Mike has advised clients on best practices for protecting their proprietary information.
Mike also has significant experience with defending class actions against global retailers, financial services institutions, and other large companies. These actions frequently involve claims alleging unfair business practices, false advertising, consumer fraud, breach of warranty, breach of contract, and violations of various state and federal statutes. Mike's class action defense experience includes representing a global online retailer in numerous putative class actions involving allegations of false and misleading product labeling.
