Women Leaders in Tech Law, Litigation Winner: Michele Johnson
Partner Michele Johnson is among the recipients of the The Recorder’s 2025 Women Leaders in Tech Law, Litigation Award.
Michele Johnson, Global Chair of the Litigation & Trial Department, is consistently recognized as a leading national trial lawyer.
Michele represents industry-leading companies, officers and directors, special committees, and financial institutions in connection with:
Michele’s recent representations include securities class action trials, special committee engagements in controlling stockholder transactions, multi-jurisdictional litigation arising out of solicited and hostile takeover attempts, and investigations and litigation on behalf of special committees and boards of directors related to public company crises. She has significant trial experience involving securities, contract, product liability, unfair business practices, intellectual property, tax, and insurance bad faith trials.
Michele is a former member of Latham’s Executive Committee and the former Managing Partner of the Orange County office. She has served on the firm’s Pro Bono, Associates, and Diversity Committees as well. She serves on the boards of the Georgetown University Law Center, Berkeley Center for Law and Business, and Orange County Bar Foundation’s Project Youth, is a member of the American Bar Association’s Corporate Laws Committee, and is past president of the Orange County chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
Partner Michele Johnson is among the recipients of the The Recorder’s 2025 Women Leaders in Tech Law, Litigation Award.
Individual lawyers, leaders, and the firm as a whole were recognized across 10 different categories, more than any other firm.
Won Firm of the Year: California for the second consecutive year and earned recognition for Latham’s antitrust, IP, and securities practices.