Atty. Michael A. Sherman
Michael A. Sherman is a Partner and Chair of the Firm's Business Litigation Practice.
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Michael A. Sherman is a business, m&a, and litigation attorney based in Sherman Oaks, California, practicing at Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP. Admitted to practice in California, California State Bar Association. Educated at University of California Berkeley (J.D., 1980). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Commercial Litigation (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Securities (2026). Serands clients in Sherman Oaks, CA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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About
- Michael A. Sherman is a Partner and Chair of the Firm's Business Litigation Practice
- Michael brings decades of experience in successfully handling disputes and litigation in an extraordinarily diverse array of industries and businesses
- His peers in the legal community describe Michael as the consummate trial lawyer, and he approaches every trial as an opportunity to tell his client’s story, in order to win
- In an era of “specialization” in the legal profession, Michael has been fortunate to maintain a trial, litigation and dispute practice that emphasizes achieving great results for clients in areas as varied as real estate acquisition and development, intellectual property/technology, energy, pharmaceuticals/drug development, securities, healthcare, environmental, consumer products, finance, apparel, and others
- Michael excels at guiding clients through the perilous waters of disputes and conflicts in virtually any type of business dispute, and in being expertly skilled in helping clients achieve great results in settlement all the way through trial, if required
- Michael Sherman founded the firm’s Litigation Practice in 2014 and chairs that practice, and earlier in his career, following graduation with honors from Columbia college and thereafter from University of California Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), he was blessed with extensive on-the-job training from several of the nation’s leading trial lawyers, with multiple opportunities to hone his litigation and trial skills
- His creativity, persistence and work ethic led him to partnership at a leading Los Angeles litigation boutique at a young age and subsequently to a prominent partnership position at an international Am Law 100 law firm
- Michael has been recognized as a leading trial lawyer by his peers and regularly featured in the press for some of his significant victories on behalf of clients
- He is a past president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the association of business trial lawyers
- Michael’s trial skills and courtroom success resulted in his being named to the “Top 100 Lawyers” in California, a list published by the Daily Journal newspaper chain
- For years he has consistently been named to “Best Lawyers in America” and “Super Lawyers”
- In building the firm’s business litigation practice, Michael Sherman has spent considerable time becoming expert in the special needs of business entrepreneurs, in representing “risk takers” in all facets of disputes involving business formation, capital raising, business operation, and business mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, as well as business “divorces” and employment disputes of virtually all stripes for both smaller and larger companies including both the prosecution and defense of class actions
- As often as he finds himself representing “Goliath” in litigation matters, he equally finds himself representing ‘David”
- When not preparing cases for trial and in his “spare time,” Michael is active in the Los Angeles philanthropic community and in Bar activities, and spends time with his wife Stacey of 36 years, his three adult children, and participating in LA City life, the arts, traveling, hiking and indoor cycling
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Michael A. Sherman's Areas of Practice
Each practice area below reflects the types of cases Michael A. Sherman handles, with a brief overview of what that area of law covers.
Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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Michael A. Sherman is one of 49,731 m&a attorneys indexed nationally. Browse m&a attorneys in California →
Civil litigation attorneys for breach of contract, business disputes, civil rights, and class action lawsuits.
Michael A. Sherman is one of 454,532 litigation attorneys indexed nationally. Browse litigation attorneys in California →
Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in California
Practicing law in California. Legal matters in California are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Sherman Oaks are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate California state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in California brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in California courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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