Atty. Michel Nicrosi
Michel Nicrosi is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. She focuses her practice on preventive and litigation services for businesses and individuals in corporate and white-collar criminal matters.
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Michel Nicrosi is a business and litigation attorney based in Mobile, Alabama, practicing at Jones Walker Llp. Admitted to practice in Alabama, Alabama. Educated at The University of Alabama (JD, 1989) and The University of Alabama (BA, 1986). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Commercial Litigation (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Additional Areas of Practice: (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Corporate Compliance Law (2026). Serands clients in Mobile, AL and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Michel Nicrosi is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group
- She focuses her practice on preventive and litigation services for businesses and individuals in corporate and white-collar criminal matters
- Michel served as a federal prosecutor for more than 16 years
- After graduating from The University of Alabama School of Law, she joined the US Department of Justice in Washington, DC
- Michel was appointed to the Department of Justice under the Attorney General's Honor Program, the department's premier recruitment program
- For several years, she served as a trial attorney in the Southern Criminal Enforcement Section of the Tax Division, prosecuting white-collar criminal cases with an emphasis on tax fraud and other financial crimes in several states throughout the country
- In 1995, Michel transferred to the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Alabama, where she continued to handle white-collar cases involving fraud, public corruption, and cybercrime
- From 1997 to 2001, she served as chief of the criminal division in the US Attorney's Office
- In this position, she was responsible for supervising criminal attorneys and managing criminal litigation for the judicial district
- In 2006, Michel successfully defended the former chief of staff to the governor of Alabama in the most significant public corruption trial in Alabama's history
- After a nine-week trial, a federal jury acquitted the former official on all charges, including RICO violations, mail and wire fraud, and obstruction of justice
- In 2010, Michel was a candidate for state attorney general in Alabama
- She was the first woman to run for this position in the state’s history
- Her candidacy was endorsed by a number of major newspapers across the state
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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Why local counsel matters in Alabama
Practicing law in Alabama. Legal matters in Alabama are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Mobile are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Alabama state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Alabama 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 Alabama courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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