Michael Pine

Counsel

Overview

Michael Pine is a counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Washington, D.C. office and is a member of the firm’s Litigation Group. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including the recovery of monies lost as a result of fraud, waste and abuse, trade secret litigation, business torts, contractual disputes, and actions brought under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA). Michael’s practice includes representing both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts, as well as in arbitrations and mediations.

Michael is an experienced trial lawyer in both state and federal courts. Michael served as a trial attorney in the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice, where he conducted investigations into violations of the Sherman Act and price fixing, with a focus on international cartels. Prior to that, Michael served as an assistant attorney general in the corruption and fraud and public integrity sections of the Office of the Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Michael led investigations into a wide range of complex matters, including false claims, securities fraud, tax fraud, procurement fraud, and violations of state lobbying laws. Michael litigated matters from arraignment through sentencing, including the briefing and oral argument of novel evidentiary and substantive motions. Michael has been counsel in multiple jury trials, successfully serving as first-chair in a securities fraud trial, as well as helping to secure the first conviction for child endangerment based on improper disposal of asbestos in violation of the state clean air act. Michael also served as a special assistant district attorney for the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office in Boston.

Prior to his public sector experience, Michael worked on a wide range of criminal and civil litigation. Michael’s experience includes representing:

  • Health care clients in ongoing litigation and arbitration of complex reimbursement disputes between health plans, pharmacy benefit managers, and retail pharmacies.
  • Victims of terrorism in FSIA litigation in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia arising from attacks on U.S. embassy and U.S. embassy annex in Beirut, Lebanon.
  • An industrial manufacturer in a lawsuit alleging theft of trade secrets.
  • A securities broker in an arbitration alleging unsuitable investments.
  • The principal of a regional broker-dealer in an SEC civil enforcement action arising out of a subordinate's provision of kickbacks in return for trades.
  • A housing management company in a federal civil false claims investigation arising from allegations relating to its management of HUD Section 8 properties.
  • A biotech investor charged with wide-ranging Civil RICO claims.

Career & Education

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    • Department of Justice: Antitrust Division
      Trial Attorney, 20152016
    • Massachusetts
      Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, 2008–2015
      Special Assistant District Attorney, Suffolk County, 2008–2009
    • Department of Justice: United States Attorneys' Office
      Law Clerk, Southern District of New York, 20022003
    • Department of Justice: Antitrust Division
      Trial Attorney, 20152016
    • Massachusetts
      Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, 2008–2015
      Special Assistant District Attorney, Suffolk County, 2008–2009
    • Department of Justice: United States Attorneys' Office
      Law Clerk, Southern District of New York, 20022003
    • Harvard University, B.A., with distinction, 1995
    • New York University School of Law, J.D., with distinction, 2001
    • Harvard University, B.A., with distinction, 1995
    • New York University School of Law, J.D., with distinction, 2001
    • District of Columbia
    • New York
    • Massachusetts (Inactive)
    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
    • District of Columbia
    • New York
    • Massachusetts (Inactive)
    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Michael's Insights

Firm News | 8 min read | 01.04.21

Crowell & Moring Elects Nine New Partners and Promotes 18 to Counsel Positions

Washington – January 4, 2021: Crowell & Moring elected nine lawyers to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2021. The firm also promoted 18 associates to the position of counsel. The new partners have been promoted from within the ranks of the firm’s Washington, Los Angeles, and New York offices and from across several practice groups, including Advertising & Media, Environment & Natural Resources, Litigation, International Trade, Antitrust & Competition, Government Contracts, and Intellectual Property....

Michael's Insights

Firm News | 8 min read | 01.04.21

Crowell & Moring Elects Nine New Partners and Promotes 18 to Counsel Positions

Washington – January 4, 2021: Crowell & Moring elected nine lawyers to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2021. The firm also promoted 18 associates to the position of counsel. The new partners have been promoted from within the ranks of the firm’s Washington, Los Angeles, and New York offices and from across several practice groups, including Advertising & Media, Environment & Natural Resources, Litigation, International Trade, Antitrust & Competition, Government Contracts, and Intellectual Property....