Michael K. Molzberger

Experience 

• Served as second-chair litigator on a jury trial team that obtained an eight-figure damages verdict in a complex commercial dispute between a distributor and its former supplier.
• Achieved successful results in contempt of court bench trials in employee mobility dispute and supplier-distributor dispute.
• Served as second-chair litigator in a bench trial resulting in a bankruptcy debtors’ case being dismissed for bankruptcy fraud.
• Obtained preliminary injunctive relief in several non-competition and franchise cases.
• Successfully resisted requests for preliminary injunctive relief in a variety of disputes, including franchise, supplier and distributor, and employee mobility.
• Briefed successful appeals before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals regarding financial markets and market structure issues.
• Briefed successful appeal before the Seventh Circuit regarding a franchise dispute.
• Briefed successful motion to dismiss in trade secrets dispute and successfully defended the dismissal before the Illinois First District Appellate Court.
• Argued motions and obtained favorable settlement for client pursuing post-judgment remedies.
• Participated in bench trial involving claims that a tax exemption had been improvidently granted.
• Briefed successful motion for summary judgment for a hospitality client on claims of alleged negligence and punitive damages.
• Obtained favorable settlements for clients in international and domestic arbitrations concerning alleged consumer fraud and breach of contract claims.
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