Michael Richards, shareholder in the Memphis office, maintains an active civil trial and appellate practice, concentrating in complex business litigation, including class actions, mass actions, and CAFA issues. Recent cases involve post-employment, non-competition agreements, state and federal antitrust and securities law claims, intellectual property litigation involving patents and trademarks, and commercial litigation. Reported cases include the scope of appellate review of arbitration proceedings, commonality/typicality requirements in class certification, non-competition law, and the applicability of state antitrust statutes to the provision of service.
- "6th Circ.'s Narrow Path for Plaintiffs Under Twombly," Law360 (August 10, 2011)
- Recent Developments in the Law of Competition in Tennessee," Tennessee Bar Journal, Vol. 35, No. 2 (February 1999)
- Recipient – Sam A. Myar, Jr. Memorial Award for outstanding service to the legal profession and the community (1985)
- Fellow – Tennessee Bar Foundation
- Member – American (Antitrust Section), Tennessee (Former Vice President), Memphis (Former President, Securities Law Section) Bar Associations
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Alternative Dispute Resolution and Antitrust Law since 2007
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Vanderbilt University School of Law, J.D., 1971
- Rhodes College, B.A., with distinction, 1968