Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Mike Davitt's practice has involved a variety of areas of complex commercial litigation. He has particular experience representing corporations and their officers and directors in class actions and other multiparty litigation involving federal and state securities and shareholder derivative claims.

Mike is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Dallas Bar Association and serves as secretary of the Dallas Bar Association's Securities Section.

Areas of Practice

• Securities and Shareholder Litigation & SEC Enforcement
• Securities Fraud Class Actions
• Shareholder Derivative Actions
• Accounting & GAAP Issues
• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation

Representative Cases

• Charter Township of Clinton Police and Fire Retirement System v. OSI Restaurant Partners Inc., 03-CA-010348 (13th Judicial Circuit, FL)
• Daugherty v. Hastings Entertainment, Inc., No. 2-00CV-160-J (N.D. Tex.); Warstadt v. Hastings Entertainment, Inc., No. 2-00CV-089-J (N.D. Tex.) (consolidation of five cases)
• Heller, et al. v. American Industrial Properties REIT, et al., No. SA-97-CA-1315 (W.D. Tex.)
• Howard Kubota v.Thomas C Walker, Cause 04-12854 (14th Judicial D.C.,Dallas Cty, Tex.), Freeport Partners, LLC. v. Ed H Bowman, Civil Action 3:05-CV-2085 (N.D. Tx.), Howard Kubota v. Thomas C Walker, Cause 06-02446(95th Judicial D.C.)
• Hulliung v. Bolen, et al., No. 3:06-CV-1083-N (N.D. Tex. 2008)
• In re Dell Inc. Securities Lit, No. 1:06-CV-726-SS (W.D. Tex, Austin Div)
• In re Electronic Data Systems Corporation Derivative Litigation, No. 461-02147-02 (Collin County, Texas), Nos. 6:04-CV-77, 6:04-CV-464, and 6:04-CV-466 (E.D. Tex.)
• In re Electronic Data Systems Corporation Securities Litigation, No. 6:03-CV-1512 (E.D. Tex.)
• In re Michaels Stores, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 3:03-CV-0246-M (N.D. Tex.)
• Kalodner, et al. v. Michaels Stores, Inc., et al., No. 3-95CV1903-BD (N.D. Tex.)
• Karstedt v. Eugene M. Isenberg et al., No. 4:07-CV-00509 (S.D. Tex.)
• Lemmer v. Nu-kote Holding, Inc., No. 3:98-CV-0161-T, 2001 WL 1112577 (N.D. Tex. Sept. 6, 2001)
• Madison Partnership Liquidity Investors 31 LLC v. USAA Properties III, Inc., et al., No. SA-98-CA-324
• SOURCECORP, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 3:04-CV-2351 (N.D. Tex.), No. 06-11368 (5th Cir.)
• Zishka v. American Pad & Paper Company, No. 3:98-CV-0660-M, 2001 WL 1645500 (N.D. Tex. Dec. 20, 2001)
• SEC Investigation

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Capital Markets, Class Actions, Commodities, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Foreign Investment, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Private Placements, Public Offerings, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Taxation Law, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Texas

Education

• U of Virginia- C'ville (Main)

Published Works

• Companies Under Seige: Securities Disputes Raise Procedural Dilemmas and Related Issues, Practice Perspectives: Securities and Shareholder Litigation & SEC Enforcement, 2007
• Rule 23(b)(3) Superiority Problems: Proceeding With Both a Class Action and Individual Suits, 2 Class Action Litig. Rep. (BNA) 295, 2001

Address

2727 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201-1515

Phones

1.214.969.2938 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.214.969.5100 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com