MICHAEL WILLES

Michael Willes represents companies, boards of directors, and executives in their most consequential disputes. His practice concentrates on business litigation, corporate governance and fiduciary duty claims, securities litigation and regulatory enforcement, and trade secret matters. His approach proceeds from a simple premise: behind every dispute is a real-world commercial need. Mr. Willes builds each strategy with the end in mind.

The same approach governs how the firm runs. In a profession changing by the minute, Mr. Willes has become a recognized voice on the modernization of legal practice. Willes Law, P.C. is built to prove the proposition: modern tools, integrated thoughtfully into a rigorous practice, deliver not just greater speed but higher quality—a smaller team that hits the mark with greater frequency. When a matter demands scale, he assembles a constellation of specialists and co-counsel without the handoffs and layered staffing of a large institution.

EDUCATION

Columbia Law School, 2010 
J.D. with Honors 
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Brigham Young University 2005 
B.A. Economics, Magna Cum Laude

ADMISSIONS

California

Oregon

Washington

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Chief Justice’s Advisory Committee on Civil Justice 
Chair of Discovery Working Group 

Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation 
Chair 

Oregon State Bar Business Litigation Section 
Former Executive Committee Chair