Litigation

Known for appellate advocacy, Mike Rubin has argued over 100 major cases before numerous state and federal appellate courts (including the U.S. Fifth, Seventh, and D.C. Circuit Courts of Appeal, and the Louisiana Supreme Court, and numerous state intermediate appellate courts) on matters such as: constitutional law; labor law; legal ethics; local governmental zoning affecting private interests; property and contractual issues; oil and gas matters affecting the entire Gulf region; taxation; education issues; and matters of critical importance to the Louisiana lending community. Mike is a past president of the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit and currently serves on its Board of Directors, and is a member of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and has served as a member of the Fifth Circuit Rules Committee. Trials he has handled have included ground-breaking cases in the area of Louisiana finance and secured lending; major multi-million dollar commercial cases involving contract disputes, construction issues, and commercial transactions; trials of national importance concerning federal voting rights, bankruptcy, environmental law, and constitutional issues.