Experience 

Mike Lackey serves on Mayer Brown's Partnership Board.  Mike also co-chairs the firm's Electronic Discovery and Records Management Practice, leads the Washington, D.C. office litigation practice, and chairs the firm's Automated Practice Support Group.  Mike’s practice focuses on civil and criminal litigation and electronic discovery. He represents major companies and individuals in state and federal proceedings, including multi-district and class action litigation, government contract disputes, and appeals. Mike also has represented defendants in numerous grand jury proceedings and governmental investigations. In addition, he is nationally recognized for his knowledge of electronic discovery issues and serves as a member of the Board of Advisors to the Georgetown University Law School Advanced E-Discovery Institute. Mike is an award-winning adjunct professor of advanced appellate advocacy at the George Washington University Law School.

Prior to joining Mayer Brown, Michael served as Associate Independent Counsel in the Office of Independent Counsel of David M. Barrett from 1997-1998. Before then, he was a lieutenant in the US Navy and graduated from the prestigious "Top Gun" school in 1987. He has a degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from MIT. Because of his military, engineering, class action, and appellate background, he is often sought to handle litigation where it is necessary to understand and distill complex technical and legal concepts.

Notable Engagements 

• Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael, 526 U.S. 137 (1999) (petitioner).
• Schumacher v. Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., et al. 2008 WL 222273 (8th Cir. 2008) (class action jury trial; judgment entered for defendants).
• In re Medtronic, Inc., Sprint Fidelis Leads Product Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1905.
• In re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1869.
• In re International Air Transportation Surcharge Litigation, MDL No. 1793.
• In re Publication Paper Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1631.
• In re CD Minimum Advertised Prices Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1361.
• In re Polyester Staple Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1516.
• In re Compact Disc Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1216.
• In re Commercial Explosives Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1093.
• In re Citric Acid Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1092.
• In re High Fructose Corn Syrup Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1087.
• South Orient Railroad Co., Ltd. v. BNSF, et al. (W.D. Tex.) (antitrust).
• Kansas v. Crane, 534 U.S. 407 (2002) (amicus).
• NYNEX Corp. v. Discon, Inc., 525 U.S. 128 (1998) (amicus).
• Montana v. Egelhoff, 518 U.S. 37 (1996) (amicus).
• Kansas v. Hendricks, 521 U.S . 346 (1995) (amicus).
• Dean v. United States, 516 U.S. 1184 (1996) (respondent).
• Gil v. Reed, 535 F.3d 551 (7th Cir. 2008).
• ConocoPhillips v. United States, 2007 WL 2741200 (Fed. Cir. 2007).
• Tesoro Hawaii Corp. v. United States, No. 2007-5022 (Fed. Cir. 2007).
• Tesoro Hawaii Corp. v. United States, 405 F.3d 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2005).
• Abbott v. Lockheed Martin Corporation (S.D. Ill.) (putative class action).
• Murdoch, et al. v. Excel Corp. (D. Ne.) (putative class action, dismissed).
• American Farm Bureau v. Alabama Farm Bureau, No. 05-C-1443 (N.D. Il. 2005) (civil; summary judgment granted for defendants).
• In re Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.; Lockheed Martin Sys. Integration-Owego, 2007 WL 776869 (Comp. Gen. 2007), and 2007 WL 2471760 (Comp. Gen. 2007) (Combat Search and Rescue Helicopter).
• In re Northrop Grumman Sys. Corp., 2007 WL 1080139 (Comp. Gen. 2007) (EQ-36 radar).
• In re Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., 2006 WL 3457846 (Comp. Gen. 2006) (Joint Cargo Aircraft).
• In re Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., 2005 WL 502840 (Comp. Gen. 2005) (C-130 AMP).
• In re Lockheed Martin Corp., 2005 WL 43361 (Comp. Gen. 2005) (Small Diameter Bomb).
• United States v. Lam (N.D. Tex.) (antitrust criminal).
• United States v. Medlar (N.D. Tex.) (criminal).
• United States v. Patsy J. Wooten (N.D. Tex.) (criminal).
• United States v. Allen R. Wooten (N.D. Tex.) (criminal).

Education 

The George Washington University Law School, JD, with high honors, 1993; Order of the Coif; Articles Editor, The George Washington Law Review • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BS, 1983; National Merit Scholar

Admitted

• US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2004
• US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2003
• US Court of Federal Claims, 2003
• US Supreme Court, 1999
• US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1998
• US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 1997
• US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1995
• US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1994
• District of Columbia, 1994
• Florida, 1993