Legal Counseling and Arbitration Services
Matthew C. Mickelson is a graduate of the U.C.L.A. School of Law, where he was awarded the Order of the Coif. He worked for several years at Irell & Manella in Los Angeles, practicing general litigation. He later practiced appellate and post-judgment law at Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, one of California's premier appellate specialist boutique firms.
Mr. Mickelson is currently a sole practitioner whose practice focuses on general business litigation, collection matters (both pre- and post-judgment), and appeals. He specializes in post-judgment collection litigation, representing both creditors and debtors, and has taken a special interest in dealing with wealthier individuals who have hidden away assets in family partnerships, trusts, limited liability companies and small corporations. Mr. Mickelson is also active in the appeals arena, having represented appellants, respondents and writ petitioners in front of the California and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court. He has served as a "lawyer's lawyer," representing attorneys in dozens of lawsuits against former clients for unpaid fees; his lawyer clients range from one of the top-25 largest law firms in Los Angeles county to sole practitioners. Mr. Mickelson has also defended attorneys in legal malpractice matters.
Mr. Mickelson’s publications include: Enforcing a Judgment by Selling a Judgment
Debtor's Home -- A Short Primer, Big News: The Magazine of the California State Bar
Solo and Small Practice Section, November 2009; Collecting Unpaid Fees, Los Angeles
Daily Journal, November 24, 2006; Follow the Money: Collecting Fees Without
Triggering Malpractice Claims, San Fernando Valley Bar Association Bar Notes, April,
2006; and Enforcement of Binding Arbitration Provisions in Retainers, Los Angeles
Lawyer, June 2005.
He is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Dispute Resolution Service’s Arbitration Panel; an executive committee member of the California State Bar Solo and Small Firm Practice Committee; and a member of the Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley Bar Associations. He has been a presenter at the California State Bar’s Annual Meeting, the University of California’s Continuing Education of the Bar Program Series Collecting Unpaid Attorney’s Fees, and the NBI Seminar Collection Law, From Start to Finish.
Law Offices of Matthew C. Mickelson
16055 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 1230
Encino, CA 91436
818-382-3360
matthew@mickelsonlegal.com
Mr. Mickelson is currently a sole practitioner whose practice focuses on general business litigation, collection matters (both pre- and post-judgment), and appeals. He specializes in post-judgment collection litigation, representing both creditors and debtors, and has taken a special interest in dealing with wealthier individuals who have hidden away assets in family partnerships, trusts, limited liability companies and small corporations. Mr. Mickelson is also active in the appeals arena, having represented appellants, respondents and writ petitioners in front of the California and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court. He has served as a "lawyer's lawyer," representing attorneys in dozens of lawsuits against former clients for unpaid fees; his lawyer clients range from one of the top-25 largest law firms in Los Angeles county to sole practitioners. Mr. Mickelson has also defended attorneys in legal malpractice matters.
Mr. Mickelson’s publications include: Enforcing a Judgment by Selling a Judgment
Debtor's Home -- A Short Primer, Big News: The Magazine of the California State Bar
Solo and Small Practice Section, November 2009; Collecting Unpaid Fees, Los Angeles
Daily Journal, November 24, 2006; Follow the Money: Collecting Fees Without
Triggering Malpractice Claims, San Fernando Valley Bar Association Bar Notes, April,
2006; and Enforcement of Binding Arbitration Provisions in Retainers, Los Angeles
Lawyer, June 2005.
He is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Dispute Resolution Service’s Arbitration Panel; an executive committee member of the California State Bar Solo and Small Firm Practice Committee; and a member of the Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley Bar Associations. He has been a presenter at the California State Bar’s Annual Meeting, the University of California’s Continuing Education of the Bar Program Series Collecting Unpaid Attorney’s Fees, and the NBI Seminar Collection Law, From Start to Finish.
Law Offices of Matthew C. Mickelson
16055 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 1230
Encino, CA 91436
818-382-3360
matthew@mickelsonlegal.com