Michael Flynn-O’Brien is a trial lawyer who represents clients in complex commercial and intellectual property disputes in state, federal, and arbitral venues around the country. Michael has litigated claims of patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and unfair competition related to many technologies, including robotics, drones, autonomous navigation, data centers, mobile devices, audio algorithms, materials science, semiconductors, security, internet technologies, and pharmaceuticals.
Michael has also litigated breach of contract, trademark, and copyright disputes in various industries, with particular emphasis on venture capital, emerging companies, and entertainment. He also advises companies and individuals on employee mobility and unfair competition matters in the same industries, with particular emphasis on disputes between and among founders, investors, and employees.
Finally, Michael represents clients in litigation and arbitration related to cross-border investments. In that capacity, he has represented companies, investors, and sovereign states in arbitration proceedings around the world under the auspices of many major arbitral institutions, including the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), the American Arbitration Association (AAA/ICDR), and the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS).
Michael has been named a Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation (2025), a “Super Lawyer” in IP Litigation twice (2023, 2024), and “Rising Star” in IP Litigation six times (2015-2020) by Super Lawyers.
Michael enjoys flying drones with his daughter, and camping throughout California.
