Michael Leo Pomeranz

Michael Leo Pomeranz prevents and resolves disputes for closely held and publicly traded businesses, individual entrepreneurs, and tax-exempt organizations in industries including:

• finance and insurance (including reinsurance, specialty lending, and trading);
• healthcare, real estate, land use, and demolition and restoration;
• media and entertainment; and
• both hardware and software technology.

Michael focuses his practice on the accurate and efficient resolution of complex commercial disputes that involve allegations about contracts, corporate governance and shareholder disputes, deceptive trade practices and fraud allegations, and intellectual property (such as trade dress, trademarks, and trade secrets).

• As local counsel, helped secure favorable resolution of eight-figure dispute on behalf of specialized real-estate investor with former tenant and operator; matter resolved on eve of Michigan suit filing.
• Secured $5 million global settlement for Taft’s client, a restoration and remodeling company, against family of real-estate companies that failed to pay for restoration services. Litigation began in Ohio state court and ultimately involved motion practice in front of six judges in four courts across two states. On eve of first of several trials scheduled in same Bankruptcy Court in which defendant affiliates previously had litigated, defendants offered settlement amount that exceeded total disputed principal and attorneys’ fees, a better result than that achieved by other litigants against the same corporate family of defendants.
• Secured favorable settlement for defendant in putative class action seeking damages that might have bankrupted the company; matter settled for less than one-tenth of one percent of claimed damages following aggressive briefing and settlement negotiations.
• Represent small businesses in federal courts across the country in disputes about trade dress and other intellectual property.
• Obtained dismissal of a suit in Florida against a major financial institution, based in Brazil, arising out of the plaintiffs’ investments in a now-bankrupt oil exploration company in Brazil and asserting claims under a variety of fraud-based theories.
• Secured favorable settlements of a putative antitrust class action and related action brought by a federal regulator against a major international financial institution, based in the United Kingdom, on trading in electricity markets.
• Secured favorable settlement of a putative class action against a major international financial institution, based in New York, alleging impermissible deductions of fees in connection with the conversion of foreign currency into U.S. dollars before distributing the cash to American depositary receipt holders.

• Presenter, “AI Tools in the Litigation Lifecycle: A Practical Guide for Dispute Lawyers,” ICLE, Oct. 23, 2025.
• “Ohio Court Ruling Highlights Judicial Discretion To Grant or Deny American Discovery for Cross-Border Litigation,” Taft Law Bulletin, July 23, 2025.
• “Obtaining Documents and Evidence from Non-Parties, Other Jurisdictions and In Support of Related Proceedings,” COMBAR North American and Offshore Meeting, May 28, 2025.
• “Federal Judge Rules AI Training on Copyrighted Content Infringes Copyright, Rejects Fair Use Defense,” Taft  Technology and Artificial Intelligence Insights, February 12, 2025.
• “Illinois Supreme Court Provides Guidance on AI Use in Legal Proceedings,”  Taft  Technology and Artificial Intelligence Insights, January 7, 2025.
• “New Illinois Law Restricts Use of AI in Employment Practices,”  Taft  Technology and Artificial Intelligence Insights, September 3, 2025.
• “Supreme Court: Federal Courts, Not Arbitrators, Determine Which of Conflicting Contracts Governs Questions of Arbitrability,” Taft Law Bulletin, June 12, 2024.
• “Sixth Circuit Narrowly Interprets Indemnity Provision in Auto Part Supply Contract,” Taft Law Bulletin, March 19, 2024.
• “A Few Tips For New Lawyers“, American Bar Association, December 22, 2020.