Michael H. Rogers is a Partner in the New York office of Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP. An experienced litigator, Mike focuses on prosecuting complex securities fraud cases on behalf of institutional investors.
Mike is recommended by The Legal 500 in the area of Securities Litigation.
Mike has been a member of the lead counsel teams in many successful class actions, including those against Countrywide Financial ($624 million settlement), HealthSouth ($671 million settlement), State Street ($300 million settlement), SCANA ($192.5 million settlement), CannTrust (CA $129.5 million settlement), Alexion Pharmaceuticals ($125 million settlement), Mercury Interactive ($117.5 million settlement), Computer Sciences Corp. ($97.5 million settlement), Novavax ($47 million settlement), Jeld-Weld Holding ($40 million recovery), Virtus Investment Partners ($20 million settlement), and Acuity Brands ($15.75 million settlement).
Prior to joining Labaton Keller Sucharow, Mike was an attorney at Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, where he practiced securities and antitrust litigation, representing international banking institutions bringing federal securities and other claims against major banks, auditing firms, ratings agencies and individuals in complex multidistrict litigation. He also represented an international chemical shipping firm in arbitration of antitrust and other claims against conspirator ship owners. Mike began his career as an attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell, where he was part of Microsoft’s defense team in the remedies phase of the Department of Justice antitrust action against the company.
Mike earned his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, where he was a member of the Cardozo Law Review. He received his bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from Columbia University.
Mike is proficient in Spanish.
2002, New York
U.S. Court of Appeals
2011, Ninth Circuit
2015, Second Circuit
U.S. District Court
2002, Southern District of New York
2002, Eastern District of New York