Michael P. Lehmann

  • Partner
  • San Francisco
  • mlehmann@hausfeld.com
  • +1 415 633 1909
  • https://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-lehmann/2a/742/6a
Michael P. Lehmann

EXPERIENCE

Antitrust/Competition

  • In re Packaged Seafood Products Antitrust Litigation
  • In re Inductors Antitrust Litigation
  • In re Disposable Contact Lens Antitrust Litigation
  • In re Aftermarket Automotive Lighting Products Antitrust Litigation
  • In re Municipal Derivatives Antitrust Litigation
  • In re Transpacific Passenger Air Transportation Antitrust Litigation
  • In re International Air Transportation Surcharge Antitrust Litigation
  • In re Domestic Airline Travel Antitrust Litigation
  • In re Blue Cross & Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation
  • NCAA Student-Athlete Name & Licensing Litigation
  • In re Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Litigation
  • In re Fresh & Process Potatoes Antitrust Litigation
  • In re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation
  • In re Generic Drugs Antitrust Litigation
  • In re Diisocyanates Antitrust Litigation
  • In re Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index Antitrust Litigation
  • In re Farm-Raised Salmon and Salmon Products Antitrust Litigation

OVERVIEW

Experience

In 1978, far before joining Hausfeld, Michael joined the Furth, Fahrner & Mason law firm and began practicing antitrust and business litigation. He was at that firm until 2007; it was the Furth & Lehmann firm when he left, with him having achieved the title of Managing Partner. In 2007, Michael left the Furth firm to set up the San Francisco office of Cohen Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, where he was a partner. When the separate Hausfeld firm was created in November of 2008, he left Cohen Milstein and joined Hausfeld as one of the founding partners and has worked there ever since.

Over the past 40 years, Michael played significant roles (including several co-lead positions) on the plaintiffs’ side in major antitrust class actions, such as the Brand Name Prescription Drug Antitrust Litigation, the Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) Antitrust Litigation, the Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) Antitrust Litigation, the Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Antitrust Litigation, the TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation, the Cosmetics Antitrust Litigation, the Graphics Processing Units (GPU) Antitrust Litigation, the Compact Disc Minimum Advertised Price Antitrust Litigation, the Publication Paper Antitrust Litigation, the High Pressure Laminates Antitrust Litigation, the Bristol Bay Salmon Fishery Antitrust Litigation, and the Intel Microprocessor Antitrust Litigation.

Clients

During the first part of his career at the Furth firm, Michael did extensive defense work for a varied roster of clients, such as the Santa Fe Southern Pacific Railway Co., Sprint Communications Co., Kellogg Co., Grolier Inc., News Inc., Columbia Pictures, Georgia-Pacific Co., and William Sullivan (former owner of the New England Patriots). He was among those representing these entities as either defendants in class action antitrust litigation, plaintiffs in individual antitrust cases, defendants in proceedings brought by the Federal Trade Commission, petitioners in proceedings before the United States Food and Drug Administration, or respondents in arbitration proceedings before the International Chamber of Commerce. During this phase of his career, Mr. Lehmann helped Kellogg defeat a charge by the FTC that it and other ready-to-eat cereal companies engaged in a “shared monopoly” and wrote submissions to the FDA that caused it to permit certain types of health claims on food labels.

EDUCATION

Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 1977

University of California at Berkeley, A.B., 1974

BAR ADMISSIONS

California

AFFILIATIONS

Member, American Bar Association

NEWS

WWL 2022 recommends 14 Hausfeld lawyers among top competition plaintiff lawyers globally

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden
  • Sep 06 2022

15 Hausfeld lawyers honored in Lawdragon's Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers Guide

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Environmental & Product Liability
  • Technology & Data Breach
  • United States
  • Aug 01 2022

Lawdragon Plaintiff Financial Lawyers Guide Honors 15 Hausfeld Lawyers in 2021

  • Commercial & Financial Disputes
  • United States
  • Sep 01 2021

19 Hausfeld lawyers recognized by Who’s Who Legal, Competition 2021

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom
  • Aug 25 2021

Hausfeld welcomes historic US Supreme Court victory for college athletes

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • United States
  • Jun 21 2021

Hausfeld wins 2021 GCR award for ‘Litigation of the Year - Cartel Prosecution’

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • United States
  • May 24 2021

Fifteen Hausfeld lawyers named to Lawdragon Plaintiff Financial Lawyer Guide 2020

  • Commercial & Financial Disputes
  • United States
  • Aug 28 2020

Best Lawyers 2021 recognizes six Hausfeld lawyers on both coasts

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Environmental & Product Liability
  • Commercial & Financial Disputes
  • United States
  • Aug 20 2020

Super Lawyers recognizes 21 Hausfeld lawyers spanning both coasts and multiple practice areas

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Commercial & Financial Disputes
  • Environmental & Product Liability
  • Human Rights
  • United States
  • Nov 18 2019

U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers rank Hausfeld as a top firm for 2020

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Commercial & Financial Disputes
  • United States
  • Nov 01 2019

Fifteen Hausfeld lawyers named to Lawdragon Plaintiff Financial Lawyer Guide 2019

  • Commercial & Financial Disputes
  • United States
  • Sep 19 2019

The Legal 500 US (2019) ranks Hausfeld as first tier in 'Antitrust' for a 10th consecutive year

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • United States
  • May 30 2019

Five Hausfeld lawyers recognised as 'Thought Leaders' for Competition by Who's Who Legal

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom
  • Jan 28 2019

U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers rank Hausfeld as a top firm for 2019

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Commercial & Financial Disputes
  • United States
  • Nov 20 2018

Six Hausfeld lawyers recognized in 2019 edition of 'Best Lawyers in America'

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Commercial & Financial Disputes
  • Environmental & Product Liability
  • United States
  • Aug 28 2018

16 Hausfeld lawyers recognized in 'Who's Who' of competition in the US and Europe

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • United States, France, Germany, United Kingdom
  • Jun 20 2018

Hausfeld achieves historic healthcare ruling in Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • United States
  • May 03 2018

EVENTS

ABA's 2019 Global Private Litigation Conference

  • Antitrust / Competition
  • Berlin

  • 17 Jun 2019

WHAT OTHERS SAY

Best Lawyers

  • Best Lawyer, Antitrust Law since 2013

Global Competition Review

  • Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice, an honor he received twice:
    • As part of the In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation case team in 2021
    • As part of the In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation case team in 2015

Lawdragon

  • Hall of Fame since 2022 – described by Lawdragon as "outstanding lawyers who have made remarkable contributions as leaders, litigators, dealmakers, power brokers, judges and innovators." 
  • Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyer since 2019

Legal 500

  • Recommended Lawyer,  Antitrust - Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Plaintiff in 2019

Super Lawyers

  • Super Lawyer, Antitrust Litigation in San Francisco since 2011

Who's Who Legal

  • Recommended Lawyer, Competition: Plaintiff since 2018
  • Global Leader, Competition: Plaintiff in 2019

"Michael Lehmann possesses over 40 years of experience in the antitrust arena and regularly handles major antitrust class actions." (Who’s Who Legal, Competition - Plaintiff - Legal Marketplace Analysis, 2022)

Other

  • Recipient of the Martindale-Hubbell Judicial AV Preeminent rating year-after-year.