Hi! My name is Michael Winsten and I would like to be your business and real estate attorney in Orange County. I have engaged in the private practice of business and real estate transactions and litigation since 1986, first with several of Southern California's most prestigious corporate law firms, then, in 2000, I founded Winsten Law Group.

I graduated from some of our nations most selective and prestigious universities:

• Bachelor of Science Degree, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 1982
• Juris Doctorate Degree, University of Southern California Law Center, Los Angeles, CA 1986
• Master of Business Administration, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 1998
  

Professional Rating: AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell (highest rating possible)

Professional Experience:

2000 - Present

• Winsten Law Group, Laguna Niguel, CA

1992 - 2000

• Bye, Vaccaro & Winsten, LLP, Bye, Robinson & Winsten, LLP, Bye & Hatcher, Irvine, CA
  (Business and Real Estate "Boutique" Law Firms)

1989 - 1992

• Kindel & Andersen, Irvine, CA (Full service law firm with 100+ lawyers)

1986 - 1988

• Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory, Irvine, CA (Full service law firm with 100+ lawyers)

My Professional Licenses are as follows:

State Bar of California, Bar Number 126554 (1986 to Present)

Admitted to Practice in all California State and Federal Courts, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

California Real Estate Broker License Number 01249013 (1998 - 2002; expired)

My business mission is to provide cost effective legal and business solutions to Winsten Law Group clients, with an emphasis on scholarship, common sense, ethical advocacy and effective communication with our clients and adversaries. All of my litigation clients want their cases settled, and almost all of my cases do settle before trial, some early in the process, others at differing stages leading to trial. Occasionally, for various reasons, cases do not settle and they proceed to trial. My business litigation jury trial experience is quite extensive, and this real world courtroom experience and business litigation jury trial experience has enhanced my ability to prosecute, defend and manage cases to settlement. I effectively counsel my clients regarding their expectations and offer a true assessment of their cases, a skill which can only be learned by first hand experience.

I represent and counsel companies and individuals in numerous industries, including healthcare, real estate development and finance, and high technology, and have accumulated a great deal of experience and expertise in litigation, transactions and counseling in the following industry sub-segments: healthcare finance and reimbursement, franchise relations, trade secrets, unfair competition, technology licensing, corporate ownership and management, probate, employment, and non-profit corporate governance. I also regularly serve as co-counsel with several of Orange County's leading family court lawyers in marital dissolutions entangled with significant business ownership or management implications. My clients have ranged from publicly traded Fortune 500 companies to privately held corporations and their key executives and shareholders, to the sole proprietor. Their representation regularly includes litigation and regulatory matters, often involving millions of dollars. My litigation practice has included jury and bench trials, in both state and federal courts, as well as arbitration and mediation forums. My office utilizes computerized litigation support technology, imaging and databases when appropriate for document or image intensive cases.

My wife, Cheryl, and I live in San Clemente, California, and are the proud parents of Chelsea (14), A.J. (12), Ariana (7) Michael (6) and Ryan (19 months).

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