Michael Shortnacy
Partner
King & Spalding LLP
Michael Shortnacy defends clients in high stakes consumer class actions, mass torts, and regulatory enforcement actions relating to consumer protection statutes. He litigates before state and federal courts in matters involving claims of unfair competition, false and deceptive advertising and other violations of consumer protection laws.
Shortnacy has developed particular experience counseling clients in all aspects of electronic discovery in complex and crisis litigation, and in civil and criminal investigations, and regulatory proceedings. He also advises clients on information governance and records management and retention, and compliance with state and federal discovery obligations, before, during and after litigation. He regularly designs cost effective and proportional electronic discovery strategies and protocols for clients in the automotive industry. Combining his subject matter knowledge of e-discovery and his litigation practice, Shortnacy has frequently and successfully argued defensibility of process to courts and special discovery masters.
