J. Michael Hennigan

Mr. Hennigan is a founding partner of HBD, and is the head of the Complex Litigation department. Mr. Hennigan specializes in the litigation and trial of complex commercial cases, and has been lead counsel in more than 45 major jury trials in state and federal court. As lead trial counsel for plaintiffs, Mr. Hennigan has litigated judgments and settlements of more than $8 billion for his clients.

Mr. Hennigan is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Mr. Hennigan is listed in prominent legal publications, including Chambers USA Guide, Chambers Global Who’s Who in American Law and The Best Lawyers in America, and is routinely identified as one of Southern California’s “Super Lawyers.”

Before entering private practice, Mr. Hennigan was a trial attorney with the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice from 1970 to 1972, and was a lecturer in research and writing at the University of Arizona College of Law in 1973.

Publications

• Co-Author, “Deskbook on Complex Civil Litigation, Judicial Council of California,” 2000
• "Dean Charles Ares: The Early Years," 35 Arizona Law Review 20 (1993)
• Co-Author, American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, Monograph 3, "Expediting Pre Trials and Trial of Antitrust Cases," 1979
• "The Essence of Standing: The Basis of a Constitutional Right to Be Heard," 10 Arizona Law Review 438 (1969)
• "In Defense of the Conscientious Objector: The Constitutional Right to a Trial de Novo," 11 Arizona Law Review, 249, 1969

News

• Chambers USA 2010 Profiles HBD Partners Among Its Leading Lawyers In The United States and Rates HBD’s Business Reorganization & Bankruptcy Practice Group In The Top Five In California
• Haiti Relief
• Sempra Wins $6.6 Billion Power Contract Dispute With State
• HBD Founder J. Michael Hennigan featured in "Running a Business, and a Law Practice to Boot"
• Chambers USA 2009 Profiles HBD Partners Among Its Leading Lawyers In The United States And Rates HBD’s Business Reorganization & Bankruptcy Practice Group In The Top Ten In California
• HBD partner J. Michael Hennigan rated a top U.S. litigator by Chambers Global
• Chambers USA 2008 Profiles HBD partners among its Leading Lawyers in the United States

Professional Affiliations

• Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1993-1997
• Board of Visitors, University of Arizona College of Law, 1976-1979; and 1990-present
• Board of Directors, University of Arizona Law College Association, 1983-1985
• Trustee, Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
• Chair, Executive Committee, Litigation Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1998
• Chair, Litigation Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1998-1999
• Member, American Bar Association sections on Antitrust Law and Litigation
• American Board of Trial Advocates, 1992-present
• American Law Institute, 1993-present
• Judicial Council Task Force on Complex Civil Litigation