Michael Fehner is Counsel in the Newport Beach office of Irell & Manella LLP, where he has represented a broad variety of clients in many areas of litigation. Mr. Fehner’s practice has included litigating business,  commercial tort, insurance coverage, intellectual property and contract matters across the country, as well as helping clients with employment, antitrust, and regulatory issues.

Mr. Fehner's experience at the trial level has been broad and extensive. He has recently managed and litigated a number of matters in the insurance coverage context, from jurisdiction (2004 WL 1977220) to interpretation (410 F. Supp. 2d 875, 480 F. Supp. 2d 1167). He has also been active in litigating numerous adversary proceedings in large reorganizations. Mr. Fehner's appellate experience includes writing on cases involving transportation regulation (126 F.3d 426) and antitrust issues (133 F.3d 103).

Mr. Fehner received his J.D. from Yale Law School where he was a teaching assistant to Professor James Q. Whitman. After graduating from law school, Mr. Fehner clerked for the Honorable Richard H. Kyle, United States District Court Judge for the District of Minnesota.

After his clerkship, has worked for firms in Washington, D.C. (where he also taught legal research and writing at the George Washington University Law School), and Minneapolis, Minnesota (where he also spent several months as a special assistant city attorney prosecuting misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors).

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association; Minnesota State Bar Association; D.C. Bar Association; Orange County Bar Association

Bar & Court Admissions

• 2000, California; 1997, District of Columbia; 1995, Minnesota
• 2004, Northern District of California; 2000, Central District of California; 1996, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota