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N:Downey;Michael;;;Esq.
FN:Michael Downey Esq.
ORG:Fox Galvin, Attorneys At Law
TITLE:Senior Associate
NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Michael Downey joined Fox Galvin as a senior associate in 2001. Prior to joi=
ning the firm, Mr. Downey clerked for the Honorable Pasco M. Bowman, II, Chi=
ef Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and w=
orked as a litigation associate in the St. Louis office of a large regional =
law firm. At Fox Galvin, he concentrates his practice on defending class act=
ion, product liability, mass tort, and professional malpractice claims. =0D=
=0AMr. Downey has worked on cases pending before the United States Supreme C=
ourt and numerous state and federal appellate courts. He has acted as lead c=
ounsel on two federal appeals, served as sole trial counsel in state court a=
nd had primary responsibility for pretrial preparation, litigation, and sett=
lement negotiations in numerous complex civil cases. =0D=0ARecently, Mr. Dow=
ney defended an international pharmaceutical company against class-action me=
dical monitoring and consumer fraud claims in Illinois state court. Mr. Down=
ey=92s client obtained a voluntary dismissal of plaintiff=92s claims after t=
he trial court determined it would not certify a class. =0D=0AMr. Downey als=
o represented an accountant charged in a Missouri administrative proceeding =
with disclosing confidential client information. Mr. Downey and his client c=
onvinced the Division of Professional Registration to close the case, withou=
t further action or imposing any discipline, after the initial investigation=
.=0D=0AMr. Downey graduated with honors from Georgetown University and first=
 in his class from Washington University School of Law, where he was Executi=
ve Articles Editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly and research a=
ssistant to Dean Dorsey D. Ellis, Jr. A former high school teacher, Mr. Down=
ey now serves as an adjunct professor of legal ethics at Washington Universi=
ty School of Law, chair of the professional ethics committee of the Bar Asso=
ciation of Metropolitan St. Louis, and a member of the Illinois State Bar As=
sociation=92s Standing Committee on Professional Conduct. He also has given =
presentations regarding legal ethics, federal appellate practice, and privac=
y issues affecting attorneys, employers and healthcare professionals.=0D=0AM=
r. Downey is licensed to practice in Missouri and Illinois and is admitted b=
efore the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the Unit=
ed States District Courts for the Eastern District of Missouri and the Centr=
al and Southern Districts of Illinois.=0D=0A
TEL;WORK;VOICE:(314) 588-7000 x103
TEL;WORK;FAX:(314) 588-1965
ADR;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:;;One Memorial Drive=0D=0AEighth Floor;St. Louis;MO;63102;United States of A=
merica
LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:One Memorial Drive=0D=0AEighth Floor=0D=0ASt. Louis, MO 63102=0D=0AUnited St=
ates of America
URL;WORK:http://www.foxgalvin.com
EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:mdowney@foxgalvin.com
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