Mike is a founder and the managing partner of Nystrom Beckman & Paris, LLP, a leading Boston-based litigation boutique. Since its inception nearly twenty years ago, NBP has been on the cutting edge of complex litigation throughout the country. Whether it is unravelling complex financial frauds, conducting intricate investigations, trying high profile cases, or litigating cases of first impression, NBP provides top notch representation often against the largest firms in the country.
Mike is a seasoned trial lawyer with over three decades of experience litigating virtually all types of matters from antitrust to white collar criminal defense. He had represented business, institutions and individuals in complex financial fraud recovery efforts, shareholder derivative actions, employment litigation, investment banking and hedge fund disputes, complex tort matters, and white-collar criminal investigations. These cases often involve unique legal issues, complex statutes, and unchartered claims. Mike has argued before the United States Court of Appeals, the Delaware Supreme Court, and various other appellate courts. In addition to his trial work, Mike regularly counsels senior management on litigation avoidance, compliance and internal investigations, business strategies and employment issues.
• Lead counsel to the largest group of victims in one of the nation’s largest Ponzi schemes, recovering $50 million for clients.
• Trial counsel in connection with a multi-million-dollar scheme involving pre-IPO shares of Facebook, which was featured on the television show, American Greed.
• Litigated an eight-figure insurance coverage dispute against one of the nation’s largest insurance carriers.
• Lead counsel for a New England based defense contractor in a multi-year Department of Justice investigation relating to violations of the Arms Export Control Act, resulting in no criminal charges against the Company.
• Won a “bet the company” commercial dispute for a financial services company after a multi-day arbitration.
• Successfully represented boutique investment banks in numerous litigations concerning breach of investment banking agreements and recovering millions of dollars for clients.
• Co-lead counsel in a shareholder derivative suit alleging breach of fiduciary duty against fund manager, resulting in a stipulated judgment in excess of $20 million.
• Successfully defended a Massachusetts state agency against claims for violating the U.S. base closure laws.
• Persuaded the Delaware Supreme Court to reinstate a $500,000,000 claim that had been dismissed prior to NBP’s retention.
• Won seven-figure settlements on behalf of a major vendor in the retail industry in connection with breach of supply agreements by two national retailers.
• Successfully defended major cell-tower company in a widely publicized real estate dispute.
• Lead trial counsel for enterprise software company in theft of trade secret case resulting in permanent injunction against former employee from working for competition or using proprietary information.
• Trial counsel for the world’s former number three ranked tennis player, in a jury trial of first impression that garnered international media attention involving allegations that a contaminated multivitamin caused a positive steroid test.
• Successfully defended the MBTA, the commuter rail, and Amtrak in numerous catastrophic accident cases.
Mike’s white collar defense experience also includes defending companies in connection with two of New England’s largest health care investigations, the nation’s first investigation of “asset search companies,” and advising companies on issues relating to the Transportation Security Administration, Homeland Security, and the Trading with the Enemy Act. He has also represented numerous banks in connection with grand jury subpoena issues, successfully defended the CEO of a federal credit union in a bank bribery case, a manufacturer in a criminal antitrust action, and has represented numerous individuals and corporations in grand jury investigations involving Medicare fraud, academia research improprieties, the Big Dig, tax evasion and fraud matters. In addition, Mike has significant health care fraud litigation experience, defending qui tam and False Claims Act cases.
Mike has also represented families of victims of some of Massachusetts’ most notorious crimes, including as lead trial counsel in an action brought against the American Automobile Association in a case of first impression regarding the duty of AAA to provide emergency road services and AAA’s advertising practices; the family of one of Boston’s most notorious murders this century, in a case against the owner of the gun from whom the assailant took the murder weapon, and numerous victims of Ponzi schemes and other financial frauds.
Mike has served on the boards of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, The Volunteer Lawyers Project, and The Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation, a subsidiary of the Brown Rudnick Center for Public Interest, which Mike conceived and founded while a partner there. His public service work earned him the prestigious “Adams Pro Bono Publico Award” from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Mike currently serves on the board of the Maimonides School, where he chairs the Investment Committee. He is an avid Boston sports fan and spent a decade coaching Little League Baseball and Softball. Mike also serves as a judge of the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Mock Trial Program. He has been recognized as a “Super Lawyer,” is listed in Outstanding Lawyers of America, and has been “AV” rated by Martindale Hubbell for nearly 20 years.
A 1990 graduate of Northeastern University School of Law, Mike received a B.S. in political science, magna cum laude, from American University. Prior to founding Nystrom Beckman & Paris LLP, Mike was a partner at the international law firm of Brown Rudnick LLP, where he practiced civil and criminal litigation.