Michael Mugmon

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Michael Mugmon (born August 24, 1977) is an American attorney specializing in securities litigation and enforcement. ^[1] ^[2] He practices with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in Palo Alto, California.

In 1999, Mugmon graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in history. At Penn, he served as Executive Editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian, the school's independent student newspaper. During his tenure, the newspaper won the prestigious National Pacemaker Award as one of the nation's best collegiate newspapers. Mugmon was also at the helm when the fabrication scandal surrounding former Executive Editor Stephen Glass became national news. He was responsible for reviewing Glass’ work to determine if any of his student stories were fabrications, as some of Glass' work for The New Republic and other publications proved to have been. ^[3]

In 2002, Mugmon graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.^[4] ^[5]

After he graduated from law school, Mugmon served from 2002 to 2003 as law clerk for Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Santa Barbara, California. ^[6] He joined WilmerHale's Washington, D.C. office in 2003, moving to its Palo Alto office in 2007.

Mugmon is a former editor for DCist, for which he generally wrote posts on food and drink from 2005 through 2007. ^[7]

He lives in Los Gatos, California.

[edit] Legal Publications

"Broadsheet Bullies?: Designated public forum and established newspapers' efforts to rid Philadelphia's public transit system of a government-sponsored competitor," 150 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1969 (2002).

"Allocation of the Burden of Proof in IDEA Due Process Challenges," 29 Vt. L. Rev. 951 (2005) (with Christopher Thomas Leahy).

"Court Ruling Preserves Emerging Technology Collaboration," Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal (March 7, 2008) (with Jonathan A. Shapiro).