Michael Zwibelman is an experienced litigator who has represented clients in a range of civil and criminal matters, including complex commercial litigation, white collar criminal defense, and internal corporate investigations.  He has represented individuals and corporations under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice for securities fraud, insider trading, and alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and has handled several complex securities and antitrust matters in state and federal court.

Prior to joining Brune & Richard, Mr. Zwibelman spent four years as a litigation associate in the San Francisco office of Heller Ehrman LLP, where he represented individual and corporate clients in a variety of securities and antitrust matters, including a six-week criminal securities fraud trial of a former chairman and CEO of a major public company.  Mr. Zwibelman also handled several major pro bono matters, including the representation of indigent clients in civil and criminal court.

 From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Zwibelman worked as a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he represented the government in complex cases arising under the Voting Rights Act and the National Voter Registration Act. 

 Mr. Zwibelman graduated with honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 1999, where he was a member of the University of Chicago Law Review.  He received his master of public affairs from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School in 1999, and his bachelor of arts from Stanford University in 1995, where he was a Harry S. Truman Scholar.