Michael Hartmere's practice areas include complex commercial litigation, class action defense, securities litigation and intellectual property litigation.  He represents clients in litigation arising from disputes among commercial parties to complicated business transactions, as well as defending class actions involving advertising, marketing and consumer protection issues. 

Mr. Hartmere has recently represented a foreign consumer products corporation and several of its officers in a multidistrict litigation involving deceptive trade and marketing practices claims; a domestic coal company and a French cosmetics distributor in separate complex breach of contract matters; and a non-profit credit counseling company in a class action suit involving claims of violations of a consumer protection statute.

Prior to joining Venable, Mr. Hartmere clerked for the Honorable Kevin Thomas Duffy of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.  He was also a litigation associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.

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