Michael Drury is a partner of Riedl, McCloskey & Waring LLP. His practice focuses on complex civil litigation, including insurance, commercial, employment, real estate, and disabled access litigation. Mr. Drury practiced for many years at the national law firms of Greenberg Traurig and Arter & Hadden. Mr. Drury's practice focuses on advising insurance companies with respect to general insurance coverage and representing insurance companies in coverage litigation involving environmental and toxic tort claims, construction claims, and other complex cases, including claims of bad faith.   Mike has represented clients in contract disputes, real estate development projects, construction projects and commercial disputes, and has experience both drafting and negotiating leases and lease renewals, and creating buy-out and lease termination agreements.

Mike has significant experience representing management in all aspects of employment litigation, including arbitration and mediation with respect to claims arising from wrongful termination, sexual harassment, and age, race and disability discrimination.  He has also defended fitness centers, grocery stores, developers, retail establishments and public entities against disabled access claims under both Title II and Title III of the Americans With Disabilities Act, as well as the Unruh Act and California Disabled Persons Act.

Mike has represented leading manufacturers in product liability matters pertaining to prescription drugs, asbestos, firearms, consumer products, and heavy-duty machinery. He has experience in all aspects of litigation in both state and federal courts, including trials, dispositive motions, and discovery.

In 2007, Mike was lead trial counsel in two separate cases tried to verdict in California. The first case was a Title II ADA claim filed against a large Southern California City pertaining to accessibility issues with sidewalks and curb ramps throughout the City. The case was tried in the Central District Court of California. The second trial took place in San Diego Superior Court and focused on claims for breach of contract, fraud, quantum meruit and unjust enrichment arising from a public works contract issued by the City of San Diego.

Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage and Coverage litigation, Commercial litigation; Employment litigation; Real Estate litigation; Defense of Americans With Disabilities Act claims; Product Liability defense.

Articles & Lectures:

• Speaker, "ADA Regulations and Compliance for Public Entities," California League of Cities Annual Convention, California, 2005
• Author, "Employers Must Attempt to Resolve an Employee's Request for a Reasonable Accommodation for their Disability," National Association of Theatre Owners of California/Nevada, Previews, December 2005
• Co-author, "Fact Sheet for Job Applicants With Disabilities," National Association of Theatre Owners of California/Nevada, Previews , November 2003
• Co-author, "How to Win Summary Judgment by Proving a Pharmaceutical Case is Time-Barred," Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Law Bulletin , June 2002
• Co-author, "Lining Up Slapp-Shots for the Defense: New Ways to Use California's Special Motion to Strike," Association of Southern California Defense Counsel Magazine, Verdict , Third Quarter 2001

Admitted: 1995, California

Law School: University of San Diego School of Law, J. D., 1995; LL.M., 2005

College: B.B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1991

Born: Newark, New Jersey

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mdrury@rmwllp.com