Michele B. Focht

Partner

Dallas, TX
D 469.480.7062
michele.focht@fmglaw.com

Education

Bachelor of Science in Advertising; Emphasis in Marketing, University of Texas at Austin, 1987

St. Mary’s School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1990

Overview

Michele Focht is a Partner in Freeman Mathis & Gary’s Dallas Office and part of the Tech Errors and Omissions Practice Section and Compliance & Incident Response Team.

Ms. Focht comes to Freeman Mathis & Gary from Baker McKenzie where she was part of the Commercial Litigation practice area and a member of the Discovery and Cyber team.  There her practice included working with multinational clients on high profile corporate actions including complex litigation. Ms. Focht also has experience in working on cyber and privacy breach incidents as well as working with federal and state regulatory agencies and State Attorney Generals.

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Bar Admissions

Texas

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Representative Cases & Clients

National e-discovery counsel for large publicly traded telecommunications company for 12 years working on large complex data sets for 2nd request, merger & acquisition, trade secret litigation, patent infringement litigation and federal investigations.

Represented multi-national company in “no poach” antitrust claim by the US Department of Justice and subsequent anti-trust multidistrict litigation.

Represented global company in “price-fixing” investigation by US Department of Justice.

Represented Fortune 500 company following cyber-attack and subsequent investigation.

Represented municipal government in cyber incident and subsequent investigation.

Represented multi-national companies in developing and strengthening privacy policies.

Affiliations

American Bar Association

Dallas Bar Association

State Bar of Texas

The Sedona Conference, Working Group 1, 6, & 11

Attorneys Serving the Community

Women in eDiscovery

Awards and Recognition

Finalist Jessup Moot Court Competition, 1989

Classes/Seminars Taught

Developed CLE training:  Ethics in Information Governance (2022)

Developed CLE Training: Best Practices for Drafting and Responding to Discovery Requests (2023)

Developed Webinar Presentation on Hot Topics in Investigations: Ephemeral Messaging, Emojis and Sanctions (2023)