Background
Higgins, Michael J. was born on October 8, 1951 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States.
Higgins, Michael J. was born on October 8, 1951 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States.
University of California at Santa Cruz (Bachelor of Arts, 1973). University of California at Davis School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1990).
Worked at King & Higgins, Limited Liability Partnership. Admitted to the bar, 1990, California. 1991, United States. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of California.
Senior Articles Editor, University College Davis L. Review 1989-1990. Law Clerk to Honorary Edmond West. Burke, Supreme Court of Alaska, 1990-1991.
Author, "California Wrongful Discharge Law and the Public Employee," 23 University College Davis L. Review
117, 1989. Company-author: "The Interface Between Antitrust Principles and Those of Intellectual Property Law, in Antitrust Counseling and Litigation Techniques," Von Kalinowski educated 1994; "Fair Use: In the Courts and Out of Control?" in materials for Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) Advanced Seminar on Copyright Law, 1995.
"Antitrust Liability for Bad Faith Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights," in materials for Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) Intellectual Property/Antitrust Seminar 1994.
"Innovation and Antitrust," in materials for Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) Intellectual Property/Antitrust Seminar 1993. "Department of Justice, Views on Intellectual Property/Antitrust," in materials for Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party) Intellectual Property/Antitrust Seminar 1992. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco.
State Bar of California.
American Bar Association.
Member: Bar Association of San Francisco. State Bar of California. American Bar Association.