Michael D. Seplow | Partner

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About Michael

Michael D. Seplow is a partner at Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes, LLP where his practice focuses on civil rights and employment litigation. Mr. Seplow has been litigating police misconduct cases since 1992 and has been actively involved in several successful civil rights cases, including a case in which a mentally disabled Los Angeles resident was wrongfully imprisoned in New York State for two years, which resulted in a published decision (Lee v. City of Los Angeles, 250 F.3d 668 (9th Cir. 2001)) and a $3.75 million settlement.

Mr. Seplow is a 1990 graduate of UCLA School of Law and received his A.B Degree from Duke University in 1985. He has taught as an adjunct professor at UC Irvine School of Law from 2014-2017, teaching civil rights litigation (2014-2017) and is presently teaching an appellate litigation clinic..

Mr. Seplow has been named as a "Super Lawyer" from 2004-2022 by Los Angeles Magazine. For his work on the appeal before the California Supreme Court in the case of B.B v. County of Los Angeles, 10 Cal. 5th 1 (2020) Mr. Seplow (as well as his co-counsel) received the California Lawyer of the Year (CLAY) Award for 2020 by the Los Angeles Daily Journal in March 2021 and the 2021 Streetfighter of the Year Award by the Consumer Attorneys of California.

Mr. Seplow is a member of various professional organizations, including the National Police Accountability Project (NPAP), the California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA), the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) and the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Experience

Associate

Blanc Williams Johnston & Kronstadt

1990-1992

Los Angeles, CA

Judicial Extern

The Hon. Abner Mikva, United States Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit

1989

Admission

Verified California

1990

Verified U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Verified U.S. District Court Central District of California

Verified U.S. District Court Eastern District of California

Verified U.S. District Court Northern District of California

Verified U.S. District Court Southern District of California

Education

Duke University

A.B.

1985.

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
  • California Employment Lawyers Association

Notable Work

Publications

Punishing Pundits: People v. Dyleski and the Gag Order as Prior Restraint in High-Profile Cases Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review [Vol. 39:] (co-authored with Paul Hoffman)

2007 / 1195

Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes Highlights

Employee Rights

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