Michael Moorin
Michael litigates cases before state and federal trial and appellate courts. He has briefed cases in federal and state courts across the country including the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the First, Fifth, Ninth, Eleventh, D.C., and Federal Circuits, and the Arizona Supreme Court. After graduating from Stanford Law School, Michael served as a federal appellate law clerk.
Michael’s practice focuses on complex commercial, constitutional, and public-law litigation. Michael has represented a wide array of corporations, individuals, and government entities litigating dispositive motions, discovery disputes, and appeals. Michael has particular expertise in appellate litigation, having briefed numerous appeals at all levels of federal and state court in areas of law including contracts, civil procedure, First Amendment, utilities regulation, Prison Litigation Reform Act, Administrative Procedure Act, Clean Air Act, Privacy Act, federal Indian law, patent invalidity, Section 1983, and asylum.
Before joining Tachau Meek in 2026, Michael was an associate at Osborn Maledon in Phoenix and WilmerHale in Washington D.C. Michael clerked for Judge David Hamilton on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
- Education+
Michael received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University (A.B., magna cum laude, 2016) and his law school degree from Stanford Law School (J.D., 2020).
- Court Admissions+
Michael is admitted to the Kentucky (2026 pending oath), Arizona (2024), Washington, DC (2022), Maryland (2020) bars, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.