Michael S. Li

– ATTORNEY –

Since joining Dunn DeSantis Walt & Kendrick in 2018, Mike’s practice has focused on construction litigation and personal injury matters. Prior, Mike worked on several high-profile class action cases representing federal agencies and institutional investors against banks with predatory lending practices. Most notably, Mike participated in a case brought by the Federal Housing Finance Agency that resulted in a $9.3 billion settlement with Countrywide and Bank of America for issuing the type of risk-laden residential mortgage-backed securities that contributed to the global financial crisis of 2008.

While attending California Western School of Law as a Trustees’ Scholar, Mike was heavily involved in student life, serving stints as the Treasurer of the Student Bar Association and the Chairman of the Judges Committee of the Moot Court Honors Board. Mike also served on the executive boards of the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association and the Black Law Student Association.

Education

• California Western School of Law, Juris Doctorate, 2011
• San Diego State University, Master of Business Administration, 2010
• University of California at Los Angeles, Bachelor of Arts in Asian American Studies and Political Science, College Honors, 2005

Admissions

• All Courts of the State of California
• All Courts of the State of Nevada
• United States District Court for the District of Nevada

Memberships

• The State Bar of California
• The State Bar of Nevada
• San Diego County Bar Association