Michael Shalhoub is a trial lawyer who has resolved more than 100 cases at the trial stage, including a number of verdicts in products liability, medical malpractice, employment discrimination, coverage, construction accident, and general liability matters. He has been selected for inclusion in the New York Best Lawyers and New York Super Lawyers for a number of years, and has been named as the Top 25 Attorneys in Westchester County Super Lawyers list for the past three years. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Defense Research Institute (DRI); a past Chair of DRI's Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee; and a past Chair of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel's Drug, Medical Device and Biotechnology Section.

Honors
  • Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition
  • Selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyers; Top 25 List, Westchester County
  • Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in New York 
  • Selected for inclusion inBest Lawyers in America
  • Selected for inclusion on the Top Attorneys list in the New York Metro Area
Professional Affiliations
  • Defense Research Institute: National member of Board of Directors, 2005-2008; Medical Liability Committee (Steering Committee, Past Committee Chair, Public Relations Contact - East); Member, Annual Meeting Steering Committee, 2005-2008; Chair, Blockbusters/CLE Programming; Chair, Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee, 2003-2005; Co-Program Chair, 2002 Seminar Medical Liability and Health Law Committee, New Orleans; Member, Editorial Board, Daubert Compendium
  • Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel: Vice-Chair, Management, Economics and Technology Section; Past Chair, Drug, Device and Biotechnology Section, 2005-2006; Past Vice Chair, Medical Malpractice Section; 2004 Nominating Committee; State Representative
  • New York State Medical Defense Bar Association
  • Vice President, Eastchester Bar Association  
  • Women's Bar Association of the State of New York - Westchester Chapter
  • Past Chair, Internet Coordinating Committee, New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section
  • Past Chair, Restatement Third Sub-Committee, Products Liability Committee, Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Admitted to Practice
  • New York
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Civic Activities
  • Board of Directors, Ardsley Curling Club
  • Board of Governors, Leewood Golf Club
  • Past Member, Brant Lake Association
Education
  • Fordham University, B.A., 1979
  • St. John's Law School, J.D., 1982
Publications/Presentations
  • Quoted in “Are You Twittering or Frittering?Property Casualty 360, February 2010
  • Co-Author, “To Tweet or Not to Tweet, Understanding the Synergy Among Social Media,”  December 29, 2009
  • Presenter, “Product Liability Case Law Update,” DRI Products Liability Seminar, February 2008
  • Interviewed in “Move to Crack Down on Expert Witnesses,” National Law Journal, December 19, 2005
  • Author and Presenter, “The Impact of HIPAA’s Privacy Rules on the Discovery of Health Information,” paper and materials for lecture at Winter Meeting of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel in March 2004, Hawaii
  • Author and Moderator of Panel Discussion, “The Clients Speak: What They Need and Why They Need It,” DRI Medical Liability and Health Care Law Seminar, March 2004, Nevada
  • Author, “Post Trial Motions,” chapter in text on the Trial of the Civil Lawsuit, New York State Bar Association, 2004
  • Author and Presenter, “The Second Front: Strategies For Managing Insurance Coverage Issues,” Roundtable Discussion at American Conference Institute’s Drug & Medical Device Litigation Seminar, December 2003, New York
  • Author, “Excluding Expert Testimony in Medical Malpractice Litigation,” For The Defense, Defense Research Institute, October 2003
  • Author, “Ephedra-Based Dietary Supplement Products and Issues For Product Sellers,” MIM Reporter, October 2003
  • Lecturer, “Ephedra Liability Issues for Product Sellers,” Pharmacy Liability Sub-Committee of DRI’s Medical Liability and Health Care Law Seminar, March 2003, Nevada
  • Co-Author, “Expert’s Concept: Has It Been Subjected to Peer Review and Publication,” chapter in Defense Research Institute Defense Library Series on Daubert issues, Fall 2002
  • Author and Moderator, “Trends in Medical Device Litigation: 2002,” MEDMARC/Puritan Bennet 15th Annual Medical Device Seminar, June 2002, British Columbia
  • Presenter, “Protect Your Product From Plunder by Plaintiff’s Attorneys,” MedTech Insight Conference on Investment In Innovation, October 2001, New York
  • Author, “Remedies Available — or Unavailable — When Product in Liability Action Has Been Spoliated,” Products Liability Law & Strategy, August 2001
  • Author and Presenter, “Trends in Medical Device Litigation: 2001,” panel member discussion at MEDMARC/ Puritan Bennet 14th Annual Medical Device Seminar June, 2001, Nevada
  • Author, “The Learned Intermediary Doctrine in the Age of Direct to Consumer Advertising,” For The Defense, Defense Research Institute, March 2000
  • Author, “When Products Liability Collides With Medical Malpractice: Dealing With Competing Interests,” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, January 2000
  • Course materials and lecture at the Defense Research Institute’s 1999 Annual Meeting on Combined Medical Malpractice and Medical Device Lawsuits, New York
  • Author, “Where is the Product and What Do We Do Now?,” Products Liability Law & Strategy, November 1998
  • “Potential Waiver of Quality Assurance Privilege and Sentinel Event Reporting,” For The Defense, Defense Research Institute, August 1998
  • Lecturer and Course Materials, “The Use of the Internet in the Defense of Medical Device Products Liability Lawsuits,” at MEDMARC/Puritan Bennet 11th Annual Medical Device Seminar, June 1998, New York
  • Author, “Managed Care Liability and the Effect of ERISA Preemption,” Defense Research Institute, Modern Health Care Defense Issues, Monograph 1997