Michael M. Liskow, Partner
☎ CONTACT
E: mliskow@hechtpartners.com
T: (888) 421-4529
PRACTICE AREAS
Class Action Litigation
Consumer Fraud Litigation
Data Privacy Litigation
Insurance Litigation
Michael Liskow is a Partner of the Firm. He has extensive experience litigating complex class actions on behalf of plaintiffs in data privacy, consumer fraud, insurance, antitrust, securities, housing, and wage and hour matters, among others. Michael has devoted his career to seeking justice for classes of individuals that have been taken advantage of by unscrupulous businesses.
Michael earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from the University of Kansas, and his Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where he was an Executive Board Member the Journal of Constitutional Law and received a Fulbright Award to the Slovak Republic.
Prior to joining the Firm, Michael was a clerk for the Honorable Steven H. Levinson of the Supreme Court of Hawai`i, an associate at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, a Fulbright Teaching Assistant to the Slovak Republic, and a partner at other law firms practicing plaintiff-side class action litigation.
Michael has been recognized as a “New York Super Lawyer” each year since 2019, and was named a “Rising Star” by New York Super Lawyers from 2013-2018.
Michael is currently acting as lead counsel in multiple class actions challenging unlawful workers’ compensation insurance premiums. He is also part of a team litigating class claims against Meta and Google for collecting individuals’ sensitive tax information without their consent. Michael previously acted as lead counsel in data privacy class actions resulting in meaningful settlements, Bokelman v. FCH Enters., No. 18-00209-RJB-RLP (D. Haw.) and Mizrahi v. NBEO, No. 16-cv-03146-JKB (D. Md.). He has initiated and litigated numerous other class actions to completion as the lead attorney through investigation, complaint, discovery, motion practice, appeal, and resolution. These include, among others, Thompson v. Bethpage Fed. Credit Union, No. 2:17-cv-00921 (E.D.N.Y.), alleging violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act resulting in a settlement where every class member received a full recovery, and Egleston v. Verizon, No. 194784/2011 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), on behalf of overbilled Verizon customers resulting in a $5 million settlement providing full refunds plus interest and fees to the class. Michael also had a significant role in representing a class of overcharged tenants of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village in New York City, resulting in a $173 million recovery, the largest recovery for tenants in United States history.
Michael is a member of the National Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys, and is licensed to practice in New York and California.
BAR ADMISSIONS
State of California
State of New York
U.S. District Court for Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for Central District of California
U.S. District Court for Southern District of California
U.S. District Court for Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court for Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for Northern District of New York
U.S. District Court for Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for District of Colorado
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
EDUCATION
J.D., University of Pennsylvania
B.A. University of Kansas