Michael Tu is a leading trial lawyer with an extensive background in securities litigation and enforcement. Currently, he heads Orrick's securities litigation and enforcement practice in Southern California, where he specializes in regulatory investigations and proceedings, securities and corporate governance advice, business litigation, and mergers and acquisitions lawsuits. As a seasoned litigator, Michael has helped clients resolve numerous disputes and defended securities class action trials to verdict, becoming recognized as one of the "Most Influential Minority Attorneys in Los Angeles" by the Los Angeles Business Journal.

Before joining Orrick, Michael practiced law at Clifford Chance US LLP and Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, where he gained experience in representing public and private companies in securities, corporate governance, and disclosure issues. He also served as a judicial law clerk at the U.S. District Court. Additionally, Michael is a member of various organizations and groups, including the Board of Directors of the Constitutional Rights Foundation and the Executive Committee of the Litigation Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Michael graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a BA in Political Science and obtained his JD from the University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law. He served as a Lawyer Representative for the Central District of California to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference from 2006-2009 and is a member of the Board of Advisors of the monthly Securities Reform Act Litigation Reporter.