Prior to joining SBEMP, Michele was a Senior Litigation Paralegal at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and at Jones Day for more than 15 years with the majority of her work done on Federal Court cases. Michele’s paralegal work has focused primarily on intellectual property and business litigation. She has worked in all phases of civil litigation including discovery, pre-trial, trial, arbitration, post-trial and appeal.