Michael A. Urban
Partner
urban@luch.com
Phone: (702) 968-8087 | (425) 626-2353
Michael A. Urban is a partner in the law firm. He practices
law in the firm's offices in Bellevue, Washington; Las Vegas,
Nevada; and Pasadena, California. Michael was born on October
7, 1955, in Hawthorne, California. He graduated in 1973 from
Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, California. In
1977, Michael graduated with honors from California State
University at Long Beach and received a Bachelor of Arts
Degree with a Major in History. Michael graduated Cum
Laude with a Juris Doctor Degree from Whittier College
School of Law in 1980. He received American Jurisprudence
awards for excellence in Labor Law and Estate and Gift Taxation,
was a member of the Whittier College School of Law Moot Court
Honors Board from 1977-1980, and managing Editor of the Whittier
Law Review from 1979-1980. His article entitled "The
Antitrust Exemption for Labor Organizations in the Construction
Industry-Application of the 8(e) Proviso After Connell
Construction Co v. Plumbers & Steamfitters, Local 100," was
published in Volume 2, Number 2 of the Whittier Law Review in
1980.
Michael's primary areas of practice are labor law, employee
benefits, real estate (transactional and litigation) and
business representation and litigation. He was admitted to
the State Bar of California in 1980 and has since been admitted
to the State Bar of Nevada (1989) and Washington (1990).
Michael has presented cases for trial in California, Nevada
and Washington in jury and non-jury cases. He has also appeared
before the United States Court of Appeals from the Ninth
Circuit and is admitted to practice before the United States
Supreme Court.
Michael has been practicing with the law firm since 1980.
He is married with three daughters.
BAR MEMBERSHIPS:
State Bar of California, 1980
State Bar of Nevada, 1989
State Bar of Washington, 1990
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
Central District of California, 1981
Southern District of California, 1981
Northern District of California, 1984
Eastern District of California, 1989
Southern District of Nevada, 1990
Western District of Washington, 1991
U.S. COURT of APPEALS, NINTH CIRCUIT, 1981
SUPREME COURT of the UNITED STATES, 1989
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