Michael Nicoud Bio

Mr. Nicoud represents individuals and institutional investors in complex litigation aimed at improving corporate governance practices and recovering lost assets for shareholders of publicly traded companies, and businesses and consumers challenging anticompetitive behavior. He has litigated cases involving antitrust violations, accounting fraud, insider trading, false and misleading statements, and other types of fiduciary and corporate misconduct at public and private companies. For his work, Mr. Nicoud has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star for nine consecutive years. In addition to his experience at Robbins LLP, Mr. Nicoud has worked at several boutique business litigation firms in San Diego, where he worked on trials, arbitrations, and mediations in cases before state and federal courts. Mr. Nicoud received his Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado Law School. While in law school, Mr. Nicoud served as an intern at the San Diego Public Defender’s Office, as an editor of the Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy, as president of the Student Trial Lawyers Association, and was on the Moot Court Board. As a member of the mock trial team, he earned a best advocate award at the national level, and received the Melanie Ruth Vogl Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Trial Advocacy. Mr. Nicoud received his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science with honors from the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.