Michael L. Dailey

Co founding attorney Michael L. Dailey represents clients in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Michael's defense practice began in 1989 for the law firm of Semmes, Bowen & Semmes in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1992, he joined Jo Anna in CIGNA's house counsel office in Baltimore, where he spent two years representing clients in commercial liability, and workers' compensation matters as well as insurance coverage disputes. Michael's appellate work includes the seminal case of Anne Arundel County v. McCormick in which Maryland's Court of Special Appeals established the statute of limitation rule for subrogation claims involving payment of workers' compensation benefits. In the commercial liability arena, Michael represented Giant Food Inc. in the reported case of May v. Giant Food Inc., in which Maryland's Court of Special Appeals addressed superseding/intervening cause applicability in an unattended vehicle tort action. Before forming Schmidt, Dailey & O'Neill, L.L.C., Michael was a shareholder in the Calverton law firm of O'Malley, Miles, Nylen & Gilmore. Michael's practice areas include commercial liability, workers' compensation defense, and insurance coverage. Michael is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia Bars, and the Defense Research Institute. He is currently the Chair of Workers' Compensation Section of the Maryland Defense Counsel. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Michael L. Dailey included in a Super Lawyers® list Other Sources of Feedback About Michael L. Dailey Included on the 2026Maryland Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Maryland Super Lawyers list 2024 Maryland Super Lawyers list 2023 Maryland Super Lawyers list 2022 Maryland Super Lawyers list 2021 Maryland Super Lawyers list 2020 Maryland Super Lawyers list 2019 Maryland Super Lawyers list 2018 Maryland Super Lawyers list 2017 Maryland Super Lawyers list 2016 Maryland Super Lawyers list 2015 Maryland Super Lawyers list 2014 Maryland Super Lawyers list 2013 Maryland Super Lawyers list 2012 Maryland Super Lawyers list

• Member

• Maryland, 1989
• District of Columbia, 1990
• Florida, 1994
• Virginia, 2018
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1989
• U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1990