
Michael E. Gehring
Commercial and Complex Litigation Lawyers in Philadelphia, PA in Philadelphia, PA
About Michael E. Gehring
Mike Gehring is a litigator with experience in numerous areas of the law. He has worked at several prominent large law firms, including Schnader in Philadelphia and Skadden in Chicago, where he specialized in complex commercial litigation. He has also worked in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office and, most recently, at McAndrews, Mehalick, Connolly, Hulse and Ryan P.C., where he specialized in federal litigation and civil rights. At Steve Harvey Law, Mike Gehring has worked on a wide range of complex litigation matters, including an international contractual dispute involving criminal matters in India; a dispute with international implications regarding an arbitration, including defending the client in an appeal before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and an attempted appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court; a successful appeal to the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court involving Pennsylvania's electric smart meter statute; and representation of an intervenor in a case before the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court successfully challenging the constitutionality of a proposed amendment to the Pennsylvania constitution.
Education
Legal Education
- Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 1989
- J.D.
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Member, Order of the Coif
- Honors: Managing Editor of Villanova Law Review
Non Legal Education
- University of Notre Dame, 1985
- B.B.A.
Current Employment Position(s)
- Senior Counsel
Past Positions
- Hon. Donald W. VanArtsdalen, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Law Clerk
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 1992 - 1997
- Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, 1990 - 1992
- Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, Appellate Attorney, 1998 - 2003
- Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, Post-Conviction Relief Act Unit, 2008 - 2011
- McAndrews Law Offices, P.C., Shareholder, 2011 - 2019
- Languages
- English
Representative Cases
- Somach v. Firstenberg, No. CV 22-2775, 2024 WL 1258637 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 25, 2024)
- Axtria, Inc. v. OKS Grp., LLC, No. CV 20-6424, 2023 WL 7706260 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 15, 2023)
- Servis One, Inc. v. OKS Grp., LLC, No. CV 20-4661, 2023 WL 8936695 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 27, 2023)
- CPR Mgmt., S.A. v. Devon Park Bioventures, L.P., 19 F.4th 236 (3d Cir. 2021), 2021
- Buckley v. State Corr. Inst.-Pine Grove, 2014 WL 37757 (2014), 2014, M.D. Pa., No. 1:13-CV-2022
- Melmark, Inc. v. Schutt by & Through Schutt, 651 Pa. 714, 206 A.3d 1096 (2019), 651 Pa. 714, 206 A.3d 1096 (2019), 2019, Pa. Supr., No. 78 MAP 2017
- Com. v. Bavusa, 574 Pa. 620, 832 A.2d 1042 (2003), 2003, Pa. Supr.
- Hodges v. Nat'l Basketball Ass'n, 1998 WL 26183 (1998), 1998, N.D. Ill., No. 96 C 7530
- Spillyards v. Abboud,, 278 Ill. App. 3d 663, 662 N.E.2d 1358 (1996), 1996, Ill. Ct. of Appeals
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
Other Affiliations
- Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member)
- Philadelphia Bar Association (Member)
Attorney Details
| Full Name | Michael E. Gehring |
| Firm | Steve Harvey Law LLC |
| Address | 1880 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 1715, Philadelphia, PA 19103 |
| Phone | 215-610-5785 |
| Website | www.steveharveylaw.com |
| Website | www.steveharveylaw.com/blog |
| New Clients | ✓ Currently accepting |