Michael Song serves as the Chair and Managing Partner of the firm.
As Managing Partner, Michael leads the firm's Management Committee
which oversees the firm's management and strategic direction.
Mr. Song also leads the firm's white-collar criminal defense and government
investigations practice.
Mr. Song is known for his skilled and tenacious representation of individuals
and entities in criminal and civil investigations covering a wide range
of substantive areas and conducted throughout Colorado and the United States.
Mr. Song is a former federal prosecutor and experienced trial attorney.
As a defense attorney, Mr. Song represents individuals in a wide variety
of complex criminal and civil matters, including white-collar criminal
offenses. Mr. Song has also represented clients in both civil and criminal
fraud investigations and investigations pending with federal agencies.
Mr. Song has extensive experience in a wide variety of federal, state,
and local criminal matters, including, but not limited to, securities
fraud, bribery and gratuities, tax fraud, immigration fraud, counterfeiting,
mail and wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering. Mr. Song also serves
as the head of the Mediation Practice Group as well. In this capacity,
Mr. Song has been instrumental in settling numerous complex family law
cases and contract disputes.
Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Song served with distinction as
an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia and the
District of Hawaii. Throughout his years of service as a prosecutor, Mr.
Song handled more than 30 criminal trials and over 100 grand jury investigations.
Mr. Song also participated in several long–term criminal investigations
with specialized federal and state law enforcement task forces.
Mr. Song is a former Chief Deputy District Attorney for the City and County
of Denver and Assistant Attorney General for the Colorado Attorney General’s
Office. Mr. Song was the first Marijuana Attorney in the United States
to work in an Attorney General’s Office. He also served as a law
clerk to The Honorable Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court in
the D.C. Circuit.
Mr. Song graduated from the University of Texas with a Juris Doctorate
degree from the law school and a master's degree in public affairs
from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. Michael earned an
M.B.A from Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and graduated
from the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Mr. Song is also active in his community. He currently serves as Co-Chair
for the Board of Directors at the Center on Colfax and Board Member for
the Center for Legal Inclusiveness. Mr. Song also serves as the Honorary
Consulate General of South Korea for the State of Colorado.
AWARDS & HONORS
- Federal Bureau of Investigation Achievement Award, 2012
- The United States Secret Service Special Achievement Award, 2009 - 2012
- National Park Service Achievement Award, 2011 - 2012
- IRS, Criminal Investigations Achievement Award, 2012