Mike Veiluva has practiced law since 1981 in both the private and public sectors. He holds Martindale Hubbell's highest "AV" rating and his experience includes representation of lenders, title insurers, corporations and public entities in a variety of cases involving real property and lending problems. In the late 1980s, Mike was a Regional Attorney with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, where he managed large volumes of outside litigation and distressed assets, including the closing of insured banks and thrifts. He joined our firm as an associate in 1988 and has been a partner since 1996.

Mike is a faculty member of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He has also served as an adjunct professor on the topics of environmental law and land use, and on advisory committees and panels before both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Mike also serves as a Commissioner Pro-Tem of the Contra Costa Superior Court.

Over his career, Mike has successfully tried numerous business cases on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants. He has authored or consulted on publications including "The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act in Environmental Litigation", 9 Ecology Law Quarterly 489, 1981; Trembath, et al., California Civil Practice, Chapter 14, "Land Use and Zoning Litigation", Bancroft Whitney, 1994;"Federal Responsibilities for the Nuclear Weapons Complex Cleanup" Social Justice, Vol. 22, pp. 126-139 in 1995.

Mike was admitted to the California bar in 1981, and is also admitted to practice in all Districts of California, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. He graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in 1978 with distinction, and went on to the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law and obtained his J.D. degree in 1981.

Mike is a member of the American Bar Association and the Bar Association of Contra Costa.

Mike’s practice focuses on real property, environmental law, professional malpractice, financial institutions, class actions and nonprofit organizations.

Mike was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in April 11, 1956. He is married with two children, and resides in Walnut Creek, California.

Please fee free to call Mike. He can also be reached by e-mail at: mveiluva@avmllp.com.