Michael J. K. M. Kinane
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Overview
Michael Kinane is an associate at Lockridge Grindal Nauen, where his practice focuses on antitrust law.
Before entering private practice, Michael clerked for Associate Chief Justice John A. Pearce at the Utah Supreme Court. Michael graduated cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2023 and was the recipient of the Civil Litigation Concentration Honors Award. He served as a Managing Editor of the Minnesota Law Review and contributed a published Note, Grandpa Sherman Did Not See Google Coming: Evolutions in Antitrust to Regulate Data Aggregating Firms, as well as a published Essay, Interstate Cannabis Compacts: The Road to a Regional Legal Cannabis Economy. Michael competed on Minnesota Law’s McGee Moot Court team and was awarded the Best Respondent’s Brief in the competition. He additionally worked in criminal law during law school, including successfully representing the State of Minnesota before the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
Michael also earned a Master of Public Policy from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs in 2022 while attending the University of Minnesota. Before law school, Michael was a digital marketer in Silicon Valley.
Professional Associations
- Minnesota Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- Minnesota State Bar Association
Publications
- Grandpa Sherman Did Not See Google Coming: Evolutions in Antitrust to Regulate Data Aggregating Firms, 107 Minnesota Law Review 1759 (2023).
- Interstate Cannabis Compacts: The Road to a Regional Legal Cannabis Economy, 107 Minnesota Law Review Headnotes 143 (2023)