Michael Habib, a member of Jones Foster’s Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution team, represents businesses and individuals in a wide range of complex commercial litigation matters.
Michael gained valuable insight into the state and federal court system upon completion of three judicial clerkships. His experience includes working as a Staff Attorney to Justice C. Alan Lawson of the Florida Supreme Court; as a federal Pro Se Law Clerk to Chief Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga and Judges Beth F. Bloom, Robert N. Scola, Jr., Robin L. Rosenberg, Aileen M. Cannon, and Kenneth A. Marra; and most recently as a Judicial Law Clerk to U.S. Magistrate Judge Marta F. Elfenbein of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Michael holds several leadership roles in local Bar organizations, serving as a Civics Liaison for the Federal Bar Association Palm Beach County Chapter’s Civil Discourse and Difficult Decisions (CD3) program, Secretary of the Palm Beach County Bar Association’s Committee for Diversity & Inclusion, as well as a member of the PBCBA’s Civil Practice Committee.
Michael earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law and went on to earn a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Global Health Law and a Certificate in U.S. Health Law from Georgetown University Law Center where he was a Global Health Scholar. During his law school studies, Michael served as a constitutional law research and teaching assistant and as president of the Middle Eastern Law Student Association.
