Michael E. Gehring - a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA) Commercial and Complex Litigation Lawyer

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Philadelphia Commercial and Complex Litigation Lawyer

Updated: 10/30/2026

Areas of Practice

Commercial and Complex Litigation
Business Disputes
Executive Litigation
Complex Litigation
Intellectual Property Litigation
Business Torts
Defamation
Constitutional & Statutory Litigation
Environmental Litigation
Contracts Litigation
Fraud Litigation

Litigation: 100%

Attorney Information

Overview

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)

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Senior Counsel
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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

Languages

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English
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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)

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Philadelphia, PA

1880 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
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Philadelphia, PA 19103

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