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  • J.D., University of California, Davis School of Law

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Michael Gates

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Michael is a litigation associate in the Orange County office.

During law school, Michael was a research editor for the Journal of International Law and Policy and a counselor for the UC Davis Workers’ Rights Clinic. Before joining Allen Matkins, he served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Patrick J. Bumatay in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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