Tucker Ellis is pleased to announce that Mike Ruttinger has been named co-chair of the Tucker Ellis Appellate & Legal Issues practice, joining Ben Sassé to co-lead the team.

Mike maintains a nationwide practice in appellate, class action, and other complex litigation. He has secured dismissals, summary judgments, and denials of class certification in complex cases; successfully defended class action and constitutional claims; advanced the interests of drug and medical device manufacturers through influential decisions on preemption and jurisdictional issues; obtained dismissals and denials of class certification in consumer product litigation; and served as appellate-monitoring counsel at trial in high-stakes personal injury and products liability litigation. Mike leverages his federal appellate clerkship experience and extensive federal litigation background to simplify complex legal and factual issues into persuasive arguments, helping to limit costly discovery and efficiently resolve disputes.

“Mike’s impressive record managing complex litigation involving novel legal issues and facts makes him perfectly suited to co-chair our Appellate & Legal Issues practice,” said Tucker Ellis Managing Partner James Mizgala. “It will be exciting to watch our practice flourish under the exemplary co-leadership of Ben and Mike.”