Biography
Michael Sabella is an associate in both BakerHostetler’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring group and its Securities and Governance Litigation group. He assists debtors, creditors and interested parties in a variety of industries on all aspects of representation on bankruptcy issues, including claims recovery, secured transactions, real estate, international insolvency, and corporate insolvencies. Michael also represents corporate officers and directors in litigation that challenges their actions and roles in connection with the management and operations of businesses. Michael has spoken and written about a wide range of bankruptcy issues, including case-specific appellate decisions, preference issues and interpretations of sections of the Bankruptcy Code.
Michael also devotes time to assist pro bono clients with LGBTQ+ issues, asylum applications, post-conviction relief, and amicus briefs for different human rights and interest groups. An advocate for pro bono work, Michael has presented on pro bono issues in the legal profession and advocated for attorneys to engage in pro bono projects in their respective careers.
He is committed to increasing diversity in the legal profession, having spoken on and moderated panels about this issue. Michael is a Commissioner on the American Bar Association’s Commission on Disability Rights and the Chair of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section’s Lawyers with Disabilities Involvement Subcommittee. He was the recipient of Chambers USA’s 2019 Diversity and Inclusion’s “Future Leader - LGBT+ Equality” Award and was selected as one of The National LGBT Bar Association’s "Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40" in 2019.
Michael received a Bachelor of Arts from Muhlenberg College in 2004, a Juris Doctor degree and a Master of Laws in Bankruptcy Law degree from St. John’s University School of Law in 2007 and 2009, respectively. Michael clerked for the Honorable Dorothy T. Eisenberg (ret.) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York from 2008 through 2012 before going into private practice and he joined BakerHostetler in 2016.