
Michael M. Amir
Office: 213.542.3380
Fax: 213.542.3381
[email protected]
Office: 213.542.3380
Fax: 213.542.3381
[email protected]
J.D., University of California; Hastings College of Law
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
Co-founder of Doll Amir & Eley LLP
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP – Los Angeles
O’Brien Zarian LLP (now Arent Fox) – Los Angeles
Named a “Super Lawyer” by Southern California Super Lawyers and Los Angeles magazines. 2010 – present
Inducted into Litigation Counsel of America. 2011
Named as Leading Commercial Litigator by Daily Journal. 2025
Named in Lawdragon’s “2025’s 500 Leading Litigators in America”
Michael M. Amir is the co-founder of Doll Amir & Eley LLP. He has a 25-year record of winning bet-the-company cases. He represents a variety of clients in high stakes litigation. He has served as lead counsel in complex matters in all phases of litigation, including state and federal jury and bench trials, arbitration proceedings, and Court of Appeals and California Supreme Court arguments. Los Angeles Magazine has named him a “SuperLawyer” each year since 2010. In 2025, the Daily Journal recognized Mr. Amir as one of its “top performing bet-the-company litigators across the country” by recognizing him as one of its top commercial litigators.
The following reflect some of Mr. Amir’s notable accomplishments:
Prior to co-founding Doll Amir & Eley LLP, Michael Amir practiced law at the Los Angeles office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and the Los Angeles office of O’Brien Zarian LLP (now Arent Fox). Mr. Amir served as an extern for Justice Arthur Gilbert, California Court of Appeal (2d District) and for the United States District Judge Susan Illston (N.D. Cal.). He is a graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he was a Member and Executive Project Manager of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly.