Michael J. Lehet

Mike Lehet is a member of the Ogletree Deakins Knowledge and Innovation Department (formerly Knowledge Management).  Leading the Knowledge and Innovation Counsel team, Mike advances the development, delivery, and adoption of direct-access tools and solutions to effectively leverage the firm’s extensive expertise, work product, and practice resources.  In recent years, this work has expanded to encompass a significant focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and innovation, including firm-wide collaborations to drive consistent, ethical, and responsible use of AI in practice.  Through these and other efforts, Mike’s team empowers firm colleagues to work smarter, faster, and more in sync, thereby improving the quality and value of legal services.

Prior to joining Ogletree Deakins, Mike was a shareholder in the Chicago and New York offices of an international labor and employment law firm.  In addition to counseling management on workplace legal matters, Mike focused his litigation practice on defending high-stakes wage-and-hour class and collective actions.

Mike graduated cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School, serving as Managing Editor of the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology, a member of the Minnesota Intellectual Property Moot Court, and a judicial extern to the Honorable John R. Tunheim on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.  Mike earned his undergraduate degree in Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) at the University of California at Berkeley, where he completed the university’s MCB Honors Program.