MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.  (October 2015) -- The Minneapolis law firm of Ciresi Conlin LLP has announced that attorney Michael Sacchet has joined the firm.  He will focus his practice on civil litigation.

Prior to joining Ciresi Conlin, Sacchet served as a law clerk to Judge Diana E. Murphy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and to Judge Philip S. Gutierrez of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.  During law school, he also worked as a summer associate at Covington & Burling LLP and as a summer law clerk at the American Civil Liberties Union.

Sacchet graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review and wrote an award-winning brief in the Ames Moot Court Competition.  He also graduated first in his class from Northwestern University.  Before law school, he taught eighth grade math and science as a Teach for America Corps member in East Palo Alto, Calif. 

“Michael shares our commitment to excellence as an advocate and as an ambassador for social justice,” said Michael V. Ciresi, partner of Ciresi Conlin.  “He will fit seamlessly into our diverse and complex practice.”

About Ciresi Conlin LLP

Ciresi Conlin LLP formed in early 2015 to focus on complex litigation, consulting and trials.  Since then Ciresi Conlin has been handling numerous business to business disputes, advising corporations on business deals and litigation matters, and engaged in trial work.  Ciresi Conlin LLP exists to be a force for good – in both courtrooms and communities.  Casting off traditional law firm structure, the firm enjoys handling a case on its own or partnering with other talented and tenacious lawyers across the country to protect what’s best for today and for the future as well.