Michael Diener

Michael Diener was a partner at Hale and Dorr and then WilmerHale in the Intellectual Property department and in the Intellectual Property Litigation group.  His practice focused on patent acquisition, analysis, and litigation, particularly in the wireless, computer, telecommunications, and semiconductor industries.  Before joining Hale and Dorr as an associate in 1995, Michael was an associate at Wolf, Greenfield and Sacks, and at Fish and Richardson.

Michael received his J.D. from The Ohio State University College of Law, and an S.B. in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He grew up in Dorchester and attended Boston Latin School.  He lives in Needham, where he is on several boards and volunteers for local charitable and political organizations.

As an Access to Justice Fellow, Michael will be working on immigration matters, including asylum intake and applications with the Political Asylum/Immigration Representation (PAIR) Project, temporary protective status for people from Haiti and other immigration assistance with the Irish International Immigrant Center, and citizenship application assistance with Project Citizenship.