Michael S. Brophy

External publications

• 'The Common Interest Doctrine: Preventing Waiver in the Trust and Estate Context,' Daily Journal - October 15, 2025, co-authored

• 'Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys,' Los Angeles Business Journal - January 20, 2025, featured

• 'Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys 2024 – Michael Brophy,' Los Angeles Business Journal - July 24, 2024, featured

• 'Evolving Families in California: The changing shape of families,' Withers Video - November 28, 2023, featured

• 'Withers Expands Office Footprint in LA, San Diego, San Francisco,' Daily Journal (subscription required) - June 30, 2022, quoted

• 'Global Law Firm Withers is Exhibit A in Legal Profession's Case for Return to Office,' CoStar News - June 16, 2022, quoted

• 'Withers Moves Into New Offices in LA, SF, and San Diego,' Law360 Pulse (subscription required) - June 15, 2022, quoted

• 'Withers' Bet on Private Clients in California Is Powering US Growth,' The Recorder (subscription required) - June 14, 2022, quoted

• 'Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys,' Los Angeles Business Journal - January 24, 2022, featured

• 'As Her Conservatorship Remains in Place, Britney Spears' Lawyer Samuel Ingham III Resigns,' Forbes - July 6, 2021, quoted

• 'What being a 'minority leader of influence' means to me,' Withers Insight - January 29, 2021, co-author

• 'Minority Leaders of Influence: Attorneys,' Los Angeles Business Journal - January 25, 2021, featured

• 'Children Supporting Themselves? How Sparring Parties in Support Disputes Seek to Use the Family Code to Bypass Trust Protections for Beneficiaries,' Family Law News Issue 3, 2020, Volume 42, No. 3 - September 16, 2020, co-author

• 'Protecting trustees from blame (and liability) in COVID-19's new world order,' Daily Journal's "Wealth with Withers" column - July 21, 2020, co-author

• 'Withersworldwide Expands LA Outpost with 3 New Attorneys,' Daily Journal - February 18, 2020, quoted

• 'Minority Leaders of Influence: Attorneys,' Los Angeles Business Journal - February 3, 2020, featured

• 'Withers Partner Michael Brophy Named a Most Influential Minority Attorney,' Withers Insight - January 2020

• International Trust and Divorce Litigation Third edition: Indispensable practical guide for offshore lawyers, trust companies, private bankers and matrimonial lawyers - October 28, 2019, contributor

• 'Property Report,' Wall Street Journal - August 6, 2019, quoted

• 'Animal Capital,' Family Capital - February 27, 2019, quoted

• 'Withers Adds Trust, Int'l Tax Attys From Mitchell Silberberg,', February 2019, quoted

• 'Withers Expands LA Practice as 3 Local Attorneys Seek Global Reach,' The Recorder, February 2019, quoted

• 'Preventing and Avoiding Costly Conflicts,' Trusts & Estates - July 25, 2018, co-author

• 'Zobele Mexico alleges Auto Expressions, Kraco Enterprises owes more than $800,000,' Northern California Record - July 3, 2018, featured

• 'Uber to Pay Waymo $245 Million to Settle Blockbuster Self-Driving Secrets Case,' SF Gate and San Francisco Chronicle - February 9, 2018, quoted

• 'Four Days, $245 million: How Waymo v. Uber Came to an End,' CNET and __ iTruck.news - February 9, 2018, quoted

• 'Waymo Will Get Driverless Car Due Diligence Report, but Little Time to Use It,' The Recorder - September 14 2017, quoted

• 'Parse the Issues Involving Guardians in Legal Proceedings,' Estate Planning, July 2017, co-author

• 'Car Exec Sacked in Uber Stoush,' The Australian, June 2017, quoted

• 'Silicon Valley DNA vs. NDAs,' The Street - May 21, 2017, quoted

• 'Silicon Valley DNA vs. NDAs,' The Deal - May 19, 2017, quoted

• 'Alphabet gets Access to Uber's Secrets,' The Australian - May 17, 2017, quoted

• 'Uber Takes Hit in Car-Tech Fight,' Wall Street Journal, Fox Business, and 4-Traders - May 16, 2017, quoted

• 'Uber's Self-Driving Car Ambitions Live Another Day,' AZ Central, Springfield News Leader, Detroit Free Press, Cincinnati.com and USA TODAY - May 3, 2017, quoted

• 'Uber Says it's Not "Hiding Anything" in Waymo Case,' CNET - May 3, 2017, quoted

• 'Injunction Against Uber? No Decision Yet,' Uncova - May 3, 2017, quoted

• 'Uber to Waymo: We Aren't Using Your Self-Driving Car Tech,' CNET - April 8, 2017, quoted

• 'Uber Denies Using Waymo LiDAR In Google Tech Theft Case, Says It Has Its Own,' Forbes - April 7, 2017, quoted

• 'Facing A Self-Driving Smackdown, Uber Opts For Damage Control,' WIRED - April 7, 2017, quoted

• 'Arbitration: Beware of the Unintended Risks,' Los Angeles Daily Journal, co-author

• 'Privacy Protection: What Every In-House Counsel Needs to Know About: Managing and Protecting Private Employee, Consumer and Company Information,' Association Of Corporate Counsel of America, Southern California Chapter, contributor

• 'Largest Firm's Split Decisions,' Los Angeles Business Journal, referenced