Michael Jay Rune, II was born and raised in Dallas, Texas.  He received his Bachelor of Arts cum laude from the University of Texas in 1991 and his Juris Doctorate from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama in 1995.  Michael was a recipient of the Cumberland Presidential Scholarship and a member of the school's ATLA National Trial Team.  During his tenure at Cumberland, he served as an Associate Editor of the Cumberland Law Review.

Michael joined the firm after leaving the maritime and international practice area in 1997.  He is a member of the Florida Bar, Texas Bar and an active participant in the local Dade County Bar Association.  Michael is also a member of the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida.  His practice emphasizes commercial and construction litigation, including bankruptcy, as well as, surety and fidelity litigation and insurance law.

He is a frequent contributor to International Association of Defense Counsel's "Annual Survey of Fidelity and Surety Law" and co-author of "Liability of Performance Bond Surety" in  The Law of Performance Bonds (ABA 1999).
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