Michael Gardiner is an experienced entrepreneur, a writer and a licensed California attorney with nearly twenty years of experience representing public and private companies (ranging from sole proprietorships to Fortune 500 companies) and individuals in litigation and business matters. Throughout his career, Michael has represented numerous clients in the sports and entertainment industry including various musical artists, labels, sports industry clients and film studios and related enterprises such as Universal City Studios, Inc. and Merchandising Corporation of America.
Michael began his legal career at Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, has been a partner in Riedl, McCloskey & Waring, LLP and in Rathbone, Ruderman & Gardiner and currently has his own private practice in San Diego, California. Michael has a wide range of experience in his legal career ranging from intellectual property, securities and antitrust litigation to complex transactional negotiations. In addition to his legal career, Michael founded and ran a sports management company and was involved in running two professional sports teams.
Michael is one of the Managing Director’s of Sargasso Music Enterprises, LLC, the owner of the Omegatunez label and ProgJam Management, managers of two current bands. Michael has written for Progression Magazine: The Journal of Progressive Music for nearly a decade, writing feature articles (ranging from Fish to The Mars Volta) and a regular column focusing on the business of Prog, the state of the genre and its fans.
