About Michael
Michael Malk trained first as a liberal arts student and then as a lawyer. He earned a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1998 after beginning his studies in 1994. He went on to the University of California, Davis School of Law, completing his J.D. in 2002.
He joined Eisenberg & Associates as a lawyer in 2003. That early experience gave him exposure to litigation and client counsel in areas that would shape his later practice. In 2007 he opened his own firm, Malk Law Office, and has operated it since then as lawyer and owner.
Malk is licensed to practice in both California and Washington. He maintains memberships in the labor and employment law sections of the State Bar of California and the State Bar of Washington. Those memberships run alongside involvement in local and national professional groups related to employment law.
His professional affiliations are extensive and span several organizations. He is a member of the Washington Employment Lawyers Association and the Los Angeles Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section. He has belonged to the California Employment Lawyers Association since 2007. Beginning in 2017 he joined the National Employment Lawyers Association and also took roles in American Bar Association committees that cover equal employment opportunity and wage-and-hour topics. Records show a continuous pattern of participation in bar and advocacy groups dating back to the early 2000s.
Those affiliations reflect the kinds of matters Malk handles. His work addresses employment issues such as wage-and-hour disputes, equal employment opportunity concerns, and related workplace litigation. He appears regularly before administrative bodies and in court when cases move to litigation. He also provides counseling on employment-related statutory and regulatory obligations.
Colleagues describe him as steady in litigation settings and methodical in case preparation. He has balanced courtroom advocacy with out-of-court resolution efforts, depending on client goals and the facts of each matter. Over the years he has sustained a practice that crosses two state systems and engages both local and national legal networks.
He runs Malk Law Office as his principal practice vehicle and continues to practice labor and employment law in California and Washington.
