Michael Dagley has a 39 year track record of success in high-stakes litigation across numerous industries. He has also been recognized as a skillful and innovative negotiator of complex litigation settlements, including most recently, in software disputes on behalf of hospital and healthcare systems harmed by failed software implementation. In the last five years, he has prevailed in eight multi-million dollar contingency fee cases, including one in excess of $100 million. Michael works with corporations to pursue claims against businesses who have defrauded them, and has represented nearly every major hospital company in Nashville and a broad spectrum of other healthcare systems across the U.S. Beyond the healthcare industry, Michael represents plaintiffs, both individuals and companies, in complex business disputes, often using creative fee arrangements. He has earned a national reputation in litigation, and is recognized regularly by Chambers USA.
His practice focuses on:
American Health Law Association (AHLA)
Bass, Berry & Sims — Executive Committee
Healthcare Financial Management Association
Served as lead counsel for Morgan Keegan and related entities in Federal securities, ERISA and derivative multi-district litigation related to investment company losses in the wake of the credit crisis
Represented a Liquidating Trustee in connection with the pursuit of potential director and officer claims arising out of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of a $700 million hospitality company, resulting in a large confidential settlement for the Trust
Represented a group of investors and former employees with claims against a global financial services company relating to a stock repurchase, resulting in a settlement valued at approximately $3 million
$102 million arbitration award for Trinity Medical Center, a North Dakota-based hospital system, against Cerner
Negotiated a settlement in excess of $12 million for a national provider of hospital and healthcare services against a healthcare software vendor
Representation of a health system in a dispute that arose because the software vendor was not providing the services and support required under its managed services agreement
Negotiation of a settlement of almost $25 million for a nonprofit medical center as a result of a failed patient accounting software system
Represented a community hospital in a dispute with a software vendor arising from a failed patient accounting software conversion and for not fulfilling the vendor’s contractual obligations under its managed services agreement; parties agreed to a private mediation which resulted in an approximately $26 million settlement agreement
Represented an academic medical center in a dispute arising from a failed laboratory software installation; vendor agreed to settlement negotiations which resulted in a more than $6 million settlement agreement
Lead counsel for King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its board of directors in shareholder class actions
Chambers USA — Litigation: General Commercial (2006, 2008-2020)
Best Lawyers® — Nashville Litigation: Mergers and Acquisitions “Lawyer of the Year” (2021); Nashville Corporate Governance Law “Lawyer of the Year” (2016)
The Best Lawyers in America© — Commercial Litigation; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Litigation: Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation: Securities (2008-2023)
Benchmark Litigation — Local Litigation Star: Tennessee (2010-2023)
Mid-South Super Lawyers (2010-2022)
Lawdragon’s 100 Lawyers You Need to Know in Securities Litigation
Nashville Business Journal “Best of the Bar” (2011-2012)
Vanderbilt Law Review — Member (1979-1981)