Law 2024: MICHAEL R. SKLAIRE

Sklaire says sharing the duties of running the Northern Virginia office with Laura Foote Reiff don’t involve the kind of constant tussles for power you see on television law shows. “When two people have [a] similar vision of how the office should be, it’s seamless,” he says. 

The job hasn’t changed much, Sklaire says, in the eight years he’s had it. “As we grow, we have a bigger presence in the Northern Virginia community, so recruiting gets a little easier, hiring gets a little easier, our name gets out there more.”

In April, Sklaire attended an event for first-year law students at his alma mater, American University, and talked to them about working at Greenberg Traurig, which is among the state’s 20 largest law firms. He describes recruiting attorneys from his former law school as “tremendously satisfying.” 

A litigator, Sklaire focuses on government investigations, business crimes, and financial litigation and regulation at Greenberg Traurig. Previously, Sklaire worked for the U.S. Department of Justice as a trial attorney, a special assistant U.S. attorney and an assistant U.S. attorney, with experience handling securities and procurement fraud.

He has a cockapoo named Winnie.