About Michael Diederich
Michael Diederich Jr. educated first as a scientist after which as a lawyer. He earned a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Vermont before taking his law degree at Lewis & Clark Law School. He later completed a LL.M. at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. His legal education is complemented by army legal schooling on the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s School and advanced professional research at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.
The army portion of his training is notable. He completed both fundamental and advanced JAG guides. He also attended the Army Command and General Staff College, which is aimed toward officials assuming higher responsibility. Those credentials sit alongside civilian academic degrees and inform his work in appellate and trial boards.
He has practiced beneath the banner of Diederich Law Office for many years and is indexed as Principal Lawyer from 1981. Over that span he has been licensed to practice in New York and Massachusetts and to seem before federal tribunals including the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. His admissions additionally include the U.S. Army Court of Military Appeals, reflecting his military-legal training.
His professional affiliations underscore the kinds of matters he handles. He holds club in the National Employment Lawyers Association and serves as an appointed member of the New York State Bar Association’s Civil Rights Committee. He is active locally as well, keeping memberships within the Rockland County Bar Association and the Orange County (NY) Bar Association. Those roles have given him sustained contact with colleagues throughout employment, civil rights, and trial areas of practice.
Colleagues describe his practice as legal proceedings-orientated. He represents clients in state and federal courts and handles appeals where suitable. He also works on matters that intersect with servicemember law, given his background in JAG training and his admission to army appellate jurisdiction. His blend of civilian and military legal education allows him to transport among diverse boards and procedural regimes.
After four decades at the identical office, his work remains rooted in court practice. He continues to operate from Diederich Law Office, counseling and representing people in civil rights and employment disputes, as well as in army appellate things. He currently practices at Diederich Law Office, the place his practice centers on legal rights, employment legal proceedings, and military appellate work.
