Michael B. Abramson

Partner
619.238.4807
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Michael B. Abramson

Partner

Education

  • University of San Diego School of Law, Master of Laws (LL.M.), Taxation
  • University of San Diego School of Law
  • University of California at Santa Barbara, undergraduate degree, cum laude

Contact

Office: 619.238.4807

Fax: 619.231.4755

SD Metro Best Attorneys Award
Top Lawyers in SD

Profile

Michael B. Abramson is a senior business and transactional attorney with more than 25 years of experience advising entrepreneurs, founders, privately held companies, family offices, investors, entertainers, athletes and other prominent individuals. His practice focuses on business formations, mergers and acquisitions, corporate transactions, financings, contract negotiations, ownership transitions, dispute resolution and serving as outside general counsel to businesses and their owners. Michael has also developed a nationally recognized practice representing leading content creators, social media influencers, entertainers and other high-profile individuals in sophisticated business transactions, brand partnerships, endorsements and other commercial arrangements.

Michael is recognized as one of San Diego’s leading business attorneys. A longtime partner at Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith, he has served two terms as Chair of the firm’s Transactional Department and is a member of the firm’s Management Committee. He also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego School of Law, where he teaches an Experiential Advocacy Practicum (business law) course.

Experience

  • Routinely advises clients in a wide variety of industries on business organization and general business operational matters.
  • Handles business purchase and sale transactions.
  • Routinely advises companies and investors on equity and debt financing transactions.
  • Represents leading influencers, actors, podcasters, athletes, musicians and other entertainers in connection with their business and personal legal matters.
  • Assists business and individual clients to assert their rights, protect their interests and resolve business disputes.

Achievements & Affiliations

  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Rated
  • San Diego Magazine’s Top Lawyers in San Diego®, 2026
  • San Diego Magazine’s Top Lawyers in San Diego® – Business, Multi-Year Recipient
  • San Diego Business Journal’s Leaders in Law Award Finalist, 2021
  • San Diego Daily Transcript’s 50 Influential Leaders in San Diego Award, 2019
  • San Diego Metro Magazine’s Best Attorney Award, 2018
  • San Diego Business Journal, Best of the Bar, 2016
  • Top Attorney, Corporate Transactional, 2015 (Semifinalist, SDDT)
  • Certified Mediator (Isla Vista Mediation Center)
  • Co-founded the leading computer ergonomics company (Vice President of Business Development)
  • Member of the business, tax, and estate planning sections of the San Diego County Bar Association
  • Member of the California State Bar Association
  • Member of the San Diego County Bar Association
  • Former Transactional Department Chair
  • Former member of California Restaurant Association (Education Committee member)

Community

  • Served as a volunteer legal mentor (pro bono) to retired and transitioning entrepreneurial U.S. military members through The Jonas Project.
  • Former board member of Jewish Family Service of San Diego, one of San Diego’s premier human care service organizations serving more than 35,000 people annually throughout San Diego County and the Coachella Valley.
  • Involved with various non-profit and community organizations.

Publications & Lectures