Michael W. Hogue is a litigation partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP who practices in the areas of pharmaceutical and medical devices, toxic torts, technology and business litigation. Mr. Hogue has served as one of the national coordinating counsel for a large pharmaceutical company in the mass tort litigation involving Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) and has been involved in product liability, mass tort or patent litigation regarding numerous pharmaceutical products, including hormone therapy, diet drugs, TNF blockers, and selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERM). He also represents a leading U.S. corporation in its South Carolina, Georgia and Florida premises asbestos cases. Mr. Hogue focuses in working with experts and scientific matters, including expert retention, development and strategy as well as Daubert/Frye motions, hearings, and strategy. As part of his technology practice, Mr. Hogue has also represented computer software and technology clients in cases throughout the United States.

A member of the State Bar of Georgia and the South Carolina Bar, Mr. Hogue is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth and Tenth Circuits and the U.S. District Courts for the Districts of South Carolina and Northern Georgia. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Hogue served as law clerk to U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr. of South Carolina. Mr. Hogue is a member of the American Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, and the Richland County Bar Association.

In 1991, Mr. Hogue earned a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law where he was named to The Order of the Coif and served as a member of South Carolina Law Review. In 1988, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, magna cum laude, from the University of South Carolina where he was president of the Student Government Association and received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, the University's highest student award.