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Michael C. Ross

Adjunct Consultant, Altman Weil, Inc.
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1977
B.A., University of Virginia, 1970

Michael C. Ross teaches the short course, Constructing the Deal: Selected Topics in Corporate Acquisitions. He also teaches the seminar, Ethics and Integrity in Law and Business—Avoiding “Club Fed,” at the Law School.

Ross is an adjunct consultant with Altman Weil, Inc. He speaks to law firms about the relationship between outside counsel and client, and to corporate law departments about managing outside counsel. He also writes a regular column on law department management for “GC California,” an American Law Media publication.

Prior to joining Altman Weil, Ross was senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary of Safeway Inc. Beginning in 1993, he was responsible for Safeway’s legal affairs in the United States and Canada, as well as security, risk management, and environmental health and safety. Before he retired as an executive officer in May 2000, Ross successfully managed Safeway’s acquisitions of The Vons Companies, Inc. (1997), Dominick’s Supermarkets, Inc. (1998), Carr-Gottstein Foods, Co. (1999), and Randall’s Food Markets, Inc. (1999).

After his retirement, Ross served as senior advisor to Safeway, managing its proposed acquisitions and divestitures, including the successful acquisition of Genuardi’s Family Markets, Inc. in 2001.

Prior to joining Safeway, Ross was a partner at the law firm of Latham & Watkins, where he specialized in corporate mergers and acquisitions. He served on the Recruiting Committee and as chairman of the Finance Committee.

Ross also teaches his seminars at the University of California School of Law (Boalt Hall). He is a member of the Advisory Board of Berkeley’s Center for Law, Business, and the Economy. He has served on panels on M&A, D&O insurance, corporate ethics, legal risk management and antitrust for Stanford Law School's Directors' College. He is a member of the Advisory Board of UVA's Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life.

Ross graduated from the Law School in 1977 and received his bachelor’s degree with honors from the University of Virginia in 1970. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1970 to 1974, completing the last two years of service as a lieutenant and the operations officer of the USS Truckee.

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