“It underscores the big strides the firm has made on a national level,” he said. “We’re on a high-growth trajectory, and we’re very proud of what we’ve built. Michael will be integral to expanding that even further.”
Before joining Haynes Boone, Qian served as counselor to the U.S. attorney general for a year, and prior to that, as senior counsel to the deputy attorney general, according to his LinkedIn profile. His appellate experience includes a clerkship for Justice Jackson, and an earlier clerkship for Justice Ginsburg.
With one clerkship interrupting his time in private practice, Qian spent about three years as an associate at Morrison Foerster LLP, his LinkedIn profile shows.
His legal career began with a judicial clerkship for Judge Merrick Garland when he was Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, followed by a year as a Bristow Fellow in the U.S. Solicitor General’s Office.
Qian is a graduate of Stanford Law School and holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University.
His arrival marks another key lateral hire for Haynes Boone, which has added more than 20 new partners across the firm since the start of 2025. These additions have strengthened its reach in litigation, private credit, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, energy, and intellectual property, according to the firm.
With deep roots in Texas, Haynes Boone maintains offices throughout the state — in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Plano, San Antonio, and The Woodlands — as well as a growing national and international footprint.
