Our Attorneys

Senior Partner

Mike has had a long and distinguished career in the practice of law. Because of his knowledge and awareness of issues, he has the ability to help clients effectively contend with their legal matters. He is known for providing prompt and sound advice for business contingencies and planning. For probate clients, he helps them protect or assert their interest in an estate or trust. In estate cases, he looks for the quickest, least expensive way to resolve disputes.

Currently he concentrates on business law, estate planning, probate, probate litigation, and domestic relations.

After law school, Mike served in the U.S. Army JAGC (Judge Advocate General Corp) and later worked as Assistant City Prosecutor for the city of Akron and as an instructor in the University of Akron College of Business.

A former president of the Akron Bar Association, Mike has served the association in a variety of capacities: Grievance Committee Chair, Incorporation Committee Chair, Judicial Committee Initial Chair, and as a member of various committees. He was a member of the Supreme Court of Ohio Committee on Professionalism, a Trustee of the Laurence School, and a Governor of the Small Firm and Solo Practitioner section of the The Ohio State Bar Association. In addition, he served as a delegate to the Council of Delegates of the Ohio State Bar Association and a member of the Board of Governors of the Ohio State Bar Association.

In 2009 he was recognized as the Akron Bar Association lawyer of the year. Mike is admitted to practice in the Northern Division U.S. District Court and the U.S. Supreme Court. Previously, he was admitted to the U.S. Court of Military Appeals.

In 2009 he was recognized as the Akron Bar Association lawyer of the year. Mike is admitted to practice in the Northern Division U.S. District Court and the U.S. Supreme Court. Previously, he was admitted to the U.S. Court of Military Appeals.

Currently, he is a Fellow of the American Bar Association Foundation and the Akron Bar Association Foundation, a member of the Ohio State Bar Association Foundation, the the Akron and Ohio Bar Associations.

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Direct: 330-255-0707
Fax: 330-315-7541
Practice Areas: business law, estate planning, probate, probate litigation
Akron University, Akron, Ohio – BA, 1960
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio – JD, 1963