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Meet Michael
Michael is the Chair of the firm’s Business Services, Real Estate and Business Litigation practice group and has extensive experience handling business, commercial and real estate matters, including the following:
- Complex Business Litigation
- Contract Disputes
- Contract Formation
- Business Divorces
- Business Formation
- Real Estate Transactions
- Variances, Zoning and Ordinance Compliance
- Landlord-Tenant Matters
- Construction Disputes
- Collections
Michael’s litigation practice includes matters on the state, federal, and appellate level.
Outside of his practice, Michael enjoys sports and traveling. Michael is an avid golfer who struggles to find time to hit the links, but is a regular at TopGolf league play. Michael has a goal of visiting all 7 continents and significantly increasing his list of countries visited, which is nearing 30.
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Practice Areas
- Business Litigation
- Business Formation
- Business Transactions
- Real Estate Litigation
- Real Estate Transactions
- Commercial Litigation
- Landlord-Tenant
- Contracts
- Collections
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Education and Awards
Michael grew up in Indianapolis attending Immaculate Heart of Mary for grade school and graduating high school from Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School. Michael briefly left the state of Indiana to attend Miami University in Oxford, Ohio before returning to obtain his law degree from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
J.D., Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2008
B.S. in Business, Miami University, 2005
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Indiana Super Lawyers Rising Star, Thomson Reuters, 2021-2023
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Professional Memberships
PROFESSIONAL & BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
Indiana State Bar Association
- Member since: 2008
Indianapolis Bar Association
- Member since: 2007
- Board Member since: 2017
- Executive Board Member
- Golf Committee Chair: 2017, 2019
- Impact Fund Committee Chair: 2020
Indianapolis Bar Foundation
- Board Member: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Director: 2022
Monroe County Bar Association
- Member from 2008-2013
OTHER PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND BOARDS:
Brebeuf Jesuit Alumni Board
- Board Member since: 2015
- Executive Board Member since: 2016
- President, 2019-2020
- Finance Committee Chair, 2017-2018
- Braves Open Committee Chair, 2017-present
Monroe County Apartment Association Board, 2008-2013
- Board Member from 2008-2013
- Vice President, 2013
Indiana Apartment Association
- Board Member from 2014-2017
- Professional Development Committee, 2015
JURISDICTIONS ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
- Indiana
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit