Mike practices in multiple areas of law in service to individuals, businesses and organizations. A former assistant attorney general in Illinois, he has represented both employers and employees in employment law and insurance cases. He also has extensive experience in criminal defense, domestic relations and divorce cases and tax law representation. He has argued cases before local, state and federal courts in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois.

Mike is a graduate of the John Marshall Law School in Chicago and has been practicing law since 1995. He is a member of the board of the Warren Trumbull County Public Library and a former board chairman of Community Solutions, a social services agency. He is a Cortland resident.