Overview
Mike is a member of the Firm’s Employer Services practice group. His practice focuses on representing employers, insurance carriers, and third-party administrators in workers’ compensation matters across Michigan. He has experience advising clients on various labor and employment law issues as well. Mike also has an interest in new technologies and their intersection with the law, particularly autonomous vehicles and drones.
Mike attended Wayne State University Law School as a Dean’s Scholar and served on the Board of the school’s Moot Court program. He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan. Currently, he serves as an adjunct professor of business law, legal research, and legal writing at Oakland Community College.
Communications
Recent Blog Posts
Michigan Workers' Comp Defense Blog
- Appeals Court Decides Economic-Reality Test Case Involving Labor Broker
- Workers’ Comp Benefits Owed to Widow After Husband Fatally Injured While Driving to Educational Program
- Appeals Court Decides Social/Recreational Activity Case
- New Law Expands First Responders Presumed Coverage Fund
- Michigan Legislature Considers New COVID-19 Presumption Bill
- Compensability of a Work-Related Suicide Claim
- The Compensability of After-Hours Work Injuries
- COVID-19: Is It An Occupational Disease or Personal Injury – And Does It Really Even Matter?
- Court of Appeals Rules: Employee Fraud was Never a Condition for Recoupment Action
- COVID-19 Related Paid Leave Tax Credits Extended Into 2021
Publications
- Updates to Workers' Compensation Issues Raised by Coronavirus and New Emergency Rules for "First Responders", Foster Swift Workers' Compensation Update E-blast, April 2, 2020
- Michigan's Emergency Rules Give Personal Injury Presumption to "First Response Employees" with COVID-19, Foster Swift Workers' Compensation Update E-blast, March 30, 2020
- Appeals Court: J-1 Visa Employee at MSU Ineligible for Workers' Compensation, Foster Swift Workers' Compensation Update, February 22, 2020
- What is a Good-Faith Job Search Effort? Michigan Legislature Considers New Bill, Foster Swift Workers' Compensation Update, January 4, 2020
- Michigan Considers a Statutory PTSD Presumption Among First Responders, Foster Swift Workers' Compensation Update, January 1, 2020
- Drone Registration Requirement: Here’s What You Need to Know, Foster Swift Agricultural Law News, October 22, 2018
News & Events
Speaking Engagements
- Workers' Comp Update, Michigan Defense Trial Counsel (MDTC) Annual Meeting & Conference, June 18, 2020
News
- Workers' Compensation Issues in the Media, Business Insurance and Work Comp Central, October 9, 2020
- Workers’ Comp Defense Blog Provides Michigan Case and Legislative Updates, April 13, 2020
- Foster Swift Welcomes Four Attorneys, November 2, 2017
Practice Areas
Education
Wayne State University Law School, J.D. 2017
University of Michigan, B.A. 2014
Bar and Court Admissions
Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan