Mike provides outside counsel to private companies and local governments, agencies and boards on a variety of matters, including all aspects of labor and employment law. Mike has represented clients large and small in matters ranging from internal management issues, state and federal agency proceedings, and state and federal litigation through trial and appeal. He has been recognized as a Best Lawyer in America, a Virginia Super Lawyer, a Virginia Business “Legal Elite,” and was rated as “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell.
In his time at Washington and Lee University School of Law, Mike served as a lead articles editor on the Washington and Lee Law Review, won the John W. Davis Appellate Advocacy Competition and placed fourth in the Nation in the American Bar Association’s Negotiation Competition. After graduating from law school, Mike had the privilege of clerking for the Hon. Jackson L. Kiser in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
In the community, Mike serves as the Chair of the Greater Roanoke Workforce Development Board, sits on the Board of the Roanoke Area Ministries House, and he recently served on the Vestry of Christ Episcopal Church.