Michael's practice also included union arbitrations; unfair labor practice charge defense; workforce reorganizations and reductions; and strikes and labor disputes. Michael also had extensive experience in counseling businesses in the labor and employment law aspects of mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, and plant closings. His work has included analysis of union successorship; union and 'union-free' options; separation, consolidation, and relocation of bargaining units; and renegotiation of labor contracts in the contexts of mergers and acquisitions of various forms. Michael had experience in representing employers in connection with union organizing, and devotes a significant part of his practice to supervisor and manager training, and organizational planning and assessment.
Credentials
Education
- Calvin College, 1971, Honors Program
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1974, cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Michigan
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

