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Michael was born in Flushing, New York. He attended college and law school at the University of Michigan where he received his B.A. in economics with High Distinction and his J.D. magna cum laude. He served as Associate Editor of the University of Michigan Law Review and was elected to membership in the Order of the Coif, the law school honor society whose membership is limited to the top ten percent of his class. Michael is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Justice Association, and of the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice. He served in both capacities for more than ten years. He has been elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, an invitation only organization whose membership is limited to 500 trial lawyers from the United States. He has lectured at numerous Florida Justice Association, American and Florida Bar and American Association for Justice seminars on various subjects, and is a past chairman of AAJ's Aviation Section. He has published articles and book chapters in several Bar and independent publications in the areas of Aviation law and expert witnesses. He is a member of the Miami Dade Justice Association and a charter member of the Miami Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, of which he was President in 1997. A former member of the Board of Governors of the Young Lawyers Division of The Florida Bar, he has also served as Vice-Chair of the Florida Bar's Rules of Civil Procedure Committee, and is a former officer of the Dade County Bar's Young Lawyers Section. In 2007 he was appointed by Justice Fred Lewis as a charter member of the Florida Supreme Court’s Jury Instruction Committee for Business Cases He served on the committee until this year. Finally, he is a member of the Dade County Bar Association, the Federal and American Bar Associations, and the Bar in Florida, Wyoming and the District of Columbia. He is admitted to practice in all of Florida's federal courts, the 3rd, 5th and 11th Circuit Courts of Appeal, and the United States Supreme Court. He continues to be recognized in the annual publication The Best Lawyers In America. He is recognized as a 'Super Lawyer' in several publications, and for each of the last ten years as one of the best 100 lawyers in Florida. He is named as one of the Legal Elite, the top 1.7% of all lawyers in Florida, in a poll by Florida Trend magazine, and more recently a member of the Hall of Fame. He has also been selected as a 'Top Lawyer' by the South Florida Legal Guide, as a member of LawDragon, comprised of peer recognized lawyers throughout the United States. He is one of the few lawyers who receives such awards in both business and personal injury litigation.Finally, Michael participates in a wide variety of civic activities. He is a former long term officer and Board member of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, where he has served on the Financial Management Committee, the Long Term Strategic Planning Executive Committee, and as the legal advisor to the Audit Committee. He likes to ski, snowboard, flyfish, hike, play golf, read and teach all of these to his two grandsons.

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