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An innovative problem-solver who specializes in managing high-stakes litigation and resolving complex regulatory and transactional impasses. His practice concentrates on environmental, energy, and political law. He is well-versed in the ever-changing federal and state statutes and regulations governing environmental due diligence, liability, compliance, remediation, and permitting; natural resource extraction and transportation; utility ratemaking; electric generation and transmission; campaign finance; and elections. He has represented a wide array of clients (including financial institutions, insurers, service stations, manufacturers, foundries, road and bridge builders, municipalities, agribusinesses, environmental contractors, real estate developers, golf courses, extractive industries, pipelines, airlines, and energy-intensive businesses). He has also worked closely with state legislators, regulators, and trade associations on major policy initiatives resulting in the amendment of numerous environmental and energy laws. His practice benefits from the unique perspectives gained while serving as special counsel for state legislators and as a special assistant attorney general for state agencies.Michael presently serves as the Director of Clark Hill’s Environmental Litigation Practice, heads Clark Hill’s Flint Water Litigation Defense Team, and acts as Lead Counsel for the Association of Businesses Advocating Tariff Equity (ABATE), a group of large businesses associated for the purpose of promoting reasonable, competitive, and nondiscriminatory energy rates and conditions of service. He holds the highest “AV®” Preeminent peer rating from Martindale-Hubbell with the highest ethical standing, has been consistently recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star (2013-2017) in the field of business and environmental litigation, and was recently named in Best Lawyers in America for environmental litigation.

Listed skills include Litigation, Civil Litigation, Appeals, Commercial Litigation, and 25 others.