Michael’s clients include major homebuilders, office portfolio owners, land development companies, and some of the largest commercial and institutional property owners and operators in southern California. He is known for developing legal and business strategies that accelerate their growth during real estate upturns and allow them to emerge stronger after the inevitable downturns.

Michael’s practice also focuses on commercial leasing, having represented major retail, office, and industrial landlords and tenants. He understands the issues arising in office, retail, ground, agricultural, and build-to-suit leases, both from the landlord’s and the tenant’s perspectives.

Highly valued by Michael’s clients is his work as an entrepreneur and the founder of a real estate development company, which have added to his deep legal expertise a strong, practical business sense unique among even the most experienced attorneys.

Michael is known nationally in politics and government. He served two terms as president of The Lincoln Club of Orange County and is a Chairman Emeritus of that organization. Michael has been active in campaigns for President of the United States, a California state-wide ballot initiative, and Senate and Assembly offices. He has had significant impact on public policy in Orange County, Sacramento, and Washington, D.C.

Michael has appeared in national news reports, including in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Businessweek, and Politico. His own articles have been carried by National Review Online, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register, and many other print and online outlets. Michael speaks frequently about business, government, and politics on panels, in debates, and in formal addresses in settings ranging from private forums and legislative bodies to university campuses. Michael has appeared frequently on television in a variety of public policy programs.