Michael J. Butler

Michael J. Butler
Attorney-at-Law
3000 Town Center, Ste. 1601
Southfield, Michigan 48075
248-350-3700(Office)

Mike Butler has been a practicing attorney in Michigan since 1980. After spending the first years of his career in general practice, he focused on the area of litigation, primarily personal injury, in the late 80s.

A graduate of Detroit Catholic Central High School, and Oakland University, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Politcal Science, Mr. Butler earned his JD degree at Wayne State University Law School.

He is currently part of the firm of Bernstein and Bernstein (not Sam), in Southfield.

Mr. Butler currently practices in all areas of civil litigation.

Mr. Butler has also worked as an arbitrator, plaintiff and neutral, a case evaluator in Wayne and Genesee County Circuit Courts and 36th District Court, and a facilitator/mediator. He has completed the 40-hour SCAO mediator training and is on the Court-approved mediator list in several Michigan Counties.

Mr. Butler is a member of the following organizations:

Catholic Lawyers Society
Right to Life
Detroit Historical Society
Detroit Art-Deco Society
Preservation Wayne
The Society of Notre Dame de Bon Secours-Director
Detroit Catholic Central Alumni Association-Director
Ladywood High School Dads' Club-President, 2005-Present
Livonia Bar Association
Shamrock Bar Association
Michigan Association For Justice

Published Articles:

"Sharp Observations"-Michigan Lawyers Weekly
"Ad Nauseam"-Michigan Lawyers Weekly
"Gagne with a Spoon"-Michigan Lawyers Weekly
"Sington the Blues"-Michigan Lawyers Weekly
"Look at Policy Limits, and You'll Find Disrupted Lives Holding the Line on Inflation"-Michigan Lawyers Weekly
"Law Protects Insurance Profits, Not People"-Oakland Press
"Tort Reform Is All About More, More, More for Them-And Less for Us"-Michigan Lawyers Weekly

Fiction:

Cassidy's Ghost

Not least, Mike Butler has been a coached soccer, boys and girls, elementary school through high school, for fifteen years, and is currently a licensed coach with the Livonia Meteors Soccer Club, coaching Premier high school girls.

(This biography was written by Mr. Butler, referring to himself in the third person. Although this may appear arrogant, try writing about your personal and professional accomplishments in the first person sometime.)