For more than 39 years, Mike Corcoran has represented individuals and small and large businesses throughout Michigan, largely in litigation matters.
Mike has tried more than 130 jury trials and more than 100 bench trials in his career as a criminal defense attorney and civil litigator. His experience spans Michigan state and federal courts, including matters before the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court.
He represents individuals facing felony charges and businesses involved in litigation, and serves as general counsel to several Northern Michigan businesses. He is also a trained and certified domestic and general civil mediator.
Professional background
Before starting his own firm in 2010, Mike practiced with Smith Johnson Brandt and Heintz. He then spent more than ten years as a partner at Pointner, Joseph and Corcoran P.C., and later Joseph, Corcoran, Telgenhoff and Snyder P.C. After that firm dissolved, he spent five years as a partner at Running Wise and Ford in Traverse City.
His practice has included criminal defense, civil litigation, land use and zoning, bankruptcy and debtor-creditor matters, divorce and child custody, and mediation.
Education and early experience
Mike graduated from Michigan State University in 1983 with a degree in Pre-Law Humanities. During his undergraduate years, he performed with the MSU Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble 1, and the MSU Marching Band. He also worked for two years as an aide to Governor William G. Milliken and received the William G. Milliken Foundation Scholarship in his final undergraduate year.
He earned his Juris Doctor from Mercer University School of Law in Macon, Georgia, in 1987. While in law school, he was a member of Mercer’s trial competition team, which was a Georgia state finalist and won a regional championship in the National Trial Competition.
Community and personal interests
Mike has served on the Grand Traverse Bar Association Board of Governors and as president of the Charlevoix-Emmet Bar Association. His past board service also includes the Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan and the Charlevoix-Emmet ISD Board of Education.
The father of four children, Mike has coached Little League baseball, Pop Warner football, and travel basketball. For the past five years, he has played second trombone in an NMC jazz ensemble. He also enjoys golf, hiking, cross-country skiing, and pickleball.
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