He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. In law school, Mike was the President of the Harvard Law School Democrats, the Head Class Marshal, and an Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He was awarded the Dean's Award for Community Leadership. After graduating from law school, Mike clerked for Judge Stanley Marcus on the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Miami, and worked for a law firm in Washington, D.C. prior to returning to the Sunshine State.