Born and raised in Pennsville, Michael graduated from Pennsville Memorial High School in 2007. He then went on to study Finance and Legal Studies at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia and graduated cum laude in 2011. Later that year, Michael began law school at Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, Delaware. He immediately began to hone his professional skills while in law school by seeking out and volunteering in internship opportunities with various offices such as The Office of the Attorney General in Wilmington, Delaware, the Salem County Prosecutor’s Office in Salem, New Jersey, the Honorable Benjamin C. Telsey’s Chambers in Salem, New Jersey, and the Widener Environmental Law Clinic in Wilmington, Delaware.