Mike’s passion is to wake up each morning and resolve conflicts over money. This usually involves 1) giving clients effective tools for making a fair evaluation of their case, and 2) creating workable channels of communication so that lawyers and claim handlers can quickly overcome their differences.

Growing up in a small town USA, Mike spent his summers building barbed-wire fences, working cattle, and picking rocks on the wind-swept wheat fields of western North Dakota. To assist his realtor father in selling homes, he learned the great value of paint and caulking. He and his wife Julie have raised nine children on a cattle, horse, and sheep ranch featuring all species of flora and fauna.