Michelle is Counsel and Founding Owner of Advantage Law Firm in Atlanta where she practices serving her clients as outside counsel with an unparalleled breadth of practical experience.
Michelle earned her Juris Doctor from Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law, and Bachelor of Arts in History and Secondary Education Certification from University of Michigan.
Michelle is an active member of the Georgia Bar, and proudly serves her appointment to the State Bar of Georgia’s Attorney Wellness Committee by the President of the State Bar, as well as serving on the Women in the Profession Section Board of the Atlanta Bar Association as Immediate Past Chair. Michelle is the 2023 Recipient of the Atlanta Bar Association’s Outstanding Woman of Achievement Award.
Michelle is a former high school teacher of Economics, Civics, and Social Studies and continues to educate her clients and students on their rights and responsibilities. Michelle speaks on a variety of CLE topics and publications including: Wellness, Professionalism, Business Ownership, Business Law, Technology, and Constitutional Law.
Michelle continues to practice Business Law and Constitutional Law serving clients as outside counsel in a variety of operational, transactional, and risk management matters. Michelle’s practice also includes Technology Law as it practically applies to business operations, data rights, contract negotiations between vendors and clients for SaaS services and commercial use, and privacy matters. Her practice offers outlining and business planning legal services such as working with clients to identify equity or liability ambiguities, and shore up definitive key books and records including emergency documents like: signature delegation policies, financial power of attorney, and health directives for business clients in their business and personal matters, including offering will services.
Michelle, her husband Colter, their daughter Giuliana, and their two dogs Mia and Luna live in Metro Atlanta. When Michelle is not working, she tries to take time to enjoy the great outdoors by playing tennis, gardening, visiting historical sites, or swimming/freediving. Of all of her favorite National Parks she has visited so far, her favorite experience was completing an underwater trail at Buck Island Reef National Monument in the USVI.
For Michelle, swimming with the sharks is just another day at the beach.