Joseph X. Michaels - Ann Arbor, MI

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    J.D.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: ABA/BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Labor Law
    Law Review: The Michigan Law Review, Contributing Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • Lansing Community College
  • Wayne State University, Detroit
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Organizing Institute Apprenticeship with the AFL-CIO
    Honors: Labor Studies Center
    Major: Labor Studies
    Major: Economics

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

• Co-Founder

Past Positions

• General Counsel’s Office of the UAW in Detroit, Intern
• Sharon Block of the National Labor Relations Board, Intern
• Sachs Waldman, P.C., Clerk
• Strategic Research Corporate Affairs department at AFSCME, International in Washington D.C., Intern

Representative Cases

• Cordts v. Griffis, 2020 WL 1274966 (E.D. Mich. Mar. 16, 2020)
• Bucciere v. Henry Ford Health Sys., 2019 WL 423441 (E.D. Mich. Feb. 4, 2019)
• Nolen v. Ohio Dep’t of Rehab. & Correction, 2018 WL 6725395 (N.D. Ohio Dec. 21, 2018)
• Congden v. Michigan Dep’t of Health & Human Servs., 2018 WL 2431605 (E.D. Mich. May 29, 2018)
• Askew v. Enter. Leasing Co. of Detroit, LLC, 2019 WL 4040421 (E.D. Mich. Aug. 27, 2019)
• Haydar v. Amazon Corp., LLC, 2018 WL 4282777 (E.D. Mich. Sept. 7, 2018)
• El-Sayed v. Eastern Michigan University, Case No. 18-608-CD, (Washtenaw County Circuit Court, Aug. 28, 2019)
• Smith v. Jay-Tec, Case No. 18-168-CD (Washtenaw County Circuit Court, Aug., 2018)

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 2014
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 2015
• U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 2015