Experience

Following graduation from The University of Massachusetts at Amherst as a psychology major, Mike attended law school at Boston University where he graduated with honors. After law school, Mike worked as an attorney in a large law firm in addition to subsequent positions in litigation management and professional law firm marketing. In 2019, he received his Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Wright Institute in Berkeley, California with a GPA of 3.74. Mike is a member of the American Psychological Association in addition to The State Bar of California. Mike has maintained a regular meditation practice since the early 1990s. In 2016, he completed a year-long, 300-hour Mindfulness in Law Teacher Training program. In 2017, Mike published a book called Mindfulness in Law that is available for download from Apple’s iBook store.

Education

Undergraduate:
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA, B.A. cum laude, Major: Psychology

Law School:
Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA, J.D., with honors

Graduate School in Psychology:
The Wright Institute, Berkeley, CA, M.A. in Counseling Psychology, GPA: 3.74

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Representative Training and Certifications:

Wesleyan University, Specialization Certificate in Abnormal Psychology

Yale University, Addiction Treatment: Clinical Skills for Healthcare Providers

EMDR, Completion of Basic Training With Philip Manfield, Ph.D., Berkeley, CA (50 hours)

Mindfulness in Law Teacher Training, 300-hour Certificate Program through Warrior One, LLC, San Francisco Zen Center, Muir Beach, CA

Pepperdine University, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Malibu, CA, Certificate in Family Law Mediation