MEET MIKE BEHM
Mike Behm is an attorney in his 30th year practicing law, representing people who have been seriously injured due to negligence.
He is an AV rated attorney by Martindale Hubbell and was one of the youngest qualifying attorneys in Michigan when he received this honor. Mike has also been listed as a Michigan Super Lawyer the last thirteen years.
In the Summer of 2011, Mike became only the thirteenth attorney from Michigan to become a Fellow in the Melvin M. Belli Society. He is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the National Association of Distinguished Counsel, the top one percent of attorneys in the United States.
Mike has been elected to the State Bar of Michigan Representatives Assembly, where he served a three-year term, served many years on the Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission, and served as a Director of the Genesee County Bar Association. Mike was also recently asked to serve on the Negligence Section Council of the Michigan State Bar Association.
Mike is a Past President of the Michigan Association for Justice (2011-2012). As a member and officer of MAJ, Mike spent time working with members of state and federal government in an effort to make sure that the constitutional right to a jury trial is not taken away from the citizens of our state and country.
Mike has also served as President of the Level Field Institute; an organization that seeks to promote US jobs and investment by comparing how each automaker contributes to our economy.
He is also the Chairperson of Business Forward Michigan, an organization that helps local business leaders advise Washington on how to create jobs and accelerate our country’s economic growth. Established in 2009, Business Forward is now active in more than 100 cities and has organized briefings for hundreds of mayors, governors, Members of Congress, senior Administration officials, and candidates for these same offices.
Mike also devotes his time to his local community where he has served on the Board of Trustees of the Flint Institute of Arts, is a Big Brother, and is a founding member of the Flint Youth Initiative.
Mike is married to Kay, a judge. They are the proud parents of three Wolverines.