Mike has called Greensboro, NC home for most of his life, leaving briefly to obtain a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. After college, he returned to Greensboro and received his law degree from Elon University School of Law. Mike knew since he was a child that he was going to become an attorney. Most children showed up to career day dressed as firefighter or doctors. Mike showed up in a suit and tie with a briefcase. After law school, Mike spent the first years of his legal career as a solo practice attorney, assisting people of the Triad with estate planning and administration services.