Mike was born in New York, New York and relocated shortly thereafter with his family to Tamarac, Florida. Upon graduating from high school, he attended the Florida Culinary Institute and received an Associates Degree in Culinary Arts. He then attended Broward Community College for two years before transferring to Florida Atlantic University, where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing.

Mike began his career in the banking industry in 1996 at a community bank as a Credit and Collateral Analyst and shortly thereafter was promoted to be a Portfolio Manager. He then moved to a larger bank as an Assistant Vice President of Lending, where he first began to work on U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loans. After developing several years of experience as the bank’s SBA Loan Closing Specialist, Mike accepted an offer from a national non-bank SBA lender to be its SBA Loan Closing Specialist, where he handled SBA 7(a) loans of all different sizes and complexities.

He joined Fogel Law Group in February 2006 as a Legal Assistant, advancing to Senior Legal Assistant in May 2009.  At the Firm, Mike handles multiple types of financing transactions including SBA 504 loans and 7(a) loans and other types of U.S. Government Guaranteed Loans.  He lives with his family in Lake Worth, Florida.