Matheson Law Firm

Representative matters and significant cases include:

  • Litigation before state governmental agencies and state and federal courts regarding business and shareholder disputes, non-compete agreements and tax matters.

  • Representation and advice on multi-million dollar business sales and acquisitions.

  • Trial counsel for developer of large-scale commercial development against a big-box retailer concerning lease and land use disputes.

  • Extensive experience representing oil/gas operators and investors in the exploration, development and production of natural resources.

  • Negotiated buyouts and resolved stockholder disputes in multi-million dollar businesses. Assisted in the termination and separation of employees involving non-compete and confidentiality agreements.

  • Trustee for estates of high net-worth individuals.

  • Trial counsel for developer for a large commercial shopping center concerning multi-million dollar construction dispute involving claims of unsuitable soils and infrastructure improvements.

  • Successfully resolved multi-million dollar personal property claim involving utility personal property.

  • Achieved numerous property tax resolutions with local and state jurisdictions, resulting in tax reductions totaling several million dollars.

200 Woodland Pass, Suite F
East Lansing, MI 48823

(517) 993-6699

Michael Matheson

  • Matheson Law Firm, founded 2017
  • Loomis, Ewert, Parsley, Davis & Gotting, PC, 2008-2017
  • McClelland & Anderson, LLP, 2003-2008
  • Butzel Long, 1997-2002
  • State Bar of Michigan
  • State Bar of Illinois
  • Federal District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar
  • Federal District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
  • Federal District Court, Western District of Michigan
  • Federal District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
  • U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Ingham County Bar Association
  • State Bar of Michigan, Administrative & Regulatory Law Section, former chair
  • American Bar Association
  • Michigan Family Physician
  • Michigan Title Insurance Legal Update
  • Greater Lansing Home Builders & Remodelers Association, Tool Box
  • Michigan Real Property Review
  • University of Detroit Mercy Law Review
  • University of Detroit Mercy School of Law — Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1997
  • Northwood University (Midland, MI) — Bachelor of Science, Accounting, 1991