About Michael
Michael Hales earned his Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2009. He finished a course of study that introduced him from classroom lawyering to practice. Early on he combined academic pursuits with realistic training, a pattern that has continued thru his career.
After law school Hales moved into roles that crossed teaching and practice. In 2017 he joined the enterprise school at Brigham Young University–Idaho as a school member. That identical yr he started operating at Skidmore Hales as a lawyer. The twin appointments communicate to a professional life split among classroom engagement and client work.
Hales is certified to practice in each Florida and Idaho. He has built experience in things that touch on business and the types of legal matters firms face. His time in academia has informed the manner he strategies hassle solving. Teaching enterprise students required him to give an explanation for complicated principles plainly and to check arguments under pressure. Those habits carry over into his legal work.
Colleagues describe Hales as methodical. He favors careful evaluation and clean writing. He prepares cases and transactions with an emphasis on element. That approach has guided him interior firm work and in the classroom alike. His friends note that he brings an educator’s staying power to client conferences and negotiations, that may make technical material easier for nonlawyers to follow.
At Skidmore Hales, Hales handles things that arise within the company and business context. He advises on transactions, regulatory questions and the daily disputes that agencies face. He also continues to teach and visitor-lecture, keeping a foot in each worlds. That aggregate lets in him to test practical answers towards educational frameworks.
Outside the office he keeps professional ties in the jurisdictions where he practices. He maintains recent on developments in each Florida and Idaho, balancing state-specific guidelines with broader commercial practice. He lives and works within the area served by his firm, and he remains active within the blend of coaching and lawyering that defined his path into the profession. He practices regulation at Skidmore Hales, targeting enterprise and associated matters.
