About Mr. Michael John
Mr. Michael John Gannon constructed a steady professional legal career that moves from federal clerkship to law firm leadership. He entered regulation after an undergraduate degree in English literature, history and politics from the State University of New York at Binghamton, where he finished a B.A. in 1976. He earned his J.D. from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1982.
He began his professional life within the federal judiciary. In 1983 he served as a judicial law clerk for the United States Courts. That experience preceded a pass into private practice. In 1984 he joined Downs Rachlin Martin as an associate. Three years later he have become a partner at Pierson Affolter & Wadhams. In 1994 he took at the position of senior companion at Affolter Gannon, a role that displays an extended tenure in private practice.
Throughout his profession he has maintained admissions that span state and federal forums. He is admitted to practice in Indiana and Vermont, and he holds admissions to the Second and Seventh U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal as well as to the U.S. Supreme Court. Those credentials have informed each trial and appellate work over many years.
His professional affiliations are long-standing. He has been a member of The International Society of Primerus Law Offices since 1999 and joined the American Trial Lawyers Association in 2002. Those memberships have placed him in networks focused on civil litigation practice and expert requirements throughout companies of varying sizes.
Colleagues describe a lawyer who blends courtroom experience with firm control. His early clerkship supplied court process and studies skills that carried into complicated case work and appellate filings. Time spent as an associate and then partner formed how he approaches legal strategy and client counseling. The document of positions—judicial law clerk, affiliate, partner, senior companion—tracks a traditional development rooted in legal proceedings practice.
He practices from Affolter Gannon. His work spans trial legal proceedings and appeals, and his court admissions support instances that continue to higher federal courts. He remains lively in expert organizations and continues to handle litigation matters on the company. His recent practice makes a speciality of civil litigation and appellate things.
