Michael J.
Swogger

Traverse City Office
(231) 941-1611
mswogger@garanlucow.com

Education

• B.A., Western Michigan University, cum laude, 1986
• J.D., Detroit College of Law, cum laude, 1989

Bar Admissions

• Michigan
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Experience

• Law clerk to the Honorable Sharon Tevis Finch, Wayne County Circuit Court, 1988

Professional memberships

• State Bar of Michigan
• Grand Traverse County-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association

Practice

• Estate Planning & Settlement
• First and Third-party Auto
• General Civil Litigation
• Insurance Coverage
• Premises Liability
• Probate
• Product Liability
• Wills & Trusts
• Personal Injury Litigation
• No-Fault Defense
• General Insurance Defense

Seminars

• Indianapolis, Indiana, September 14, 2006: Third-party Automobile Negligence Pursuant to Michigan's No-Fault Act
• Traverse City, Michigan, October 26, 2006: ICLE No-Fault First-party Update Pursuant to Michigan's No-Fault Act