Micheal A. Smith, Esq.

Staff Attorney

Micheal A. Smith serves as a Staff Attorney at Difference Makers Asset Protection, practicing through McLeod Legal Advisors with an emphasis on estate and probate, real estate, family, and business and corporate law. He has practiced law for nearly three decades. For many years he ran his own firm, guiding closely held and nonprofit corporations through transactional matters — forming legal entities, negotiating and drafting contracts, and handling employment issues. He began his career in the corporate practice group at Dykema Gossett PLLC, where his work spanned securities law, mergers and acquisitions, and financial institutions.

Micheal pairs his legal skill with a strong business and financial background. Earlier in his career he served as a financial reporting analyst at a major Detroit bank and as an audit staff accountant at Price Waterhouse, giving him a firsthand understanding of the numbers behind his clients’ goals. He earned his Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Howard University. An ordained minister, he brings both sharp counsel and genuine care to the clients he serves.