Mike Farrell graduated from the University of Michigan (B.A., 1970) and the University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D., 1975). He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the State Bar of Nevada and the American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law and Litigation sections), as well as the Council of School Attorneys.

Prior to joining the firm in 1983, Mr. Farrell was Senior Counsel to Senate Majority Leader William Faust in the Michigan State Senate and served as a VISTA attorney with Nevada Indian Legal Services. He has served as Chair of the Michigan State Bar Committee on Constitutional Law and was appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court to a committee to oversee the State Bar of Michigan. He has also served as a member of the Michigan Panel of Labor Arbitrators, Chair and Vice-Chair of the Ingham County Road Commission and of the Ingham County Parks Board, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Lansing Food Bank, West Michigan Environmental Action Council, the Boarshead Theater and the Michigan Chapter of the Incorporated Society of Irish-American Lawyers. Admitted to the U.S. District Courts for Michigan, he has an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. He practices in the areas of labor and employment law and general school law, including special education matters.