Matheson Law Firm
Representative matters and significant cases include:
Litigation before state governmental agencies and state and federal courts regarding business and shareholder disputes, non-compete agreements and tax matters.
Representation and advice on multi-million dollar business sales and acquisitions.
Trial counsel for developer of large-scale commercial development against a big-box retailer concerning lease and land use disputes.
Extensive experience representing oil/gas operators and investors in the exploration, development and production of natural resources.
Negotiated buyouts and resolved stockholder disputes in multi-million dollar businesses. Assisted in the termination and separation of employees involving non-compete and confidentiality agreements.
Trustee for estates of high net-worth individuals.
Trial counsel for developer for a large commercial shopping center concerning multi-million dollar construction dispute involving claims of unsuitable soils and infrastructure improvements.
Successfully resolved multi-million dollar personal property claim involving utility personal property.
Achieved numerous property tax resolutions with local and state jurisdictions, resulting in tax reductions totaling several million dollars.
200 Woodland Pass, Suite F
East Lansing, MI 48823
(517) 993-6699
Michael Matheson

- Matheson Law Firm, founded 2017
- Loomis, Ewert, Parsley, Davis & Gotting, PC, 2008-2017
- McClelland & Anderson, LLP, 2003-2008
- Butzel Long, 1997-2002
- State Bar of Michigan
- State Bar of Illinois
- Federal District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar
- Federal District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
- Federal District Court, Western District of Michigan
- Federal District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Ingham County Bar Association
- State Bar of Michigan, Administrative & Regulatory Law Section, former chair
- American Bar Association
- Michigan Family Physician
- Michigan Title Insurance Legal Update
- Greater Lansing Home Builders & Remodelers Association, Tool Box
- Michigan Real Property Review
- University of Detroit Mercy Law Review
- University of Detroit Mercy School of Law — Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1997
- Northwood University (Midland, MI) — Bachelor of Science, Accounting, 1991