 "On-Air On-Soaps" described Michael as a "quirky legal eye" whose "past and family put the “D” in dysfunctional".Michael is a prominent lawyer in Genoa City and a partner at Baldwin, Blair and Associates.He is the son of River Baldwin (Michael Gross) and Gloria Bardwell (Judith Chapman), and the half brother of Kevin Fisher (Greg Rikaart) and Eden Baldwin (Jessica Heap).