Prior to joining Greenberg & Lieberman, Mike already was recognized as an award-winning international journalist. Among other writing credits, he was a weekly columnist for the Jerusalem Post and a reporter for the News-Herald in Cleveland. Mike also was a legal consultant in East Africa where he focused on media law and judicial reform. In 2005-2006, he served in Iraq as a paratrooper with the elite Pathfinder Company of the 101st Airborne Division. Mike was recognized and decorated by the command for his direct role in capturing high-value individuals throughout Iraq that included foreign fighters, insurgents, terrorist masterminds and financiers.