Practice Areas
- Land Use & Zoning
- Commercial Real Estate
- State and Local Governments
Mike’s practice focuses on land use and zoning, commercial real estate, state and local government law, and related litigation.
Mike assists developers and landowners with a range of real property and development issues. He has advised clients in connection with legislative, quasi-judicial, and administrative approvals, including rezonings, special use permits, variance requests, and site plan evaluations. Additionally, he has assisted clients with entitlement review, zoning enforcement, and land use litigation.
Mike has broad experience with a variety of other real estate matters, as well, including land acquisition, title issues, easements, and restrictive covenants. A significant part of his practice consists of reviewing, drafting, negotiating, and enforcing commercial leases. In this regard, he has represented both landlords and tenants in matters involving office, retail, vacation, and other properties.
Drawing on his experience as a former local government attorney, Mike also advises clients on a range of issues arising from their interactions with state and local governments. His experience includes assisting both public and private entities with state and local contracting, public utility regulation, and navigating constitutional provisions relating to governmental authority and private rights.
In addition to his role with Envisage, Mike serves as a professor at Campbell University School of Law, where he teaches courses in real property, land use, local government, and constitutional law. He has served as a member of the North Carolina General Statutes Commission, a member and vice-chair of the Town of Cary Zoning Board of Adjustment, and a council member for the North Carolina Bar Association’s Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Section. Since 2014, he has served as author/editor of Webster’s Real Estate Law in North Carolina, a leading treatise on North Carolina property law issues.
