Baker Sterchi welcomes David Michels as a senior attorney in the firm’s Portland office. Michels has 15 years of public- and private-sector experience involving litigation, contract matters and statutory and regulatory enforcement.
Michels represents corporations, individuals and public entities in matters before state and federal courts, administrative agencies and regulatory bodies. Before entering private practice, he served as assistant general counsel for the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents and for more than seven years as counsel to the Massachusetts Health Care Services Board.
Michels earned his law degree cum laude from Suffolk University Law School and holds a master’s degree from Suffolk University and undergraduate degree from Boston College. He is licensed to practice in Oregon, Washington and Massachusetts.














