Michael Tyszko joins the firm as an Associate Attorney having recently completed a one-year term as law clerk to the Honorable Frederick J. Scullin, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. In that role, Mike performed extensive legal research and writing in order to advise the judge with respect to legal issues pending before the court. Mike focuses his practice on Business Transactions, Brownfield Tax Incentives, Commercial Litigation, and Mergers and Acquisitions.

Mike is a graduate of Syracuse University College of Law, magna cum laude, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Syracuse Law Review and co-chair of the college’s pro bono advisory board. In law school, Mike received the Scribes Award for excellence in legal writing, and his law review note discussing defenses to copyright infringement was selected for publication by a panel of his peers.

Mike earned his bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of Michigan, where he was a Stamps Scholar. He is a Syracuse native and currently a resident of Downtown Syracuse.