Michael Mitchell is a senior member of the labour law Bar. His practice focuses on all aspects of labour law, with an emphasis on collective bargaining and other types of negotiations, as well as interest arbitration, administrative law, and litigation including pension litigation. He served as Managing Partner of the firm from 1983 to 2006. Michael is the co-author of Ontario Labour Relations Board Law and Practice, SGM's leading text on labour law in Ontario.

Michael appears regularly before a variety of labour and administrative tribunals, and has appeared as counsel in appeals before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Ontario Court of Appeal, and has argued many judicial review applications before Ontario courts. Michael also acts for Judges associations in judicial remuneration processes, and for police and civil servants, among others, in collective bargaining.

Michael is also the principal of SGM Mediation & Dispute Resolution, and mediates all types of non-labour relations disputes. He is a Roster Referee/Arbitrator for the Hepatitis C 1986-1999 Class Action Settlement Agreements.

Michael received his law degree from the University of Toronto Law School and was called to the Bar in 1977. He has a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Toronto and attended mediation training with CDR & Associates in Boulder Colorado in 1997.He is a member of the Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers and the Canadian Bar Association.

Michael also served as President of Darchei Noam Synagogue for four years and is a Director of the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation.