Michael Hanna

Biography Overview

Michael Hanna is a trial lawyer at Morgan & Morgan and Managing Partner of the firm’s Michigan office. He is a personal injury and class action employment attorney who has represented thousands of clients across the nation. His law practice focuses on the prosecution of personal injury, wrongful death, wage and hour collective actions, and wrongful termination claims in state and federal court.

Mr. Hanna has served as lead counsel on many high profile cases that have been featured on The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, ABC Action News, Fox News, Bloomberg Law, Law 360, CBS News, AOL News, The Huffington Post, The Washington Times, The Detroit Free Press, The Detroit News, The Miami New Times, The Orlando Sentinel, The Associated Press, and various other national and local news syndicates.  Mr. Hanna’s prior representations include serving as lead counsel for world-renowned trial lawyer, Geoffrey Fieger.

Mr. Hanna was selected for inclusion in the 2021, 2022 and 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of Employment Law – Individuals. Mr. Hanna has also been selected by his peers as a Florida Super Lawyers® Rising Star from 2017 to 2018, and Michigan Super Lawyers® Rising Star from 2019 to 2023, an honor bestowed on less than 2.5% of lawyers in the state. Mr. Hanna was also the recipient of the 2015 ADC Pro Bono Attorney of the Year award.

Published Decisions:  Zarza v. Bd. of Regents of U. of Michigan, 2023 WL 3270899 (6th Cir. May 5, 2023); Guy v. Absopure Water Co., LLC, 2024 WL 1342626 (E.D. Mich. Mar. 29, 2024); Khan v. U.S., 2024 WL 4248875, at *1 (S.D. Fla. Sept. 20, 2024); Alzid v. BCBS, 671 F. Supp. 3d 786 (E.D. Mich. 2023); Dozier v. DBI Servs., LLC, 2021 WL 6061742 (M.D. Fla. Dec. 22, 2021); Gales v. California California Dep't of Corr. & Rehab. Ventura Youth Corr. Facility, 2021 WL 342571 (C.D. Cal. Jan. 28, 2021); Walter v. Oakland Community College, 2020 WL 6499833 (E.D. Mich. Nov. 5, 2020); Bruce v. Sana Health, Inc., 504 F. Supp. 3d 653 (E.D. Mich. 2020); Mingo v. Fed Cmty., 2020 WL 5258481 (E.D. Mich. Sept. 3, 2020); Daoust v. Maru Rest., LLC, 2019 WL 2866490 (E.D. Mich. July 3, 2019) Leverett v. Primestar Painting, Inc. et. al., 2018 WL 3013660 (E.D. Mich. June 14, 2018); Kutzback v. LMS Intellibound, LLC, 301 F. Supp. 3d 807 (W.D. Tenn. 2018); Adams v. Gilead Group, LLC, 280 F. Supp. 3d 1358 (M.D. Fla. 2017); Simmons v. Mathis Tire & Auto Service, Inc., 2015 WL 5008220 (W.D. Tenn. Aug. 20, 2015); Burdette v. Panola County, 83 F.Supp.3d 705 (N.D. Miss. 2015); Shadeh v. Glenn Buick-GMC Trucks, LLC, 2014 WL 6909049 (E.D. Ken. Dec. 9, 2014); Kidd v. Mathis Tire & Auto Service, Inc., 2014 WL 4923004 (W.D. Tenn. Sept. 18, 2014); Benhassine v. Star Taxi, Inc., 2013 WL 3070871 (M.D. Fla. 2013).