Areas of Practice Concentration

• Administrative Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Commercial Real Estate
• Construction Litigation
• First Amendment and Communication Law and Litigation
• Insurance, Bad Faith and Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Litigation
• Intellectual Property
• Occupational and Professional Licensing
• Sports and Entertainment Law

Education

• Indiana University, Bloomington, B.A. 1990
• Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., cum laude,1997

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina, 1997

Court Admissions

• All U.S. District Courts, North Carolina
• U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
• Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Professional Affiliations

• Wake County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations
• North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America

New clients, opposing counsel and good portions of the free world regularly have difficulty with Mike Tadych's surname. Shortly after meeting "Mr. Taditch" or "Mr. Tascisch," however, they quickly come to know this multi-talented lawyer as "Mr. TODDY" -- or, in view of his personable nature -- simply as, Mike. Mike is a partner with the firm and serves as its Technology Committee Chair.

A native of Berea, Ohio, Mike's ease in dealing with people of varied backgrounds and eclectic work history enables him to handle a wide array of legal problems. Since joining EGHS in 1997, Mike has worked on matters ranging from multifamily construction project disputes and trademark litigation to the representation of a national day-care operator before its state licensing agency and negotiation of the contract for a national public radio personality. By way of example, Mike used his background in information technology and presentation development to create computerized damages analyses that led to the successful resolution of more than 35 crop insurance unfair claims settlement lawsuits filed by North Carolina tobacco farmers in the aftermath of Hurricane Fran.

In addition to his litigation, First Amendment and professional licensing work, Mike enjoys representing the interests of creative individuals including authors, singers, journalists and artists. He is general counsel to the Watercolor Society of North Carolina and is a frequent speaker on areas of interest to creative individuals regarding business structure, intellectual property and transference of ownership.

A graduate of Indiana University, where he earned a degree in telecommunications, Mike has experience in television production, aerial video photography, graphics design, desktop publishing, editing corporate newsletters and public relations. At Case Western University's law school, Mike served as coordinator of the school's national moot court team. Mike's professional activities including a six-year stint as the editor of The Wake Bar Flyer, the newsletter of the award-winning Wake County Bar Association.

Mike and his wife Denise have three children and thus, rarely have free time or regular sleep patterns.

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