Shareholder, Engelman Berger P.C.
Michael is a Shareholder of the Phoenix law firm Engelman Berger P.C., representing individual and business clients in commercial litigation, receiverships, loan workouts, water law, Chapter 11 bankruptcies, and appeals. Michael’s clients include debtors and a variety of businesses including creditors, banks, credit unions, lenders, real estate developers, commercial landlords, and technology companies, as well as municipalities. Michael has successfully represented litigants in both state and federal courts and in appeals before the Arizona Court of Appeals and Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. As part of his water law practice Michael also represents several metro-area cities in the Gila River General Stream Adjudication.
Michael grew up surrounded by music and several generations of music educators. He spent many nights sitting backstage as his parents performed with a variety of country, bluegrass, and western swing bands, and eventually learned to play fiddle, guitar, and mandolin well enough to join them as the “Rolland Family Band.” Michael is a 4-time Arizona state fiddle champion, 5-time Tri-State Flatpicking Guitar Champion, and 3-Time Tri-State Mandolin Champion, and now enjoys sharing his love of music with his own young children.
The son of two music teachers and grandson to celebrated violin pedagogue Paul Rolland, Michael understands the profound importance of sharing music with the next generation.