Michael Perle is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (B.A in Economics) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.), where he received Am Jur awards for the highest grades in Evidence and Equity. He is a member of the New York and New Jersey bars,
Following law school Michael was a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala.
Upon returning to the United States, Michael served as a Deputy Attorney General and later First Assistant in the Appellate Section of the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice. He then entered private practice. Among other things he served as counsel to the Essex County Improvement Authority, the development agency for New Jersey’s largest county. Notably he represent-ed the Improvement Authority in litigation and negotiations culminating in the acquisition of the Essex County Airport.
He continues to represents individuals and commercial entities in criminal and high-stakes civil litigation at the trial and appellate levels. Among his clients have been several in the emerging legal financing industry, on whose behalf he has achieved significant successes. He is frequently engaged by attorneys to represent them in disciplinary proceedings in New York and New Jersey, as well as being consulted by other attorneys regarding matters with which they may be unfamiliar.