Michael Hanna is a Trial Partner 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, truck accident litigation, 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 has earned recognition from respected legal publications and peer-review organizations, including the ALM National Law Journal’s Elite Trial Lawyer Award (2025) and Lawdragon 500 (2026). He was selected for The Best Lawyers in America from 2021–2023, and 2027. He was named a Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2017–2018, a Michigan Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2019–2024, and a Michigan Super Lawyer in 2025–2026—an honor awarded to fewer than 2.5% of attorneys statewide.
Practice Areas
- Class Action
- Civil Rights
- Discrimination
- Family Medical Leave
- Employment Litigation
- Overtime Law
- Minimum Wage
- Unpaid Wages/Commissions
- Workplace Harassment
- Whistleblower Complaints
- Wrongful Termination
Memberships
- Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter
- Michigan Bar Association
- Michigan Association for Justice
Education
- Wayne State University (B.S., magna cum laude)
- University of Miami School of Law (J.D., cum laude)
Bar Admissions
- The Florida Bar
- The Michigan Bar
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern Districts of Michigan
- U.S. District Court, Western Districts of Michigan
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas