Senior Member

M. Michael Egan

404-739-8895

Michael Egan is a Senior Member of the firm in the Atlanta office where he is a member of the Construction Service Group. His practice involves counseling owners, architects, sureties, construction product manufacturers, and builders on matters including design, finance, building, and fidelity and surety disputes. Michael is a member of the American Bar Association’s Fidelity and Surety Committee on the Construction Industry.

Bar Admissions

Georgia

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Memberships

State Bar of Georgia

,

Construction Law Committee

Atlanta Bar Association

,

Construction Law Section; Litigation Section

American Bar Association

,

Forum Committee on the Construction Industry; Fidelity and Surety Law Committee

Community Involvement

Carter Center, Board of Councilors

Urban Recipe Food Bank, Volunteer

Education

J.D.,

cum laude

University of Georgia

Org / Honor

Georgia Law Review, Notes Editor

B.A., 1972; M.A., 1973 Economics,

cum laude

Duke University

More Than Stites & Harbison

Prior to joining Stites, Mike was a founder of a litigation and corporate firm based in Atlanta, Georgia whose attorneys joined Stites & Harbison. He has written and lectured on a number of construction law issues.

Mike served in the United States Army, beginning as a Private and eventually becoming a Captain in the JAG Corps, Army National Guard. After law school, he became the law clerk to Honorable Wilbur D. Owens, Jr. and Honorable W.A. Bootle, Judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Mike also has served as a pro bono attorney for the Atlanta Bar Association and for the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Association. He has been certified by the French Ministry of Education at Level B2 Proficiency in French, the level necessary to be admitted to French Universities.

Accolades

Martindale-Hubbellยฎ AV-Preeminentยฎ Peer Review Rated

Best Lawyers in Americaยฎ, Construction Law (2013-25)

Georgia Super Lawyersยฎ(2004-15)