“Attorney and CPA Rich Michi is ‘The Negotiating Magician.’”

“I’ve argued cases before the United States Supreme Court and most of the major courts in the U.S. and was on the management committee at a law firm with more than 300 lawyers. Nevertheless, when I had a personal financial matter that needed to be negotiated, I hired Rich Michi. He negotiated a deal for 25 times more than the major corporation offered to me."

- Frank Heap, Attorney and CPA

"Rich Michi is extremely knowledgeable about law and very savvy about business."

“I have been a practicing attorney in Chicago and Dallas for more than 30 years and have worked on legal matters with extraordinary lawyers and clients. Rich Michi is extremely knowledgeable about law and very savvy about business, and those qualities put him in a very small and distinguished group. Thank goodness I’ve never sat at a negotiating table only to discover Rich on the other side.”

- James A. Knox, Attorney, Zurich North America

"Rich Michi is a master negotiator and businessman."

"I saw Rich at work when the economy turned for the worse and a major investment of my group was in jeopardy. Rich negotiated for us, and because of his expertise, acumen and tenacity, the investment was sold at a substantial profit."

- Marvin Stern, President, Fortune 100 Corporation

"Rich Michi is the ‘Negotiation Maestro.’"

"When I have major contractual matters that need to be negotiated, I immediately call Rich to represent me. He is as meticulous and detailed in preparing for a negotiation as I am in preparing an aria: note-by-note."

- Jennifer Larmore, Grammy Award-winning international opera star and the most recorded mezzo-soprano in history; Author, Una Voce: The Drama in Opera, both Onstage and Off, (2015)
 

"Rich Michi is like a grandmaster chess player."

"He is a professional negotiator and businessman who has an uncanny ability to anticipate the likely moves and counter-moves, questions and objections, and the reasons for each. And I know that agents negotiate better deals than their principals because agents are more objective and dispassionate; because agents don’t have full authority to make concessions, they make fewer and smaller concessions. So I want Rich to do the strategizing and speaking while I avoid the ancient adage, ‘If you represent yourself, you have a fool for a client.’"

- Petra von Heimburg, Attorney
 

"Rich is a brilliant negotiator."

I was in a series of business meetings with Rich at a major Park Avenue law firm. There were no doubts in the minds of the lawyers in attendance that Rich was thoroughly familiar with an incredibly complex matrix of business issues. Benefiting from his dual degrees as an attorney and CPA, Rich was indispensable in formulating the issues and securing cooperation and agreement on matters that might have become contentious. As a result of Rich’s negotiating skills, we were able to achieve a result that went far beyond our expectations."

- Robert Ungaro, Attorney, Ungaro and Cifuni, New York

"Top executives and professionals seek Rich’s representation, counsel, and  coaching."

"I have known Rich Michi since our days together in college. Rich was a debater and a classical musician and also found time to win the university’s highest award for academic achievement.

With his multi-disciplinary background as a tax lawyer, CPA, financial executive, and successful entrepreneur, he analyses issues from many perspectives, sees what others miss, and is a great problems solver. Because of his intelligence, pragmatism, and personality, I am not surprised that top executives and professionals seek his representation, counsel and coaching. Rich is the person I consult when I need sound advice and when I need to develop creative negotiating strategies that minimize risk for my business."

- Alan Gingold, Owner and CFO, Lorenz Bus Service, Minneapolis

"Rich does many things extremely well. He has excellent judgment."

"I enjoyed working with Rich because he was intelligent and diligent in his analysis, as well as creative in the manner in which he thought about ways to solve problems. I also appreciated that he looked beyond the immediate question to the broader problems of a transaction."

- Arthur S. Rollin, Attorney and CPA, Head of the Tax Department at the Chicago offices of law firms Mayer Brown and (subsequently) Skadden Arps