Michael G. Trachtman graduated with honors from both Dickinson College, in 1971, and the Villanova University School of Law, in 1974, where he was selected to serve as Case and Comment Editor of the Villanova Law Review, in which he published two articles. Upon his graduation, he was elected by the faculty to the Order of the Coif (a national law honorary), the law school's highest honor.

Mr. Trachtman's practice focuses on business litigation, employment law, and counseling business clients on the avoidance of claims and liabilities. He has successfully handled numerous trials and business transactions on behalf of companies and individuals engaged in a wide variety of business enterprises such as, for instance, manufacturing, e-commerce, accounting, law, health care, software development, consulting, insurance, wholesale distribution, celebrity management, retail sales, architecture, engineering, banking, construction and real estate development.

Mr. Trachtman has been asked to serve on numerous state and federal court committees and task forces regarding the development of case-handling and trial procedures. He was elected a Director of the Montgomery Bar Association and has served as chairman of the Montgomery Bar Association's Rules of Civil Court Committee and Bench/Bar Committee. He was a founder and original Board member of the Desmond J. McTighe Inn of Court, an institution devoted to the improvement of litigation techniques.

Mr. Trachtman is also a founder and the CEO of Counsel Consulting Group LLC, a national employment practices training, consulting and e-learning company. CCG assists large and small companies throughout the country in their effort to avoid and minimize employment-related liabilities through training, forms and procedure development, specialized legal audits, e-learning techniques, and other methodologies. In conjunction with these efforts, Mr. Trachtman has authored the newsletter, Avoiding Lawsuits - How Businesses Can Prevent Employment Claims and Liabilities.

Mr. Trachtman is the author of the 1987 book, What Every Executive Better Know About the Law, published by Simon and Schuster, which focuses on preventive law and litigation avoidance techniques. Simon and Schuster has also developed an audio cassette version of the book, featuring Mr. Trachtman. Both works have been distributed nationally.

Mr. Trachtman is the author of the 2006 book, The Supremes' Greatest Hits: The 34 Supreme Court Cases That Most Directly Affect Your Life, published and nationally distributed by Sterling Publishing, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble.  The book sold out its first printing in one month.  PBS featured Mr. Trachtman's book as an adjunct to its nationally-televised series on the Supreme Court.

Mr. Trachtman, along with Dirk M. Simpson, is the author of the 2007 book, My Will Book, an instructional estate planning manual, also published by Sterling Publishing.

Mr. Trachtman is also the author of numerous articles published by business and professional organizations, and is a frequent lecturer to business and professional groups. He has appeared on radio and television throughout the country and, most recently, has been featured on such nationally-syndicated programs as Daybreak USA (USA Network), Simply Put (Bloomberg Radio), and Culture Shocks (Genesis Communications Network), in addition to being the subject of various interviews in Philadelphia media. Mr. Trachtman was named 2007 winner of the Pennsylvania Bar's "Plain English" Committee Clarity Award for his efforts at conveying legal principles to the public in understandable language.

Mr. Trachtman is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania.