Michael Joseph Wilson

Mike Wilson has devoted his career to protecting his clients, whether those clients have been charged with a crime or have been damaged by either negligence or intentional bad acts. Mike represents clients in criminal trials in both the State and Federal Courts, defending clients charged with everything from misdemeanors to murder. Of note are Mike’s results in the field of criminal appellate and postconviction practice, where he has obtained new trials for clients convicted of serious felonies, including both attempted murder and first-degree murder. Mike has argued many of these appeals before the Nebraska Supreme Court, the Nebraska Court of Appeals, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. As a member of the Nebraska’s Regional Advisory Board for the Midwest Innocence Project, he works to obtain and support the exoneration and release of individuals wrongfully convicted in the Midwest.

Mike earned his B.S. from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln before accepting an academic merit scholarship to attend the Michigan State University College of Law, where he graduated in 2005 with Honors. While in law school, Mike served as a law clerk to the Hon. William Whitbeck, Chief Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals, and as an Associate Editor of the Michigan State Law Review. Prior to joining the firm, Mike worked as the Executive Director of First Defense Legal Aid and as an appeals attorney at the Chicago branch of the Office of the Illinois State Appellate Defender, where he argued felony appeals before the Illinois Appellate Court.

When he is not working hard for his clients, Mike enjoys coaching soccer and softball, attempting to play golf, and taking down the occasional pot in a friendly poker game.

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Nebraska

Nebraska State Bar Association

Since 2009

8th Circuit

Since 2014

Attorney

Shafer & Shapiro

2009 - 2020

Assistant Appellate Defender

Office of the State Appellate Defender - Chicago

2008 - 2009

Michigan State University College of Law

J.D. (2005)

2005

Honors: Cum Laude

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

B.S. (2001) | Biology & Psychology

2001

Jurisprudence Award for International Human Rights

Michigan State University

Nebraska State Bar Association  # 24224

Member

Current

Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorneys Association

Member

Current

Nebraska State Bar Association, Appellate Section

Member

Current

Nebraska Regional Board, Midwest Innocence Project

Member

Current

Criminal Justice Act Panel

Member

2014 - Current

Due Process for the Past Due: A Legal Aid

Attorney's Account of the Indiginent Experience in Today's Criminal Justice System

DePaul Journal for Social Justice

2007