Michael Milazzo is Chief Operating Officer (COO) and an attorney at Flatiron Legal Advisors, LLC. Mr. Milazzo is a former Army Ranger who keeps the day to day operations at Flatiron Legal Advisors, LLC running tightly and maintains the firm's focus on providing exceptional client service. As an attorney Mr. Milazzo focuses on estate planning, civil litigation and debt settlement.
Mr. Milazzo's extensive legal experience includes work for a fast-paced litigation law firm that focused on construction defects, commercial litigation, and products liability. Michael represented corporate clients before the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He was also the Managing Director for a government contractor that specialized in medical and survival equipment.
Michael grew up in northern New England and received his B. Sc. (cum laude) in biology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. While still in law school, Michael worked for the United States Army Legal Services Agency in Washington, D.C., (JAG), and at the Office of the State Judge Advocate, Vermont. Michael established himself in Colorado after graduating from Vermont Law School in 2005, interning for the Colorado Attorney General's Office in the Natural Resources and Environment Section while continuing his work on his master's degree in environmental law, which he received in 2006 (cum laude).
Michael is a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). He is an active member in the Colorado Intellectual Property American Inn of Court (CO IP AIC) and the Colorado Bar Association's Intellectual Property Section. As an entrepreneur, Michael developed two companies while simultaneously pursing his legal goals, and now focuses his energies on helping others achieve solutions to various legal issues.
A United States Army combat veteran, Michael served as a reconnaissance paratrooper in a scout/sniper platoon for the 82nd Airborne Division, and is a graduate of the elite U.S. Army Airborne and Ranger Schools.