Attorney Michael Untermeyer is a private practice in Society Hill, Philadelphia. He has 39 years of experience as an attorney in public and private practice. He served as a criminal prosecutor for fifteen years. He spent 4 yearsin the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and 11 years in the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. In the Attorney General’s Office, he headed up the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section of the Philadelphia Regional Office of the Drug Law Division conducting financial investigations and prosecutions of major narcotics dealers and organizations. In this position, he supervised state narcotics agents, financial agents and Pennsylvania State Troopers assigned to Philadelphia to conduct long term narcotics investigations. Michael became a statewide expert on money laundering crimes. He was responsible for training State Narcotics Agents, Pennsylvania State Troopers, Prosecutors and Police Officers in detecting, understanding and investigating money laundering crimes and prosecuting violations of money laundering statutes. In forfeiture cases and over the term of his service, he was responsible for bringing in over $10, 00,000.00 in forfeitures from individuals and organizations involved in drug trafficking.
Following his work in the Attorney General’s Office, Michael worked under Governor Rendell as Special Counsel to the Office of Inspector General. Following this assignment, Governor Rendell appointed Michael to be a Hearing Examiner for the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. In this position, he adjudicated cases of violations of the State Liquor Laws.
Prior to working in Philadelphia, Michael worked as a trial attorney in the New York City Law Department, where he defended police, fire and municipal agencies in personal injury and property damage claims brought against the City. In his first position after law school, Michael worked asin house counsel for the Marino Bar Review Course, where he was responsible for contract and lease documentation and negotiations and supervision of a staff of sixty-five part-time sales representatives. Michael started his career in public service by driving an ambulance for EMS in New York City when he was 18 years old. Michael has been involved in a range of community matters. He served as a Judge Pro-Tem in Philadelphia’s Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue Effort, and he has been a volunteer for the American Red Cross, where he worked in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina.He engages in pro bono legal work for several organizations, and he is a member of the Board of the South Street Headhouse Special Services District located in Society Hill where he served as chairman for 2 years.
For the past 15 years Michael has been in private practice where he has concentrated in the areas of real estate and business law. Michael takes the time and effort to know and understand his clients in order that he may give them effective, focused and practical counsel.