Michael Ehline is a former U.S. Marine. Attorney Ehline was injured during a training exercise and honorably discharged from the Corps. in circa. 1987.  Ultimately, Ehline’s work as a paralegal led him on the path to becoming a lawyer.

MCRD Circa 1987

Ehline entered the California State Bar Law Office Study Program in 2001, and while on the program, he enrolled in law school at the University of West Los Angeles School of Law (UWLA.) Ehline took and passed the California State Bar Exam prior to completing law school and was allowed to become a sworn, practicing attorney.  Ehline elected to stay in law school at night and went on to earn his law degree (Juris Doctorate), even though he was already an admitted California attorney.

Ehline externed for Justice Gary Hastings at the Second District Court of Appeal in 2004, and currently practices law statewide in California.  Ehline has an impressive series of verdicts and settlements, was awarded the title, Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2009 and was also admitted into the Million Dollar Advocates Forum in 2009.

Michael Ehline after being sworn in by California Appellate Justice Gary Hastings during private ceremony