In 2023, Mike prevailed on a petition for writ of habeas corpus on behalf of Michael Mark, who was serving a 48-year sentence for a 2010 Waterbury homicide. The conviction was reversed because trial counsel had a conflict of interest based upon her concurrent representation of Mr. Mark and another individual who had committed a crime in Waterbury on the same night with similarities to the crime that Mr. Mark was charged with.
The State did not appeal and Mike negotiated an agreement giving Mr. Mark a new sentence decades shorter than he originally received.