Michael Hyrne has served as a Mediator for the Wood County Court of Common Pleas for 15 years. Following admission to the bar, he worked as a law clerk for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He was then engaged in private practice for 25 years. He was an Instructor at the University of Toledo for 17 years.
In 2003, he was selected to create this Court's Dispute Resolution and Mediation Program. Mr. Hyrne has mediated legal disputes in the context of personal injury, contract, professional liability, worker compensation, business, residential and commercial construction, real estate, probate/estate, child custody, divorce, insurance coverage, and other matters.
In addition to his duties as a mediator, Mr. Hyrne was appointed as a Magistrate in 2008. Mr. Hyrne places an emphasis on assisting the parties to consider resolutions that allow them to determine the course of their family's future.
Mr. Hyrne is a member of the Ohio State, Wood County, and Toledo Bar Associations and a Practitioner member of the Association for Conflict Resolution. He has participated as a presenter for the Ohio Judicial College.