About Michael
Michael Cibik followed an uncommon route to the law. He began in the sciences, earning a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1966. After several years, he returned to school for business and earned an M.B.A. in Marketing from the University of Delaware in 1972. He then moved into legal studies, receiving a Juris Doctor from Widener University School of Law in 1976 where his studies emphasized civil litigation. He capped his formal legal education with an LL.M. in Tax Law from Temple University Law School in 1981. Those degrees mark a steady shift from technical training to business and then to legal specialization.
That educational progression shaped the work he has done. His background in engineering and business provides a technical and commercial lens to legal questions. The law degrees added doctrinal depth in dispute resolution and tax. Taken together, they suggest an ability to tackle matters that intersect regulated commerce, corporate tax, and civil disputes. He has steered clients through issues that require translating technical facts into legal arguments, and he has approached tax questions with both legal and financial sensibilities.
Colleagues describe him as pragmatic. He is methodical in analyzing problems and careful in documenting positions. In civil litigation settings, that often means building narratives that account for technical evidence and business realities. On tax matters, it means reading statutory language alongside commercial practice. His education in marketing also informs how he frames arguments and communicates with nonlegal audiences, whether clients, experts, or adversaries.
Across decades, his career has bridged disciplines rather than staying within a single box. That bridging can matter in client work. Businesses and individuals facing tax controversies or contract disputes often confront overlapping technical, financial, and legal questions. An attorney who understands engineering principles and business drivers, and who also trained in civil litigation and tax law, can move among those domains without losing sight of any one of them.
Today he remains engaged in legal practice. He represents clients in matters that draw on his combined background in engineering, business, litigation, and tax. His current practice centers on tax and business-related legal matters.
