Mike Mandell

Mandell studied communications at the University of Southern California, graduating from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in 2009. He has described coming from a family of personal injury lawyers. He then earned a Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law in 2012. ==Legal career==

After graduating from Duke Law, Mandell worked as an associate attorney at Reed Smith, an international law firm, at its Los Angeles office for approximately eight years, focusing on product liability litigation. He has stated that the firm's policies restricted attorneys from engaging in personal marketing or social media activity during this period. Prior to founding Mandell Law, Mandell was recognized on the Daily Journals list of "Top Verdicts in California" for a 2014 case, Gisvold v. Merck. ==Online career==

Origins Mandell started his YouTube channel, and also posted his first TikTok video on November 17, 2020. He has said he began posting as a low cost way to attract clients to his newly founded firm. His first public YouTube video appeared on February 26, 2021. Early videos attracted limited attention, but a clip about what to say during a police traffic stop went viral, accumulating tens of millions of views. By October 2021, one year after creating his YouTube channel, Mandell had surpassed 100,000 subscribers. Content Mandell's videos cover legal situations relevant to everyday life, including police encounters, landlord tenant disputes and workplace rights. He has stated that his content shifted over time from a purely business oriented goal toward legal education more broadly: "I went from a lawyer mentality to an educator mentality." ==Book==

In 2024, Mandell published ''Oops... That's Illegal!: A Handbook for the Wildly Curious (and the Accidental Outlaw)'' through Balance, an imprint of Hachette Book Group. ==Podcast==

Mandell hosts Law by Mike on the Mic, a podcast featuring interviews with legal professionals, public figures, and others whose lives have intersected with legal matters. The show is described as aimed at general audiences rather than legal professionals. ==Bibliography==