Michael P. Routch was born and raised in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated, magna cum laude, from Boston University and earned his law degree from the University of Virginia, where he served as notes editor for the Virginia Tax Review. Mr. Routch is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the Western District and Middle District of Pennsylvania. Mr. Routch is a member of the workers' compensation, civil litigation and real property, probate and trust law sections of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He currently serves on the governing council of the workers' compensation section.