Mike is serving a fourth term as Charleston City Councilman representing District 8. He is Chairman of CARTA, Chairman of the Traffic and Transportation Committee, Vice Chairman of
the Ways and Means Committee, a Member of the Public Safety Committee, a Member of the Public Works and Utilities Committee, Chairman of the Audit Committee, on the Board of the
Charleston Area Convention and Visitor Bureau, the Gibbes Museum, Spoleto Festival USA, and served as Interim Race Director for the Cooper River Bridge Run. He is an adjunct professor at the College of Charleston and former adjunct professor at the Charleston School of Law.

Mike is a frequent speaker on all things Charleston and has been featured in many profiles of the
community, including winning Best City Councilmember 13 years in a row. He is the recipient of
the prestigious Barrett Larrimore Award and has been named one of the 40 Most Influential People
in the Charleston Region.

Mike is a magna cum laude graduate of Amherst College and received his law degree from the
University of Pittsburgh. Following law school, he clerked for former South Carolina Governor
Donald S. Russell on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and thereafter
worked for Latham & Watkins, in its Washington, D.C. office. He is a member of the South
Carolina, New York, and District of Columbia Bar Associations and is admitted to practice before
the United States Supreme Court, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the District of South
Carolina. He now runs his own firm, representing owners in complex construction defect litigation.
He is a former member of the South Carolina Bar’s House of Delegates and the executive
committee of the Charleston Bar.

Mr. Seekings is a private pilot and one of Charleston’s most avid runners. He is married to Michele
H. Seekings. Michele also has a passion for the outdoors.