Michael Fox Orr graduated from East Carolina University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a concentration in financial services.  He then attended law school and received his Juris Doctorate from Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, Florida.  While in law school, Michael served for two years as President of the Student Bar Association and received a full scholarship as a result of that service.  Prior to joining Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin in 2005, Michael's work experience included positions as a summer associate at the Philadelphia firm of Naulty, Scaricamazza & McDevitt, a law clerk at R. Craig Hemphill & Associates in Jacksonville, Florida, and an investigator at Michael Fox & Associates in Greenville, NC.  Michael is admitted to practice in the State of Florida and is a member of The Florida Bar.

Michael is very involved in the Jacksonville community.  He serves on the Executive Director's Management Team in support of the Special Olympics of Duval County.  In that role, Michael has been active in participating as an event coordinator in the Duval County Special Olympics, Summer Games.  He also serves as President on the Board of Directors for the Family Nurturing Center of Florida, Inc.  The Family Nurturing Center was the brainchild of the Honorable Judge Dorothy Pate.  The Center commits itself to improving the lives of families throughout Northeast Florida through operating parenting programs and supervised visitations upon any presence of spousal or child abuse.

In March 2006 and 2008, Michael Orr was elected by his peers in the legal community to the Florida Bar Board of Governors, Young Lawyers Division.  Michael represents the 4th Judicial Circuit on the statewide board, including Clay, Duval and Nassau counties.  Among its various duties and responsibilities, the YLD Board assists the Florida Bar's 52-member Board of Governors, which consists of the president and president-elect, the president and president-elect of the young Lawyers Division, representatives elected by members of the Bar from each of the state's 20 judicial circuits, four out-of-state representatives elected by Florida Bar members who reside outside of Florida, and two public members appointed by the Florida Supreme Court.  The Board of Governors has exclusive authority to formulate and adopt matters of policy concerning the activities of the Bar, subject to limitations imposed by The Rules Regulating The Florida Bar.