Michael also serves as a confidential and trusted advisor for his clients, helping them achieve their goals in business and life. He drafts and revises employee handbooks, contracts and policies, and assists in discipline and terminations — helping employers handle challenging situations in a way that avoids lawsuits but accomplishes company goals, and helping employees stop unlawful treatment or, when necessary, negotiate favorable severance terms and "golden parachutes."

Michael publishes a blog, Employment Law Update, and writes regular newsletters on trends and developments in employment law, as a value-added, complimentary service to his clients. He also is a frequent presenter on employment law topics to institutional clients, businesses and legal organizations, including the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Employment Law Institute, the Association of Corporate Counsel — Greater Philadelphia Chapter, and the Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Chambers of Commerce. He also has presented seminars and papers on employment law to the American Bar Association (ABA), Swarthmore College, Temple University's Beasley School of Law, and Neumann University. He has been a featured guest on cable news and broadcast programs, including "It's Your Call with Lynn Doyle," to debate issues involving employment law and employee rights, and has had his articles published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Business Journal, NewsDay and the Denver Post. Mr. Homans also has been a contributor to the ABA treatise, Employment Discrimination Law, and a chapter editor of the ABA treatise, Age Discrimination in Employment Law. He is an active member of the ABA's Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee, where he serves as the management chair of the State Law Developments Subcommittee. He is Co-Chair of the Labor and Employment Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association.

Michael previously worked in the Labor & Employment Group at Drinker Biddle & Reath in Philadelphia, and was Chair of the Litigation Department and Labor and Employment section of Flaster Greenberg, P.C.

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Michael worked as a journalist in Savannah, Georgia, and Seattle, Washington, winning numerous awards for his reporting. He enjoys hiking, running, bicycling, travel and quiet time with his family, including Roxy and Teddy, the family's golden retrievers. Michael lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania.