Michael Millikin

Michael P. Millikin is Executive Vice President & General Counsel of General Motors Company and a member of the Supervisory Board of GM's German subsidiary, Adam Opel AG.

Millikin joined the General Motors Legal Staff in 1977 where he has since held a variety of positions. In 1981, he became part of GM's overseas legal matters practice area, where he served until 1987 when named the head of GM's in-house litigation practice area. In 1995, with the consolidation of the GM Legal Staff's litigation functions, Millikin was given responsibility for GM's litigation practice area. In September 1997, he moved to Zurich, Switzerland, and was named Vice President and General Counsel of General Motors International Operations (GMIO), a member of the GMIO Strategy Board, as well as Vice President and General Counsel of General Motors Europe and a member of its Strategy Board. He was first named to the Adam Opel Supervisory Board in 1998. In June 2000, Millikin returned to GM's headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, to coordinate the delivery of legal services to GM's global operations. He became a member of the Board of Directors of GM’s Korean

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Areas of Practice 1) Litigation
Law School Washington University Law School
Education Michigan State University bachelor of science in 1970
Most recent firm General Motors
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