Michele has over 25 years of experience as an attorney in the Washington metropolitan area. She works very closely with her clients, and is known for her personal service. She works from an office in her home, and often meets with clients in her home, in their homes, or at their places of employment. She generally is available to her clients after regular business hours and on weekends.

Michele works primarily in the area of adoptions, estate planning, and probate. Her practice is particularly focused on developing legal protections for families, including families headed by same-sex couples. She has successfully represented clients in over 400 adoptions in Maryland and the District of Columbia, and has worked with thousands of clients in her career. Based on her expertise in adoption matters, Michele was elected to the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys in the spring of 2005. Michele also provides clients with appropriate referrals for any legal matter.

She is an active member of the Bars of the District of Columbia and Maryland, and received her J.D. degree from the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in 1979, and her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in 1974.

Michele served on the first Board of Directors for the Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer, and served on the Board of Directors for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force for three years. She was one of the founders in 1982 of the first "maybe baby" group for lesbians in the Washington metropolitan area.

She was also one of the first co-chairs of the Gay and Lesbian Subcommittee of the D.C. Bar, the precursor to GAYLAW. She served on the District of Columbia Federal Judicial Nominating Commission for more than 8 years by appointment of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. Michele served on the Adoption Rules Committee for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and has worked with EqualityMaryland on a review of the Maryland Constitution and Code for discrimination against same-sex couples. She volunteers regularly with the Lesbian Services Program at the Whitman-Walker Clinic. Most recently, Michele's work on behalf of LGBT families in the Washington metropolitan area was recognized by her award of the 2005 District of Columbia Capitol Pride Director's Award for Family.

For many years Michele taught as an adjunct professor for the Women's Studies Program at the George Washington University and the Washington College of Law at American University, and American University named her Outstanding Adjunct Professor in 1999. She is the author of many articles on AIDS and HIV and sexual orientation and the law. She has won numerous awards for community service from GLBT organizations in the Washington area, including the Gertrude Stein Democratic Club Jerome Heilman Award in 1987, the Community Service Award from the Whitman-Walker Lesbian Services Program in 1997, and the Woman's Monthly Community Service Award in 2000.