Michael Madeira has been a lawyer for 35 years, serving more than 25 years as a Pennsylvania local and state prosecutor after graduating from the Villanova School of Law in 1989.  He began his career as an Assistant District Attorney in January of 1990 trying both juvenile and adult cases.  In 1993, Michael joined the Attorney General’s Office as a drug prosecutor where over the next 13 years he led investigations and prosecutions resulting in conviction of mid and upper level drug dealers throughout central Pennsylvania.  In 2006, Michael became an elected District Attorney where he tried a wide range of cases including drugs, sex assaults, and homicides resulting in 1st and 3rd degree murder convictions.  In 2010, he returned to private practice during which time he also worked for more than three years on immigration matters for international faculty and scholars at The Pennsylvania State University in the Office of Global Programs.  Michael returned to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office in early 2018, continuing his service as a Senior Deputy Attorney General in the Drug Strike Force Section.  He is one of two Deputy AGs responsible for the Attorney General’s drug prosecutions for 15 central Pennsylvania counties.  Michael has significant trial experience across multiple jurisdictions in a broad range of cases including narcotics, corrupt organizations, rape, and murder.  He is also an expert in the use of Pennsylvania’s Statewide Investigating Grand Jury and the Pennsylvania Wiretap Act.

Michael has been a member of the PA District Attorney’s Association serving on the Association’s Executive Committee as well as serving as a member of the Board of Directors for the PA District Attorney’s Institute, the training arm of the Association.  During his more than 25 years as a prosecutor and trial attorney, Michael has served as an instructor for the Institute in advanced trial advocacy, drug prosecutions, and other subject areas.  He is also a trainer for the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Investigator Training Program.  Pennsylvania born and raised, Michael and his wife Lisa live in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania and are the proud parents of 4 children.