Mike Brandly

Mike Brandly began his auction career in 1979. He is the president of Brandly & Associates, Inc. and a Broker with Brandly Real Estate & Auction. Mr. Brandly’s appraisal company completes over 150 appraisals per year for Probate, Civil, and Bankruptcy cases. He holds periodic auctions at his facility in Groveport, Ohio.

Mr. Brandly is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a degree in Mathematics as well as the AMI Certified Auctioneer Institute (CAI). He also holds the CAGA appraisal designation, the Contract Auction Specialist (CAS) designation as well as the AARE real estate designation. He is a former Director for the Ohio Auctioneers Association as well as a member of the Indiana and Michigan Auctioneer Associations. Mr. Brandly is a Life Member, Beginning Auctioneer Advisor, and Former presenter for the National Auction Association.

Mr. Brandly also serves as an auction law and customary practice consultant, primarily providing this service to attorneys throughout the United States (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana, Texas, Kentucky, New York, California, Washington, West Virginia, New Jersey, Arizona, Florida, Nevada, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee, and Oklahoma thus far) assisting clients involving auction law compliance, customary practice, commercial reasonableness, regulatory investigations and the like. His work has encompassed analyzing video recordings of auctions, depositions, lawsuit claims, and auction records, including accounting and contracts for over 40 such cases since 2010.