Kurt Haskell graduated from Saginaw Valley State University with a degree in Biology, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, and Wayne State University Law School with an LLM in Taxation. He is a former tax attorney for the Internal Revenue Service and opened Haskell Law Firm in 2001 with his wife, Lori A. Haskell. Haskell specializes in Family Law, Estate Planning and Bankruptcy. He was on the flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day 2009 and witnessed the attempted bomber try and blow up the plane.