Michael Joel Blum, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Blum of Hopkins, Minn. and an associate at Weiss, Dawid, Fross, Zelnick & Lehrman, a law firm in New York. He graduated summa cum laude and also received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. His mother, Carlyn Blum, is a travel consultant, and his father is an allergist, both in Minneapolis.