Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. traces its history to 1852 when Sidney Davy Miller (1830-1904) opened a practice on Detroit's Jefferson Avenue. Today Miller Canfield is one of the largest law firms in Michigan with more than 260 attorneys and over 50 legal assistants. We have a growing national practice and a long-established statewide practice. Our Michigan offices are located in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Saginaw and Troy. We also have offices in New York City, Chicago and Naples. Our offices in Gdynia, Katowice, and Warsaw, Poland enable us to serve clients throughout Central and Eastern Europe.
Our practice areas are organized into the following groups: Bankruptcy/Workout; Business and Finance (Commercial Lending, Corporations and Securities, Finance and Development Sections), Environmental and Regulatory; Estate Planning; Federal Tax and Employee Benefits; Health Care; Intellectual Property; International Business; Labor and Employment; Litigation (Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Product Liability/Tort, State and Local Tax Sections), and Public Law Services and Bond Counsel.
We represent individuals in their personal and business concerns, trusts and estates, publicly traded and multinational companies, and many start-up, small, and medium sized businesses. Clients also include public bodies such as the state of Michigan, and many of its agencies, authorities and universities, cities, counties, townships, school and community college districts, and special authorities throughout Michigan and in other states. We represent many nonprofit, tax-exempt institutions, such as hospitals, charitable corporations, and professional associations.
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Statement of Practice
Accounting Litigation, Administrative, Admiralty/Maritime, Antidumping, Antitrust, Appellate Practice, Banking, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Commercial Transactions, Computer, Condemnation, Condominiums and Cooperatives, Construction Litigation, Corporate, Domestic Relations, Education, Emerging Business, Environmental, Estate Planning and Administration, Foundations and Nonprofit Organizations, Franchising, Health Care and Hospital, Immigration, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Law, International Trade and Customs, Labor and Employment, Libel and Slander Litigation, Licensing and High Technology, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Litigation Management, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal and School Finance and Bond Counsel, Nuclear Power Plant Litigation, Oil and Gas, Pension, Profit-Sharing and Employee Benefits, Product Liability Consulting and Defense, Professional Malpractice Consulting and Defense, Public Law, Real Estate Development and Investment, Securities (Corporate and Municipal), Securities Litigation, State, Finance and Bond Counsel, Taxation, Tax-Exempt Financing, Telecommunications, Toxic Torts Litigation, Transportation, Utilities, Zoning.
Firm Size: 350
Clients
REPRESENTATIVE FIRM CLIENTS: City of Detroit, Michigan
City of Midland, Michigan
Comerica Bank
CMS Energy
DaimlerChrysler Corporation
Denso America, Inc.
Detroit Tigers, Inc.
DTE Energy Company
First of Michigan
Flint Ink Corporation
Ford Credit Company
Henry Ford Hospital
Huntington Banks of Michigan
Kellogg Company
Kelly Services, Inc.
La-Z-Boy Incorporated
Mead Corp.
Michigan State University
Mitsubishi
NCAA
Northwest Airlines
Owens-Illinois
Pharmacia Corporation
Phillips Petroleum
Siemens Corporation
Spartan Stores Incorporated
State of Michigan and its authorities
Tecumseh Products Company
The University of Michigan
Wayne County, Xerox Corporation.
Former Names
Founded in 1852 by Sidney Davy Miller