 |   | | | Law Firm in Detroit, Michigan | A Professional Limited Liability Company | Founded in 1852 by Sidney Davy Miller |
| | Address | | 150 West Jefferson, Suite 2500 | | Detroit, Michigan 48226-4415 | | (Wayne Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 313-963-6420 | | Fax: 313-496-7500 Cable Address: "Stem Detroit" | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.millercanfield.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Reviser of the Michigan Law Digest for this Directory. | Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Accounting Litigation, Administrative, Admiralty/Maritime, Antidumping, Antitrust, Appellate Practice, Banking, Bankruptcy & Reorganization, Commercial Transactions, Computer, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Construction Litigation, Corporate, Domestic Relations, Education, Emerging Business, Environmental, Estate Planning & Administration, Foundations & Nonprofit Organizations, Franchising, Health Care & Hospital, Immigration, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Law, International Trade & Customs, Labor & Employment, Libel & Slander Litigation, Licensing & High Technology, Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution, Litigation Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Municipal & School Finance & Bond Counsel, Nuclear Power Plant Litigation, Oil & Gas, Pension, Profit-Sharing & Employee Benefits, Product Liability Consulting & Defense, Professional Malpractice Consulting & Defense, Public Law, Real Estate Development & Investment, Securities (Corporate & Municipal), Securities Litigation, State, Finance & Bond Counsel, Taxation, Tax-Exempt Financing, Telecommunications, Toxic Torts Litigation, Transportation, Utilities, Zoning. | Firm Profile:
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. | | 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. |
Other Office Locations of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.
Naples, Florida, U.S.A.
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.
Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.A.
Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A.
Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.A.
Troy, Michigan, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Gdynia, Poland
Katowice, Poland
Warsaw, Poland
| | PRINCIPALS OF FIRM | | Samuel J. McKim, III, (P.C.) (Principal) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, December 31, 1938; admitted to bar, 1965, Michigan. Education: Port Huron Junior College (A.A., 1959); University of Michigan (A.B., with distinction, 1961; J.D., with distinction, 1964). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Michigan Law Review, 1963-1964. Adjunct Professor of Law, State and Local Taxation, Wayne State University Law School, 1994—. Member: Detroit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member of Council, Taxation Section, 1981-1984; Chairman, State and Local Tax Committee, Real Property Section, 1983-1990). Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel. Biographee in Best Lawyers in America, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, and Who's Who in American Law. Selected publications include: " Is Michigan's Ad Valorem Property Tax Becoming Obsolete," 77 U.D. Mercy L. Rev. 655 (2000); CCH 2002 Guidebook to Michigan Taxes; 1999 Michigan Tax Handbook Research Institute of America (1999); Michigan Adopts Use Tax Nexus Standards, State and Local Taxes Weekly, Research Institute of America (6.1.99); "Michigan Enacts Voluntary Disclosure Amnesty Provisions", State and Local Taxes Weekly, Research Institute of America (9/8/98); "Michigan Court Reverses Department of Treasury Position on Percentage Industrial Processing Exemption and Creates Bad Debt Exemption", State Tax Review, CCH (6/15/98); "Another Milestone in Michigan's Establishment of Single Business Tax Act Nexus Jurisdiction", State & Local Tax Review, CCH (4/27/98); "1998 Michigan Tax Handbook" - Research Institute of America (1998); "Impact of Michigan Oil and Gas Severance Tax 'In Lieu'of Provision on Michigan Income Tax Act", State and Local Taxes Weekly, Research Institute of America (4/22/96); "The Michigan Single Business Tax and 'Nowhere Income '", State and Local Taxes Weekly, Research Institute of America (1/29/96); "Michigan Makes Sweeping Changes in Single Business Tax", State and Local Taxes Weekly, Research Institute of America, (1/22/96); "Non-Resident Subchapter S Shareholder Not Subject To Michigan Personal Income Tax", State and Local Taxes Weekly, Research Institute of America, (1/96); "'Supercap 'is Unconstitutional says Attorney General Kelly", Michigan Real Property Review (Fall, 1996); "Michigan Makes Sweeping Changes in Single Business Tax", State and Local Taxes Weekly, Research Institute of America (1/96); "The Michigan Single Business Tax and 'Nowhere Income '", State and Local Taxes Weekly, Research Institute of America (1/96); "Non-Resident Subchapter S Shareholder Not Subject To Michigan Personal Income Tax", State and Local Taxes Weekly, Research Institute of America (1/96); "Michigan Adopts Radical New Property Tax Approach", State and Local Taxes Weekly, Research Institute of America (11/95); "Michigan's Property Tax 'Cap '- Not As Simple As It Sounds", Michigan Real Property Review (Summer, 1995); "Michigan's Single Business Tax Act Jurisdictional Tests as Seen Through The Guardian and Gillette Cases", The Michigan CPA (Spring, 1995); "Michigan By Administrative Bulletin Adopts the 'Real Object Test 'for Sales and Use Tax", State and Local Taxes Weekly, Research Institute of America (4/17/95); "Michigan Court Holds Part of Single Business Tax Definition of 'Tax Base 'Unconstitutional", State and Local Taxes Weekly, Research Institute of America (12/27/94); "Michigan High Court Adopts Broad Reading of Industrial Processing Exemption", State and Local Taxes Weekly, Research Institute of America (12/19/94); "Are Creative Efforts Taxable Under Michigan's Sales and Use Tax Acts?", The Adcrafter - The Voice of Advertising in Detroit (12/2/94); "Michigan's Retroactive Use of Non-PL 86-272 Nexus Test is Under Fire", State and Local Taxes Weekly, Research Institute of America (11/7/94); "Michigan Department of Treasury is Retroactively Changing Its SBT Jurisdiction Test", State and Local Taxes Weekly, Research Institute of America (6/13/94); "Can Discovery Accelerate Major Tax Tribunal Proceedings?", The Michigan Assessor (4/92) and Public Corporation Law Quarterly (5/92); "Property Tax Valuation - The Sales Comparison Approach: A New Look At An Old Theory", 67 Mich St. B.J. 22 (1/88); "The Rouge Steel Decision - Industrial Real Property or 'Star Wars, Stock Markets, Shell Games and Magic'". 26 The Michigan Assessor, Nos. 9 and 10, pp. 28 and 4 (1985); "State and Local Taxation", 31 Wayne L REV 793 (1985); "Prehearing Preparation for Valuation Expert Witnesses - Some Points to Consider", 24 The Michigan Assessor No. 8 (1983); "Some Legal Problems in Appraising Special Purpose Properties for Assessment Purposes," Legal Problems in Property Assessment and Taxation (IAAO 1983); "A Case Study - Variations in the Approach to Valuation of Regulated Industry Property", Legal Problems in Property Assessment and Taxation (IAAO 1983); "The Single Business Tax Taxpayer", 22 Wayne L REV 1043 (1976); "Michigan Single Business Tax Seen as a VAT", 19 The Tax Executive 25 (1976); "Taxation - Federal Tax Liens - Priority of Senior Federal Tax Lien Over Local Tax Lien in Mortgage Foreclosure", 61 Mich L REV 1583 (1963). Practice Areas: State and Local Taxation Law; Administrative Law. Email: Samuel J. McKim, III, (P.C.) | | Rocque E. Lipford, (P.C.) (Principal) born Monroe, Michigan, August 16, 1938; admitted to bar, 1964, Michigan and Ohio. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.M.E., 1960; M.S.M.E., 1961; J.D., with distinction, 1964). Tau Beta Pi; Pi Tau Sigma. Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association; Society of Automotive Engineers. Legatus, Knights of Malta. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Antitrust Law; International Business Law. Email: Rocque E. Lipford, (P.C.) | | Kristin A. Hermann (Principal) born Dearborn, Michigan, January 31, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Michigan; 2005, Texas. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction, 1993; J.D., 1996). Recipient, Case Club Book Award for Excellence in Legal Writing and Advocacy. Member: State Bar of Michigan; State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Women Lawyers Association of Michigan. Practice Areas: Finance; Real Estate. Email: Kristin A. Hermann | | P. Rivka Schochet (Principal) born Minneapolis, Minnesota; admitted to bar, 1989, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 1995, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit. Education: University of Minnesota (B.A., summa cum laude, 1984); Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 1988). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Member, Phillip P. Jessup International Moot Court Team, 1986 Recipient, Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law Award, 1988. Submissions Editor, Human Rights Law Review, 1987-1988. Author: "Workers' Compensation and Psychiatric Injury Definition," 22 (5) Intl. J. Law 7 Psychiatry 603 (1999); "A New Role for an Old Rule: Local Remedies and Expanding Human Rights Jurisdiction under the Torture Victim Protection Act," 19 (1) Columbia Human Rts. L. Rev. (1987).Speaker, "The Telecommunications Act of 1996, Selected Provisions Affecting zoning and Rights of Way," Michigan Municipal League, Municipal Finance Officers' Association, Annual Fall Training Institute, 1996. Michigan State Court Administrative Office Community Mediator. Oakland Mediation Center Community Mediator, 46th Circuit Court. Member, Board of Directors and Director of Education Committee, Bais Chabad Torah Center. Member, International Law Society, 1986 Research Mission to Cuba. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Detroit Metropolitan, New York State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Languages: Yiddish, Hebrew. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Constitutional Law; Appellate Law; Tort Litigation; Business Litigation; Dispute Resolution; Mediation; Class Action Defense; Franchises and Franchising. Email: P. Rivka Schochet | | Bruce D. Birgbauer (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, April 21, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, Michigan. Education: Williams College (B.A., with highest honors in Political Science, 1964) Phi Beta Kappa; Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1967). Chair, European and North American Marketing Committees for the Partnership and Advisory Board Member, Detroit Regional Economic Partnership. Member: Association of Corporate Growth; Michigan Economic Development Association. Author and lecturer on many subject dealing with family and closely held businesses, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, including an article entitled "Creation of a U.S. Presence by Joint Venture, Merger or Acquisition". Listed in all editions of the corporation and international sections of "The Best Lawyers in America". Member: Detroit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Former Chairman, Corporation, Finance and Business Law Section and Securities Law Committee; Immediate Past Chair, International Law Section). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; International Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Joint Ventures; Intellectual Property; Governmental Incentives. Email: Bruce D. Birgbauer | | Carl H. von Ende (Principal) born Chicago, Illinois, June 6, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1964; J.D., 1968). Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Business Litigation). Member: Detroit (President, 1988-1989) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chair, 1999—). Practice Areas: Litigation; Securities Regulation Law; Banking Law. Email: Carl H. von Ende | | Erik H. Serr (Principal) born Erie, Pennsylvania, June 13, 1940; admitted to bar, 1966, Michigan; 1970, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Michigan (B.S. Elec. Engr.; B.S.E. Math, 1963; J.D., 1966). Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Planning Counsel. Member: Washtenaw County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections of: Corporation, Finance and Business Law; Intellectual Property Law; Probate, Estate Planning and Taxation Law). (Senior Principal) (Ann Arbor Office). Practice Areas: Corporate; Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Estate Planning. Email: Erik H. Serr | | Allyn D. Kantor (Principal) born Memphis, Tennessee, October 3, 1940; admitted to bar, 1964, Michigan; 1991, Florida. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.S., 1962); University of Michigan (J.D., 196 4). Adjunct Professor ADR University of Michigan Law School. Author: "7 Deadly Sins: Mistakes Mediators Make and How to Resolve Them," Lawyers Weekly, May 20, 2002; "Mediation Can Settle Your Case If..." Res Ipsa Loquitor, February, 1997; "What Do You Mean by Mediation?" Res Ipsa, July, 1993 edition; "Mediation-An Alternative Solution to Resolving Business Disputes," Ann Arbor Business-to-Business, August, 1993 edition; "How to Resolve Disputes and Avoid Litigation Costs," Ann Arbor Business-to-Business, September, 1993 edition; "Expanding the Strike Zone of Corporate Liability: A Call for a Return to Traditional Concepts," Environmental Hazards, February, 1991, Vol. 3, No. 2 edition; "Environmental Contractual Provisions in Corporate Transactions," Environmental Liability in Land Use Transactions, a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Florida Bar Association, June 25, 1992. Faculty Member: University of Michigan Trial Advocacy Program, 1989—; National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1989—. Member, State Bar ADR Sections. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Business Litigation and Alternate Dispute Resolution. Secretary, Florida State Bar Out of State Division. Member: Washtenaw County (President, 1986-1987) and American (Member, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Sections) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Associate Member, Character and Fitness Committee, 1984-1987; Council Member, Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution; Elected Member, State Bar Representative Assembly, 1997; Chair, Special Issues Committee; Member, State Bar Board of Commissioners 2003-2006); The Florida Bar (President, Out of State Division). Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Michigan State Bar Foundation. Reported Cases: Knoblach v. Kenyon, 163 MA 712 (1987); Snediker Developers v. Evans & Webster, 733 F. Supp. 984 (E.D. Mich. 1991); Anspec, et al v. Johnson Controls, et al, 922 F2d 1240 (6th Cir. 1991); Servo Kinetics, Inc. v. Tokyo Precision Instruments Co. Ltd. et al, 475 F.3d 783 (6th Cir. 2007). Practice Areas: Alternate Dispute Resolution. Email: Allyn D. Kantor | | Thomas G. Parachini (Principal) born Newark, New Jersey, April 5, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Virginia and U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1973, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., cum laude, 1966); George Washington University (J.D., 1969). Member: Detroit, Oakland County, Kalamazoo County, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; Defense Research Institute. [With U.S. Army, JAGC, 1969-1973]. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Products Liability Law; Toxic Tort; Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice Litigation; Medical Malpractice Law. Email: Thomas G. Parachini | | Gregory L. Curtner (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, February 20, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Federal Circuits; Court of International Trade; United States Supreme Court. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A., 1967; J.D., 1970). Member: Detroit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. (Ann Arbor and New York, N.Y. Offices). Reported Cases: World of Sleep, Inc. v La-Z-Boy Chair Company, 1982-2 Tr. Cases §64,854 (D. Colo. 1982), aff'd in part, rev'd in part and remanded, 756 F.2d 1467 (10th Cir. 1985), cert. denied, -- U.S. -- 106 S. Ct. 77 (1985); Michigan State Podiatry Association v Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, 1982-2 Tr. Cases §64,801 (E.D. Mich. 1982); Action Publications, Inc. v Panax Corp., 1986-1 Tr. Cases §67,029, appeal dismissed (1989); Asher Edelman v Fruehauf Corporation, -- F. Supp. --, CCH F.Sec.L. Rptr. §92,863 (E.D. Mich 1986), aff'd, 798 F.2d 882 (6th Cir. 1986); Equitable v Michigan Citizens Lobby, 423 Mich. 188 (1985); United States v Graham Mortgage Co., 564 F.Supp. 1239 (E.D. Mich. 1983) rev'd, 740 F.2d 414 (6th Cir. 1984); Smith v Northern Michigan Hospitals and Burns Clinic Medical Center, P.C., 518 F.Supp. 644 (W.D. Mich. 1981) aff'd in part, rev'd in part, 703 F.2d 942 (6th Cir. 1983), later appeal, Smith v Burns Clinic Medical Center, P.C., 779 F.2d 1173 (6th Cir. 1985); Shavronoch v Clark Oil & Refining Co., 1982-3 Tr. Cases §65,093 (E.D. Mich. 1982), aff'd, remanded, 726 F.2d 291 (6th Cir. 1984); Friendship Materials, Inc. v Michigan Brick, Inc., 679 F.2d 100 (6th Cir. 1982); Lynch Corporation v Omaha National Bank, 82 F.R.D. 478 (D.S.D. 1979) affd in part and rev'd in part, 666 F.2d 1208 (8th Cir. 1981); D.E. Rogers Associates, Inc. v. Gardner Denver Company, 718 F.2d 1431 (6th Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 467 U.S. 1242 (1984); Cooperstone v Official Sports Center, Inc., 1977-2 Tr. Cases §61,623 (E.D., Mich. 1977); Clairol, Inc. v Boston discount Center, 608 F.2d 1114 (6th Cir. 1979); Overseas Motors v Import Motors Limited, 375 F.Supp. 499 (E.D. Mich. 1974), aff'd 519 F.2d 119 (6th Cir.) cert. denied, 423 U.S. 987 (1975), subs. appeal, 595 F.2d 1224 (6th Cir. 1979); Huron Valley Pub. Co. v Booth Newspapers, Inc. 336 F.Supp. 659 (E.D. Mich. 1972); University of Michigan Board of Regents v State of Michigan, 47 Mich. App. 23 (1973), aff'd, 395 Mich. 52; 235 N.W.2d 1 (1975) Practice Areas: Antitrust Law; Media Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Gregory L. Curtner | | Kenneth E. Konop (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, September 17, 1942; admitted to bar, 1970, Michigan, Illinois and District of Columbia. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1964); Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1969); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1970). Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2001- 2002 Edition. Author: "The 'Other Beneficiary'—Tax Apportionment Clauses," Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Journal, Summer 1992; "The Revised Michigan Claims Statute," Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Journal, Winter 1989; "Taxation of Seniors," Laches, published by the Oakland County Bar Association, June 1989; "Individual Retirement Account Deductions," Laches, published by the Oakland County Bar Association, April 1987; "Recent Developments: Income, Estate, & Inheritance Taxes," Laches, published by the Oakland County Bar Association, December 1986. Contributing Author: "Inheritance Tax," Michigan Tax Practice and Procedure 2nd Edition, published by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1983. Seminars: Arranged the 39th Annual Probate and Estate Planning Seminar, cosponsored by the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Grand Traverse Resort, Acme, Michigan, 5/20-22/99 and Troy, Michigan, 6/11-12/99; Moderator and Speaker, "The Marital Deduction: Solving the Estate Planning Puzzle," sponsored by The Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Grand Rapids and Troy, Michigan, 3/13/98 and 3/27/98; Seventh Annual Drafting Estate Planning Documents Seminar, sponsored by the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Grand Rapids, and Troy, Michigan, 1/16/98 and 1/23/98; Sixth Annual Drafting Estate Planning Documents Seminar, sponsored by the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Troy, Michigan, 1/31/97; Speaker, 1996 Advanced Estate Planning Institute, cosponsored by the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Troy, Michigan, 11/15/96; Moderator, 36th Annual Probate and Estate Planning Seminar, cosponsored by the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Grand Traverse Resort, Acme, Michigan, May 16-18, 1996; "Administration of Trusts in Michigan, Creditors' Rights to Trust Assets," sponsored by ICLE, Grand Rapids and Troy, Michigan, 3/6/96 and 3/29/96; 4th Annual Drafting Estate Planning Documents Seminar, sponsored by the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State bar of Michigan and ICLE, Grand Rapids and Troy, Michigan, 1/6/95 and 1/27/95; Moderator and Speaker, "Estate Planning for the Marital Deduction (Including the New QTIP Regulations)," sponsored by ICLE, Grand Rapids, Michigan and Southfield, Michigan, 9/16/94 and 9/27/94; "Federal Estate and Gift Tax—Michigan Estate Tax and Estate Planning," sponsored by Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration, Troy, Michigan, 6/7/94; "Post Mortem Planning (Including Form 706)," sponsored by MACPA, Livonia, Michigan, 11/12/93; "Estate Planning and Preparation of Federal Estate and Fiduciary Tax Returns," sponsored by ICLE, Dearborn, Michigan, 10/21/93; Moderator, 33rd Annual Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan and ICLE, Grand Traverse Resort, Acme, Michigan, 5/13-15/93, and Dearborn, Michigan, 6/11-12/93; "Drafting Estate Planning Documents II," cosponsored by the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan and ICLE, Troy, Michigan, 2/5/93; "Fundamentals of the Federal Estate and Gift Tax, the Michigan Inheritance Tax and Estate Planning," sponsored by Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration, Troy, Michigan, 12/9/92; "Doing it Right: Business Succession Planning," sponsored by Walsh College of Accountancy and Administration, Troy, Michigan, 8/19/92; Pre-retirement Seminar, sponsored by General Motors Corporation, Warren, Michigan, 9/23/91 and 4/1/92; "How to Probate an Estate in Michigan," sponsored by ICLE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 3/12/92, and Troy, Michigan, 3/27/92; "Estate Planning and Probate in Michigan," sponsored by NBI, Southfield, Michigan, 2/5/92; "Current Developments in Estate Planning," sponsored by the Oakland County North Small Practitioners, Troy, Michigan, 12/19/91; Commentator," 1991 Advanced Estate Planning Institute," sponsored by ICLE, Detroit, Michigan, 12/16/91; "Current Developments in Financial and Estate Planning," sponsored by Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration, Troy, Michigan, 11/29/91; "Fiduciary Accounting," sponsored by MACPA, Livonia, Michigan, 6/24/91; "Michigan Probate," sponsored by NBI, Southfield, Michigan, 6/19/90 and 2/12/91; "Sheltering Estate Assets from Creditors and the IRS in Michigan," sponsored by NBI, Southfield, Michigan, 2/27/90; "Basic Probate in Michigan," sponsored by NBI, Lansing, Michigan, 3/22/89, 3/22/90, and Southfield, Michigan, 3/23/89. 3/23/90; "Section 2036(c) of the Internal Revenue Code," sponsored by ICLE, Southfield, Michigan, 2/23/89; "Michigan Probate: Beyond the Basics," sponsored by NBI, Lansing, Michigan, 10/18/89, and Southfield, Michigan, 10/19/89; "Estate Planning," sponsored by Lapeer Bank, Metamora, Michigan, 10/2/89; "Michigan Claims Statute," by the State Bar of Michigan Annual Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, 4/12/89, Farmington Hills, Michigan, 8/17/89, and Lansing, Michigan, 9/22/89; "Estate Planning for the Executive," sponsored by Comerica Bank Trust Department, Detroit, Michigan, 7/11/89; "Michigan Claims Statute," sponsored by Manufacturers National Bank, Detroit, Michigan, 6/28/89; Commentator, "Will Drafting," sponsored by ICLE, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 4/13/89; "Michigan Claims Statute," sponsored by National Bank of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, 4/5/89; "Estate Planning," cosponsored by Comerica Bank and MCPS Roseville, Michigan, 10/13/88; "Estate Planning & Probate in Michigan," sponsored by NBI, Saginaw, Michigan, 9/17/87, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, 9/18/87. Chairperson of the Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan. Member of the Probate and Estate Planning Advisory Board (1998 to 2002) to the Institute of Continuing Legal Education. Member, The Financial and Estate Planning Council of Detroit, Inc. Member: Detroit, Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel. (840 West Long Lake Road, Troy Office). Practice Areas: Probate Law; Estate Planning Law; Estate and Trust Litigation. Email: Kenneth E. Konop | | Leonard D. Givens (Principal) born Elmira, New York, September 10, 1943; admitted to bar, 1971, Michigan. Education: Mansfield State College (B.S., 1965); Howard University (J.D., 1971). Delta Theta Phi. Member, Law Journal Invitee, Moot Court Team. Member: Detroit, Wolverine, American and National Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Labor Council). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; School Law. Email: Leonard D. Givens | | Bettye S. Elkins (Principal) born San Antonio, Texas, April 3, 1941; admitted to bar, 1971, Michigan; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Texas (B.J., with honors, 1962); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1970). Author: Article, An Analysis of the Michigan Supreme Court's First Decision in a Withdrawal of Life Support Case: In re Martin. (Ann Arbor Office). Practice Areas: Health Care Law; Computer Law. Email: Bettye S. Elkins | | W. Mack Faison (Principal) born Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, October 25, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Michigan and New York; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th and 6th Circuits. Education: North Carolina State University and North Carolina Central University (B.A., 1966); Harvard University (J.D., 1969). Author: ICLE, Anatomy of a Lawsuit, Presentation on Closing Argument, 1994; Co-Author: Chapter on Household Products, Product Liability Practice Guide, Edited by John F. Vargo, Matthew Bender, 1988. Local Rules Advisory Committee, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1993-1998. Member: Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1992-1995; Michigan State Bar Association, Committee on Character and Fistness, 1998-2002; Board of Directors, Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services, 1990-1992. Member: Detroit Bar Association; Wolverine Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Character and Fitness Committee, 1997—); National Bar Association; American Bar Association (Member, Litigation and Tort Insurance Sections); Federal Bar Association. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Product Liability Defense; Tort Defense; Personal Injury; Insurance Coverage. Email: W. Mack Faison | | Joseph F. Galvin (Principal) born Boston, Massachusetts, June 18, 1942; admitted to bar, 1971, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1967); Wayne State University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1971). Phi Eta Sigma. Adjunct Professor, Wayne State Law School, 1974-1983. Member, University of Detroit Law School Financial Transactions Institute, 1984-1996. Member, Michigan Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions, 1978—. President, Wayne State University Law School Alumni Association, 1983-1984. Member: Detroit, Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Real Estate Litigation; Land Use; Environmental Litigation. Email: Joseph F. Galvin | | Ronald H. Riback (Principal) born Chicago, Illinois, May 5, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1968); DePaul University (J.D., 1971). Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association. (840 West Long Lake Road, Troy Office). Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Commercial and Real Estate Lending Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Law. Email: Ronald H. Riback | | Thomas P. Hustoles (Principal) born Chicago, Illinois, December 24, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan and University of Detroit (B.A., summa cum laude, 1972); University of Detroit (J.D., summa cum laude, 1973). Delta Theta Phi; Alpha Sigma Nu. Editor-in-Chief, University of Detroit Journal of Urban Law, 1972-1973. Law Clerk to Chief Judge T. John Lesinski, Michigan Court of Appeals, 1973-1974. Author: "Faculty & Staff Dismissals: Developing Contract & Tort Theories," 10 Journal of College & University Law 435, 1983-1984; "ADEA Challenges to Early Retirement Plans," 51 Michigan Bar Journal 614 (1989): "Dealing With Employee Misconduct On and Off Duty," CUPA Journal, Winter 1994 Vol. 45; No. 4. Co-Author: How to Conduct a Sexual Harassment Investigation (NACUA); with Dr. Oren Griffin, "Employment Discrimination in Higher Education," 27 Journal of College and University Law 341 (2000); with Michelle A. Smith, "Employment Discrimination Cases in Higher Education: A Review of the 1995 Judicial Decisions," 27 Journal of College and University Law 403 (1997). Co-Editor, Legal Issues in Faculty Employment (NACUA, 1989). Co-Editor, Regulating Racial Harassment on Campus (NACUA). Editor, Michigan Employment Law Handbook (Michigan Chamber of Commerce, 1999). Chair, Editorial Board, Journal of College and University Law, 1989-1992. Member: Detroit, Kalamazoo and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Section Council, 1987-1990); Michigan Public Employer Labor Relations Association; National Association of College and University Attorneys (Member, Board of Directors, 1989-1992). (Kalamazoo Office). Reported Cases: Paquin v. Northern Michigan University, 79 Mich. App. 605 (1977); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wayne County Community College, 723 F.2d 509 (6th Cir. 1983); Dahlman v. Oakland University, 172 Mich. App. 502 (1988); Grand Rapids Community College Faculty Association v. Grand Rapids Community College, 239 Mich. App. 686 (2000). Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination Law; Labor (Management) Law; School Law. Email: Thomas P. Hustoles | | William J. Danhof (Chair, Public Law Dept.) born Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 10, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1971); University of Michigan (J.D., 1974). Member: Ingham County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; ABA Foundation; American College of Bond Counsel (Charter Member); Association of Municipal Bond Attorneys; State Bar Client Protection Fund; The Fellows of the Michigan State Bar Foundation. (Lansing Office). Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Finance (or Bond) Law. Email: William J. Danhof | | Clarence L. Pozza, Jr. (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, October 31, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1971; J.D., cum laude, 1974). Secretary and Director, Van Patrick Memorial Foundation, 1990—. Director, 1992— and President, 1997-1998, Old Newsboys Goodfellows Fund of Detroit. Director, 1982-1995 and President, 1992-1993, University of Michigan Graduate M Club. Co-Chair and Faculty Member, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Arbitrator Training Seminar Program, 1993-1997. Co-Chairman and Faculty Member, American Arbitration Association Securities Arbitrator Development Program, 1991-1996. Faculty Member, Midwest Securities Institute and Detroit Bar Association Annual Securities Seminar, 1988—. Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Panel Member and Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association, Large Complex Case Panel, 1993—. Securities Mediator, American Arbitration Association. Faculty Member, Lender Liability, Dispute Resolution for Financial Institutions, American Arbitration Association, 1993. Member, Commercial Advisory Panel, American Arbitration Association, 1991—. Managing Director of Miller Canfield, P.L.C., 1993—. Co-Chair of the Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. Member: Detroit, Federal and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Securities; Insurance; Corporate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Regulatory and Compliance Counseling. Email: Clarence L. Pozza, Jr. | | Jerry T. Rupley (Principal) born Lima, Ohio, December 20, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1971); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, American College of Bond Counsel. Trustee and Treasurer, Northville Public Schools Board of Education, 1999-2003. Member: Detroit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Municipal Finance (or Bond) Law(90%); College Law(8%); Health Law(2%). Email: Jerry T. Rupley | | Michael W. Hartmann (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, November 20, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1972; J.D., magna cum laude, 1975). Listed in Best Lawyers in American - Business Litigation. Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Banking Litigation; Construction Law; Accounting Malpractice; Legal Malpractice Law. Email: Michael W. Hartmann | | Kent E. Shafer (Principal) born Union City, Indiana, January 15, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Michigan. Education: Wayne State University (B.A., with high distinction, 1970; J.D., cum laude, 1975). Phi Beta Kappa. Note and Comment Editor, Wayne Law Review, 1974-1975. Contributing Author: Michigan Securities Regulation, Moscow & Makens, Ed., 1983 and 1994. Member: Detroit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Committee on State Securities Regulation, 1985—). Practice Areas: Securities Offerings; Business Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: Kent E. Shafer | | Thomas W. Linn (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, April 27, 1948; admitted to bar, 1976, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction and honors in Economics, 1970; M.P.P., 1972; J.D., cum laude, 1976). Member: Detroit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Municipal Finance; Project Finance; Municipal Securities. Email: Thomas W. Linn | | Jerome R. Watson (Principal) born Inkster, Michigan, March 3, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1972; J.D., 1976). Member: Detroit, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination Law; Labor Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Jerome R. Watson | | Frank L. Andrews (Principal) born Rhinebeck, New York, June 8, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1972); University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Articles Editor, Vol. 11, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, 1975-1976. Member: Oakland County and American (Chairman, Environmental Legislation Subcommittee of the Business Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. (Senior Principal) (840 West Long Lake Road, Troy Office). Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Construction and Finance; Closely Held Business Law; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Environmental Defense - Civil and Criminal; Environmental Law. Email: Frank L. Andrews | | Donna J. Donati (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, October 6, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Wayne State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); University of Michigan (J.D., 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Detroit, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Labor Law Section); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; Michigan Defense Trial Counsel; Oakland Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Litigation; Defamation Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Donna J. Donati | | Donald W. Keim (Principal) born Avon Lake, Ohio, July 15, 1942; admitted to bar, 1977, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1964; Ph.D., 1970; J.D., 1977). Member: Detroit and American (Member, Section on Local Government Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; National Association of Bond Lawyers; American College of Bond Counsel. Practice Areas: Municipal Finance Law; Bond Law; Tax Exempt Financing Law; Tax Exempt Securities. Email: Donald W. Keim | | Larry J. Saylor (Principal) born Biloxi, Mississippi, November 7, 1948; admitted to bar, 1976, District of Columbia; 1977, Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals for The District of Columbia; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Miami University (A.B., 1970); The Ohio State University (M.C.R.P., 1976); University of Michigan (J.D., magna cum laude, 1976). Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, 1974-1975 and Article Editor, 1975-1976, Michigan Law Review. Author: Note, "Condemnation Blight and the Abutting Landowner," 73 Michigan Law Review 583, 1975; "Federation Court Grants Summary Judgment in Huron Valley Case," 10 American Hospital Association, Health Law Vigil, No. 2 (1987); "District Court Grants Summary Judgement in Huron Valley Case," 1 American Bar Association, Section of antitrust Law, Antitrust Health Care Chronicle Vol. 2 (1987); "Dealer Termination Litigation," 66 Mich. Bar J. 516 (1987); with Gerald E. Rosen, Annual Survey of the Law: Civil Procedure, 30 Wayne Law Review 273 (1984); Note, Condemnation Blight and the Abutting Landowner, 74 Mich. L. Rev. 583 (1975); "Are You Violating Antitrust Laws," Michigan Hospital Association, Michigan Hospitals Magazine (Jan.-Feb. 1992); "Business Law Update," Michigan Law, Vol, 1, No. 10 (1989). Co-Author: "1983 Survey of Michigan Law: Civil Procedure," 30 Wayne Law Review 274, 1984. Speaker: Michigan State Bar Antitrust Section and Inventors Council of Michigan Program on "Birth and Growing Pains of the High Tech Company," (1985); Program on "Arbitrating Franchise Claims," American Arbitration Association, Michigan Region (1993); Program on "Unfair Competition," Michigan State Bar Association and Institute for Continuing Legal Education (1990). Moderator and Speaker, Program on: "Handling the Dealer, Sales Representative or Franchise Termination Case," Michigan State Bar Association and Institute for Continuing Legal Education (1993); "Antitrust Counseling and Compliance in the Post-Reagan Era," Michigan State Bar Association (1989). Law Clerk to the Honorable George E. MacKinnon, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1976-1977. Member: State Bar of Michigan; Bar Association of the District of Columbia; Federal and American Bar Associations. [1st Lt., U.S. Air Force, 1970-1972]. Practice Areas: Antitrust Law; Commercial Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Larry J. Saylor | | James G. Vantine, Jr. (Principal) born Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, April 11, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Michigan; 1980, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Michigan; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2000, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, 1976-1977; Note and Comment Editor, 1977-1978, Wayne Law Review. Author: "Assignment of Rents in Michigan: Cash Collateral Issues in Bankruptcy," Federal Bar Association (1993). Speaker: "Fundamentals of Bankruptcy," Kellogg National Credit Department (1999, 1998, 1990); "Lessons Learned" P & U National Credit Symposium (1998); "Are Preferential Transfers Dead in the Sixth Circuit?" Federal Bar Association (1997); "Strategic Issues in Banking," RMA Spring Study Conference (1995); "Bankruptcy Problems and Solutions," ICLE (1993); "Current Chapter 11 Issues," Federal Bar Associations (1992); "Remedies of Lenders and Landowners in Commercial and Residential Transactions, ICLE (1990); Commentator, "Michigan's Ultimate Trial Notebook," ICLE (1999, 1997, 1993); "Art of Cross Examination," ICLE (1996). Member: Kalamazoo County, Federal (Member, Bankruptcy Section), Indiana State (Member, Sections on: Litigation, Bankruptcy and Creditor's Rights) and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Litigation; Committees on Commercial and Banking Litigation, and Bankruptcy and Insolvency) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Litigation); American Bankruptcy Institute; Risk Management Associates. (Kalamazoo Office). Reported Cases: Fox Meyer Heath Corp. v. McKesson Corp. (In re: Fox Meyer Corp.), 230 B.R. 791 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 1998); In re: Mount Pleasant Limited Partnership, 144 B.R. 727 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 1992); McAlpine v. Comerica Bank-Detroit (In re: Brown Brothers, Inc.), 136 B.R. 470 (W.D. Mich. 1991); Boyd v. Dock's Corner Associates (In re: Great Northern Forest Products, Inc.) 135 B.R. 46 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 1991); Citizens Trust & Savings Bank v. Schafer (In re: Schafer) 99 B.R. 352 (W.D. Mich. 1989); In re: Pianowski, 92 B.R. 225 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 1988); Shinville Associates, Inc. v. Miller Equipment Co. (In re: Shinville Associates, Inc.) 46 B.R. 352 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 1985); Upjohn Manufacturing Company v. Schweiker, 681 F.2d 480 (6th Cir. 1982); First National Bank and Trust Company of Michigan v. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 495 F. Supp. 154 (W.D. Mich. 1980); Roth v. Bank of the Commonwealth, Fed. Sec. L. Rep. (CCH) ¶96, 716 (1978). Practice Areas: Creditors Rights Law; Lender Liability Defense; Secured Transactions Law; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Control Litigation. Email: James G. Vantine, Jr. | | Richard J. Seryak (Principal) born Columbus, Ohio, August 11, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio; 1976, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 1981, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1998, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1972); George Washington University (J.D., 1975). Notre Dame Scholar. Recipient, William Collins Scholarship Award. Co-Editor, Employment Law in Michigan: An Employer's Guide (1997, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Ann Arbor). Author: "1977 Annual Survey of Michigan Law: Labor Law," 24 Wayne Law Review 575-605, 1978; "1978 Annual Survey of Michigan Law: Labor Law," 25 Wayne Law Review, 1979; "Michigan Employment Relations Commission: An Update On Recent Decisions," 62 Michigan Bar Journal 750, 1983; "Current Developments In Employment Litigation: Front-Pay Awards In Employment Litigation: An Issue For The Judge or Jury?" 17 Employee Relations Law Journal, 131 (summer 1991). Law Clerk to Chairman of Michigan Employment Relations Commission, 1975-1978. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Council Member, Labor Relations Law Section, 1983-1985); Ohio State and Federal (Member, Executive Board, Detroit Chapter, 1989-1991; 1992-1995) Bar Associations. (Senior Principal). Reported Cases: Lead Counsel in Significant Cases: White v. Detroit Edison Co., 472 F.3d 420 (6th Cir. 2006); Ngwenyama v. Board of Regents, University of Michigan, 29 F. Supp. 2d 402 (E.D., Mich. 1998); Adams v. Detroit Tigers, Inc., 961 F.Supp. 176 (E.D.Mich. 1997); Hyde v. University of Michigan, 226 Mich. App 511 (1997); Johnson v. Honeywell Information Systems, Inc., 955 F.2d 409 (1992); Rush v. United Technologies Otis Elevator, 930 F.2d 453 (6th Cir. 1991); Adams v. Harding Machine Co., 56 Ohio App. 3d 150, 565 NE2d 858 (1989); Zeffel v BDP Co., 716 F. Supp. 1147 (SD Ind 1989); Nora v. Carrier Corp., 861 F.2d 457 (6th Cir. 1988); Rosacrans v. Kingon, 154 Mich App 381 (1986) (lv denied), 428 Mich 862; Kay v. United Technologies Automotive Corp., 757 F.2d 100 (6th Cir. 1985); Romero v Paragon Steel Div. Portec Inc. (on remand), 129 Mich App 566 (1983); Morris v. Chemlawn Corp., 541 F. Supp. 479 (E.D. Mich. 1982); Harper Woods Federation of Teachers v. Harper Woods Board of Education, 103 Mich App 649 (1981); Co-Counsel: Moore v. Detroit School Reform Board, 293 F.3d 352 (6th Cir. 2002), cert. denied 537 U.S. 1226 (2003); Union 2000, Teamsters v. Northwest Airlines, 21 F.Supp.2d 751 (E.D. Michigan. 1998); Hayden v. La-Z-Boy Chair Co., 9 F.3d 617 (7th Cir. 1993); Lucas v. Leaseway Multi-Transportation, 738 F. Supp. 314 (E.D., Mich. 1990), aff'd 920 F2d 701 (6th Cir. 1991); McCluskey v. Womack, 188 Mich App 465 (1991). Practice Areas: Employee-Employer Relations Law; Employment Discrimination Law; School Law. Email: Richard J. Seryak | | Leland D. Barringer (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, March 23, 1943; admitted to bar, 1978, Michigan; 1979, Florida. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., high honors, 1965); Duke University (M.A., 1967); University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1972); University of Illinois (J.D., magna cum laude, 1978). Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Detroit, Oakland County, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial; Securities; Employment; Malpractice. Email: Leland D. Barringer | | Timothy D. Sochocki (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, March 30, 1949; admitted to bar, 1978, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.G.S., with high distinction, 1974; J.D., cum laude, 1978). Adjunct Professor of Law, Real Estate Finance, Wayne State University Law School, 1987-1989. Chairperson, Public Financing Committee, Real Property Law Section, State Bar of Michigan, 1984-1987. Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association. (Ann Arbor Office). Practice Areas: Health Care Finance Law; Health Care Acquisitions and Affiliations. Email: Timothy D. Sochocki | | Thomas C. Phillips (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, January 29, 1945; admitted to bar, 1974, Michigan. Education: Concordia University, River Forest, Illinois (B.A., 1966); Michigan State University (M.A., 1968); University of Detroit School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Member, Journal of Urban Law. Member, Moot Court Board of Directors. Assistant Attorney General and Assistant Deputy Attorney General, State of Michigan, 1974-1978. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Environmental and Administrative Law Sections; Counsel Member, Environmental Law Section; Chairperson, Superfund Committee); American Bar Association. (Lansing Office). Practice Areas: Environmental Law(90%); Eminent Domain Law; Regulatory Law(10%); Administrative Law. Email: Thomas C. Phillips | | Christopher J. Dembowski (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, April 29, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Michigan; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Western Michigan University (B.S., 1973); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1977). Assistant Attorney General, Michigan, 1977-1985. Member: Ingham County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Public Corporations; Corporations, Finance and Business Law); National Association of Bond Lawyers. (Lansing Office). Reported Cases: Jacobs v. Department of Mental Health 276 NW 2d 627; Avon Township v. State Boundary Commission 293, NW 2d 691; Chase v. State Boundary Commission 303 NW 2d 186. Practice Areas: Municipal Finance (or Bond) Law; Municipal Law; Public Authority Financing Law. Email: Christopher J. Dembowski | | Marjory G. Basile (Principal) born Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, November 22, 1941; admitted to bar, 1979, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Margrove College (B.A., 1963); University of Detroit (J.D., summa cum laude, 1979). Member: Oakland County and American (Member, Litigation Section; Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Litigation Committee; Member, House of Delegates; Intellectual Property; Co-Chair Committee 413 Intellectual Property Licensing; Standing Committee Pre-Paid Legal Services) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member: Board of Commissioners, 2000-2002); Michigan Intellectual Property Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets; Intellectual Properties Law; E-Commerce; Internet Law. Email: Marjory G. Basile | | Michael J. Hodge (Principal) born Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 9, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Michigan; 1976, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., 1970); Michigan State University College of Law (J.D., 1975). Assistant Attorney General, State of Michigan, 1975-1984. Assistant in Charge, Public Employment and Election Division, 1981-1984. Of Counsel to Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone, 1984-1986. Partner, Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone, 1986-1987. Legal Advisor and Special Counsel to the Governor, 1987-1990. 1991—, Partner and Principal, Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone. Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association; Michigan State Bar Foundation; American Inns of Court. (Lansing Office). Practice Areas: Litigation(50%, 24); Commercial(15%, 9); Employment(20%, 11); Administrative Law(10%, 3); Elections(5%, 1). Email: Michael J. Hodge | | J. Kevin Trimmer (Principal) born Highland Park, Michigan, November 4, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois; 1979, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A., with honors, 1974); University of Illinois (J.D., magna cum laude, 1977). Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, University of Illinois Law Forum, 1976-1977. Author: Case Note, University of Illinois Law Forum, Spring, 1977. Member: Oakland County, Illinois State and American (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. (840 West Long Lake Road, Troy Office). Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporation Securities Law; Real Estate (Property) Law. Email: J. Kevin Trimmer | | Richard A. Gaffin (Principal) born Newark, New Jersey, July 20, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Michigan. Education: Lehigh University (B.S.M.E., 1976); American University (J.D., 1979). Co-Author: "Computerized Litigation Support," Computer Law Reporter, March, 1983. Course Faculty Member, Pepperdine University School of Law, Nuclear Litigation, San Diego and Washington, D.C., 1984. Member: Grand Rapids and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Trademark Association. (Grand Rapids Office). Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Intellectual Properties Law. Email: Richard A. Gaffin | | Ronald E. Baylor (Principal) born Kalamazoo, Michigan, February 3, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Michigan. Education: Calvin College (B.A., 1977); Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Author: "Governmental Immunity in Michigan," (ICLE 1991); "Governmental Immunity," in Atkinson & Soper, Torts: Michigan Law and Practice (ICLE 1992); "Governmental Immunity" In Local Government Law & Practice in Michigan (Mich. Municipal League 1999). Speeches & Papers, "Environmental Audits and Inspections: What Every University Attorney Should Know," National Association of College and University Attorneys (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 2004); "Handling Employee Criminal Conduct Including Embezzlement," Society of Medical Managers and Assistants, (Holland, Michigan, May 2003); "Government Automobile Accidents and Highway Claims: The State of Immunity Law After Nawrocki," Institute of Continuing Legal Education (Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 2001); "Governmental Immunity 2000: Millenial Madness?" Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys Institute, (Lansing, Michigan, March 2000); "Environmental Compliance: Who Says It's My Problem And So What If It Is?" Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, Virginia-Carolina Section (Wilmington, North Carolina, June 1997); "What Every Municipal Lawyer Should Know About Air Quality Issues," State Bar of Michigan, Public Corporation Law Section (June 1996); "The Manager's Role in Preparing for Compliance with New Air Quality Regulations: Caught in the Middle," Technical Conference, AESF (Baltimore, Maryland, June 1995); "Handling Emerging Compliance Issues (As You Prepare for Title V)," Air and Waste Management Association (Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 1995); "Preparing for Compliance with the Clean Air Act," Wire Association International, Inc. (Detroit, Michigan, June 1994); "Air Enforcement: Duties and Liabilities of the 'Responsible Official'," Air and Waste Management Association (Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1994); "Required Certifications Under the Clean Air Act," State Bar of Michigan, Environmental Law Section Annual Meeting (1993). Member and Chairman Board of Directors, Kalamazoo Christian School Association (1992-1995); Member and President, Board of Directors, Calvin College Alumni Association (1999-2002); Member, Board of Directors, Junior Achievement of Kalamazoo (2004—). Member: Kalamazoo County (Member, Board of Directors, 1999-2002) and American (Member, Environmental Energy & Resources & Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Environmental Law Section, Negligence Law Section); Air and Waste Management Association. (Kalamazoo Office). Reported Cases: Eliason v. Mich. Dept of Labor, 564 F. Supp 1298 (W.D. Mich. 1983); Mabry v. County of Kalamazoo 626 F. Supp 912 (W.D. Mich. 1986); Andrews Univ v. Robert Bell Ind., 685 F. Supp 1015 (W.D. Mich 1988); Rose v. Figgie Int'l, 56 F.E.P. Cases 41 (W.D. Mich. 1990); Rospatch Jessco v. United States, E.L.J. (1993); Tranker v. Figgie International, 221 Mich. App. 7 (1996); 456 Mich 934 (1998); 231 Mich App 115 (1998) (after remand); Palmer v. Western Michigan University, 224 Mich. App 139 (1997); Kerbersky v. Northern Michigan University, 458 Mich 525 (1998). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Federal and State Tort Claim Law; Litigation. Email: Ronald E. Baylor | | Beverly Hall Burns (Principal) born Jackson, Michigan, November 24, 1945; admitted to bar, 1979, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1967); University of Michigan (J.D., 1979). Member, State Board of Bar Commissioners, 2006—. Member, Board of Directors, Michigan State University Alumni Association, 2003-2006. Member, 2001—, and President, 2004-2006, Michigan State University College of Arts & Letters Alumni Association. Member, 2001—, and President 2004-2006, Michigan Women's Foundation Board of Directors. Member, Board of Directors, Detroit Athletic Club, 2005—. Member, Board of Directors, Detroit Economic Club, 1998—. Member, Nominating Committee, Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, 2006—. Representative prior leadership positions and recognition: Board of Directors, Greening of Detroit; Board of Directors, Michigan Metro Girl Scout Council; Board of Directors and Chair, Grosse Pointe War Memorial; Board of Directors, Grosse Pointe Historical Society; Advisory Board, Grosse Pointe Public Schools; One of Detroit's 100 Most Influential Women, 1997; Finalist, Grant Thornton Executive Woman of the Year, 2003; Featured in New York Times Business Section, "Woman Lawyers Strive for Change to Make it Rain: Succeeding at a Big Firm Means Bringing in Business," 1996. Winner, Michigan Associated Press Feature Writing Award. Representative prior Career Activities: Reporter, feature Editor and City Editor, The Lansing State Journal, Lansing, MI; Free Lance Writer for "National Wildlife," "The Nation," Christian Science Monitor, National Observer and other publications. Associate Professor, Labor Relations, Glassboro State College (Now Rowan State University), New Jersey. Representative speeches and publications: Content Editor, Michigan Law & Practice Encyclopedia RV 15; Publication No. 63850-12, 2007 Edition; Revision Editor, National Association of College and University Attorneys "Practical Guide to Title IX in Athletics". February 1991 testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee on the Civil Rights Act of 1991 and February, 1995, on the proposed Repeal of the Service Contract Act of 1965. Author: "Violence in the School Workplace: A Reality of the '90s," "School Reform Legislation" and "Sexual Harassment in the Schools," The Report Card of educational risk liability; "Educating the Disabled Student: Legal Considerations," Paper for Tenth Annual School Law Seminar, Stetson University College of Law, October 1994; "Incorporating ADR into a Law Firm Practice," Michigan Bar Journal, October 1993; "Current Developments in Employment Litigation," Employee Relations Law Journal, Winter 1990-1991; "Prevailing Wage Legislation," Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1986 (major contribution to analysis of Federal Service Contract Act wage provisions); "NLRB Cases: A History of Violence Repeated," Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1983; Contributor to Multi-Volume Employment Law Survival Guide written by Labor and Employment Relations Department of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., and published by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce; The Service Contract Act of 1965: Time to Revise or Repeal," Villanova Law Review, Vol. 29, No. 2, 1983-1984. Member: Detroit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. (Senior Principal and Deputy CEO). Practice Areas: Labor; Employment Discrimination; School Law; Special Education. Email: Beverly Hall Burns | | Charles S. Mishkind (Principal) born New York, N.Y., May 18, 1944; admitted to bar, 1974, Pennsylvania; 1979, New Mexico; 1981, Michigan and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Arizona (B.A., 1966; J.D., 1971); New York University Law Center (LL.M., Labor Law, 1972). Fellow in the American College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel. Listed in Euromoney Guides to the World's Leading Lawyers and Leading U.S. Labor and Employment Lawyers. Co-Chair, National Finance Industry Employment Law Committee; Member, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Labor Relations Committee; Member, National Retail Federation Committee on Employment Law; Attorney, Enforcement and Advice Divisions, National Labor Relations Board, 1973-1979. Equal Employment Opportunity, Employee Rights, and Employee Benefits Subcommittees of the ABA Labor Section; Employment Litigation Subcommittees; ABA Litigation Section; Labor Section Liaison Chair with the Michigan Offices of the EEOC and OFCCP. Program Chair, ABA Equal Employment Opportunity Subcommittee, Labor Section, 1986-1989. Member, Editorial Advisory Boards, Employee Relations and Employee Benefits Law Journal. Member, Board of Directors of Grand Rapids Urban League, 1989-1992. Adjunt Professor of Labor and Employment Relations, Davenport College. Chapter Editor and Contributing Writer for Lindemann and Grossman, Employment Discrimination Law. Columnist on Employment Litigation for Employee Relations Law Journal and Benefits Law Journal include: Speaker, October 2002, American Employment Law Council 10th Annual Conference, The Shrinking Workforce: A Case Study of Downsizing, Layoffs and RIFS; Speaker, 2002 National Employment Law Institute Annual Advanced Employment Litigation Program, Motion Practice in Employment Law Cases; Speaker, March 2002 Mid-Winter Meeting of ABA EEO Subcommittee, Practical and Legal issues associated with a reduction-in-force involving plant closures, relocation of work, and Section 510 of ERISA; Speaker, Practising Law Institute, 30th Annual Institute on Employment Law, The Big Risk: Class Actions and Pattern Cases and Practice Cases, October 2001; Speaker, The Southwestern Legal Foundation 48th Annual Institute on Labor and Employment Law, October 2001 "Class and Collective Action Overview and Update"; Professional Liability Underwriting Society's LPL-EPL Insurance Issues Symposium 2001 Class Action Update; Chicago-Kent College of Law's "Employment Issues Changing Corporate World," 2001; Co-Chairman and Speaker, Glasser LegalWorks 2001 Class Action Program; Co-Chairman and Speaker, Glasser LegalWorks, 2000 Class Action program, The Big Risk: Class Actions and Pattern Cases and Practice Cases, September 2000; Speaker, Practising Law Institute, 29th Annual Institute on Employment Law, The Big Risk: Class Actions and Pattern and Practice Cases, October 2000; Speaker, The Southwestern Legal Foundation 47th Annual Institute on Labor and Employment Law, October 2000; Speaker, Practising Law Institute, 28th Annual Institute on Employment Law, The Big Risk: Class Actions and Pattern and Practice Cases, November 15-16, 1999. Speaker, The Seventh Annual Conference, The American Employment Law Council, The EEOC as Plaintiff and Intervener, October 1999; Speaker, The Southwestern Legal Foundation 46th Annual Institute on Labor and Employment Law, Strategies for Defending Class Actions/Big Cases. Media Problems - Employee Communication Class Certification - Discovery, Motions in Limine, Dealing with Opposing Counsel, EEOC, et al; October 1999; Speaker, National Employment Law Institute (NELI), Employee Benefits Litigation, Chicago, IL, November, 1998; Speaker, 27th Annual Employment Law Institute, The Big Risk: Class Actions and Pattern and Practice Cases, Chicago, IL, November 1998; Co-Chairman and Speaker, Glasser LegalWorks, Sexual Harassment and Other Employment Issues: Rethinking Workplace Practices After the Recent Supreme Court Term, New York, New York, October 1998; ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July - August, 1998, Reverse Discrimination/Affirmative Action Litigation Update: Where is it Going?; Speaker, National Employment Law Institute, 22nd Annual Employment Discrimination Law Update, San Francisco, California, July 1998, Chicago, Illinois, July 1998, Washington, D.C., August 1998; Speaker, Practicing Law Institute, Litigating Employment Discrimination Class Action Cases, New York, New York, June 1998, The EEO Class Action in the New Millennium; Speaker, 15th Annual Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute, St. Paul, Minnesota, May 1998, Strategic Litigation and Settlement Techniques in Employment Law Cases; Co-Chairman and Speaker, Glasser LegalWorks, Litigation & Settlement of Complex Employment Class Actions, San Francisco, California, April 1998, Public Relations and Communication Issues Before and After Class Certification. Speaker, ABA National Institute, Americans with Disabilities Act, February 1998; Selecting and Using Experts in ADA Cases; Class Action Litigation Communicating with the Public and Class Members, Employee Rel. L.J., Vol. 23 No.3, Winter, 1997; Speaker: National Employment Law Institute, "Employee Benefits Litigation," Chicago, Illinois, November, 1996; The Southwestern Legal Foundation Forty-Second Ann. Institute on Labor and Employment Law, "ADR-Growing Use of Mediation/Arbitration to Handle Employment Claims/Cases; 1995 Ann. ABA Meeting, "A Defense Perspective of the After-Acquired Evidence Defense After McKennon," ABA Employee Rights and Responsibilities Subcommittee, March, 1995, "Settlements - the Right Time - the Right Amount - the Right Language"; ABA EEO Subcommittee Midwinter Committee Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, March, 1994, "Retiree Insurance Benefit and Early Retirement Incentive Plan Litigation;" The Corporate Bar Association of Westchester and Fairfield, Inc. May, 1994 "Employee Benefits Litigation;" New York University's 47th Annual National Conference on Labor, June 1994, "Litigation Under Section 510 of ERISA" and "After-Acquired Evidence;" Chair and Speaker: Michigan ICLE Update on Employment Discrimination and Litigation, June, 1994, "Negotiating and Drafting Settlement Agreements;" National Employment Law Institute on Litigating Glass Ceilings, May, 1994, "Litigating Glass Ceiling Cases;" Co-Chair, Prentice Hall Second Annual Employment Litigation Institute, February, 1993, San Francisco, California and New York City Co-Chair and Speaker on The Controversy Over an Employer's Obligation to Continue to Provide Post-Retirement Benefits; Co-Chair, 1992 Prentice Hall Seminar on The Civil Rights Act of 1991 and Sexual Harassment Developments, "Establishing and Administering Policies Against Racial and Sexual Harassment," Chicago. Co-Chair of 1992 ICLE Seminar on "Defending Claims Under ADA," Dearborn, Michigan. Speaker, ABA National Institute Section of Labor and Employment Law, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, October, 1992, "Alternative Dispute Resolution of Employment Issues," Co-Chair, 1991 Prentice Hall Annual Employment Law Institute, "The Controversy Over the Duration of an Employer's Obligation to Continue to Provide Health and Welfare Benefits to Retirees," 1990 Defense Research Institute's ERISA Litigation Seminar, NYC, "Protected Rights Under Section 510 of ERISA: "Avoiding Something for Nothing;" 1990 ALI-ABA Advanced ERISA Program, "The Controversy Over an Employers' Obligation to Continue to Provide Health and Welfare Benefits to Retirees," Phoenix, Arizona; Practicing Law Institute's January 1990 Employment Litigation Seminar, on "Benefit Administration and Litigation;" Financial Accounting Standards Board Hearings on FASB's proposed "Exposure Draft for Employers Accounting for Post-Retirement Benefits Other Than Pensions;" 1990 Southwestern Legal Foundation's 36th Annual Institute on Labor Law, "The Controversy Over an Employers' Obligation to Continue to Provide Health and Welfare Benefits to Retirees;" Vanderbilt Law School's 1989 Symposium on EEO Developments, Nashville, Tennessee; Co-Chairman, September 27-28, 1989 Employment Claims and Litigation Conference, Executive Enterprises in Chicago, Illinois. Speaker, "Employee Benefit Litigation Over Retiree Insurance Benefits and Under Section 510 of ERISA;" June 1989 CCH Toronto, Canada Seminar, "Employee Benefit Regulation - Pension and Health Care Issues, Severance Pay, Employee Litigation;" "Establishing an Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures;" Practicing Law Institute's April 1988 Annual Employment Litigation Presentation, NYC. Chair, Executive Enterprises Seminar on "Age Discrimination, Wrongful Discharge and Employee Benefit Litigation." Employee Rel. Journal articles include: "Litigating to Settlement on your terms," "Update on Recent Trends in the Law: After-Acquired Evidence, Fraudulent Joinder and Alternative Dispute Resolution," Diversity of Citizenship is a Virtue Everywhere but in Federal Court: Joinder of Non-Diverse Individual Developments to Defeat Federal Jurisdiction of Employment Disputes," and Joinder of Individual Defendants in Employment Litigation: Is Removal Still Possible." Member: American Bar Association (Member, Equal Employment Opportunity, Employee Rights and Employee Benefits Subcommittees of the Labor Section; Employment Litigation Subcommittee, Litigation). Practice Areas: Labor, Employment and Benefit Law and Related Litigation. Email: Charles S. Mishkind | | Stephen J. Ott (Managing Director) born Osaka, Japan, June 25, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1981, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., with high honors, 1976); Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Staff Member, 1977-1979 and Executive Editor, 1978-1979, Wayne Law Review. Author: "Discovery and Information Gathering," Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel, Chapter 61, ACCA/West, 2000 (with William J. O'Brien and Kenneth I Gluckman); "Professional Responsibility," Annual Survey of Michigan Law, Wayne Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 2B (1999); "Professional Responsibility," Annual Survey of Michigan Law, Wayne Law Review, Vol. 44, No 2B (1998); "Torts" (with Richard F.X. Urisko and James D. Robb), Annual Survey of Michigan Law, Wayne Law Review, Vol, 37 No 2B (1991). Law Clerk, Michigan Court of Appeals, 1979-1981. Member: Detroit Metropolitan and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; Michigan Defense Trial Counsel; Association of Defense Trial Counsel. (Senior Principal) (840 West Long Lake Road, Troy Office). Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability Law; Automotive Products Liability; Regulatory Investigations; Accident and Personal Injury Law. Email: Stephen J. Ott | | Amanda Van Dusen (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, December 7, 1952; admitted to bar, 1980, Michigan. Education: Williams College (B.A., cum laude, 1975); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Author: Chapter 6, Special Assessments and User Charges, published by the Michigan Municipal League and the Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys, 1999; "State & Local Government Law," 1983 Annual Survey of Michigan Law, Wayne Law Review, Vol. 30, No. 2, 1984. Co-Chair, Michigan Legislative Commission on Statutory Mandates, 2008—. Member, Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs, 2006—. Detroit Institute of Arts, Board of Directors, 1995—; Executive Committee, (March 1997—), Junior Council Advisory Board Member and Past Board Member. Citizens' Research Council of Michigan, Director, (1993—), Trustee, (1998—), Chair, 1998-2002, Ferndale Board of Education, Member, (1993-1994), Finance Committee, (1998—), Bond Issue Planning Committee, (1995). Michigan Women's Foundation, Trustee, (1998-2001). City of Detroit, Mayor's Committee, 21st Century, (1993). Gleaners Community Food Bank of Greater Detroit, Board Member, (1985-1991). Detroit Regional Chamber, Participant, Leadership Detroit V, Business Contributions Council, (1998—). W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Board of Trustees, 2001—. Council of Michigan Foundation, Board of Trustees, 2001—. Hudson-Webber Foundation, Board of Trustees, 2001—. Past President, Board of Directors, 2003-2005, Michigan Women in Finance. Corp! Magazine Named one of Michigan's Top Businesswomen, 2004. Crain's Detroit Business Honored as one of the Detroit area's "100 Most Influential Women," March 2002. Who's Who in Detroit Business - Law, November 2005. The Best Lawyers in America, Banking Law Section and Public Finance Law Section of the 2003-2004 and 2007 editions, Financial Institutions and Transactions and Public Finance Law Sections of the 2005-2006, 2006 editions. Michigan Super Lawyers, listed in the Bonds/Government Finance Section of the 2006 edition. Member: Detroit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; School Law; School Finance; Election Law; Municipal Solid Waste Recovery Law; Public Finance; Public-Private Partnerships; Tax Exempt Finance; Airport Finance. Email: Amanda Van Dusen | | Peter W. Waldmeir (Principal) born Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, September 18, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, District of Columbia; 1987, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., summa cum laude, 1975); George Washington National Law Center (J.D., 1978). Listed: Best Lawyers; Super Lawyers. Author: Lead Article, "Local Land Use Regulation as State Civil Law: Public Law 280," 12 Tulsa Law Journal 425, 1977; "Federal Enclaves," 1 Final Report: Gambling in America, p. 933, G.P.O., 1977. Instructor, Legal Research Writing, Detroit College of Law, 1978-1980. Clerk: Chief Justice G. Mennen Williams, Michigan Supreme Court, 1978-1980; Chief Judge James N. Canham, 6th Judicial Circuit, Michigan, 1977. Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, 1980-1984. Councilman, City of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1989-2001. Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem, City of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, 1995-2001 and 2003—. Delegate, Southeastern Michigan Council of Government and Michigan Municipal League, 1989-2001. Director: Grosse Pointe Cable Company Board of Directors, 1989-1993. President, Old Newsboys Goodfellows Fund of Detroit, 2007. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Michigan; Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Trial and Appeals; Energy Law; Nuclear Law; Federal Practice; Construction Law; Engineering Law; Corporate Criminal; OSHA; Employment Class Actions; Race Discrimination; Gender Bias; Sexual Harassment; National Origin. Email: Peter W. Waldmeir | | Thomas G. Appleman (Principal) born Texas City, Texas, August 19, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., high honors, 1978); Wayne State University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1981). Co-Editor: Buying and Selling a Business in Michigan Second Edition (ICLE 2003); Advising a Small Michigan Business (ICLE 2000). Author: Chapters 3 and 4, "Considerations in Drafting Asset, Stock, and Membership Interest Purchase Agreements," and "Merger Agreements," Buying and Selling a Business in Michigan Second Edition (ICLE 2003); "Business Associations, 1993 Annual Survey of Michigan Law," 39 Wayne Law Review 317 (1993); "Two Heads are Better Than One--Joint Ventures Provide Financial Advantage without the Costs of a Merger," 1 Michigan Law 20 (July 1989); "Statutory Record Retention Requirements," 249 Laches 8 (1986); "Business Associations, 1983 Annual Survey of Michigan Law," 30 Wayne Law Review 245 (1983). Associate Editor, Wayne Law Review, 1980-1981. Member, Business Law Advisory Board, Institute of Continuing Legal Education. Member: State Bar of Michigan. (840 West Long Lake Road, Troy Office). Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities Offerings; General Corporate Law; Joint Ventures; Partnerships; Blue Sky Law; Business Law; Closely Held Business Law; Leveraged Buy-Outs. Email: Thomas G. Appleman | | Thomas H. Van Dis (Principal) born Kalamazoo, Michigan, February 27, 1947; admitted to bar, 1979, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1969); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Former Commercial Loan Officer, American National Bank (now Fifth Third Bank). Presently, Director of Ship-Pac, Inc. and Secretary of Geislinger Corporation. Former Director and Chairman of Visiting Nurse and Hospice Services of Southwest Michigan. Former Director of Downtown Kalamazoo, Inc. Former Advisory Board Member, Employment Group Holdings. Member: Kalamazoo County and American (Member, Sections on: Corporate Law; Business Law; Health Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; American Health Lawyers Association; Michigan Society of Healthcare Attorneys; Medical Group Management Association; Risk Management Association. (Kalamazoo Office). Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Commercial Lending; Business Law; Commercial Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Health Care; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: Thomas H. Van Dis | | Michael P. Coakley (Commercial Litigation Group Leader) born South Amboy, New Jersey, November 3, 1951; admitted to bar, 1982, Michigan. Education: Richard Stockton State College (B.A., 1974); University of Michigan (J.D., 1982). Author: Michigan Pleadings and Practice - ADR, Vol. 8A §§62A.208-228; (Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, N.Y., 1994); Michigan Bar Journal, Vol. 76, No. 2, February, 1997, De-Mystifying Securities ADR: Reform and Renewal After McMahon. Joined Miller, Canfield, June 1982. Faculty Member: American Arbitration Association - Securities, Construction and Large Complex Case Arbitrator Training, 5/88, 2/89, 9/90, 5/18/93, 5/27/93; NASD Securities Arbitrator Training, 3/3/92, 1/18/94, 6/21/94, 9/13/94, 1/26/96, and Detroit Bar Association Securities Law Institute, 12/10/92, 11/4/93, 12/01/94, and 11/02/95. Member: Detroit, Oakland County (Chairman, Young Lawyers Committee, 1984-1985), Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Commercial Litigation Committee, 1985; ADR Section Council Member, 1994— and Treasurer, 1996; Chairperson-Elect, 1997; Chairperson, 1998-1999). Faculty Member, Institute of Continuing Legal Education Trial Advocacy Workshop, 1999. Injunction Arbitrator NASD, 1996—. Reported Cases: Shavrnoch v Clark Oil and Refining Corp., 726 F 2d 291 (6th Cir 1984); Hrivnak v First of Michigan Corp., 617 F Supp 990 (E D Mich, 1985); Hall v Pizza Hut, 153 Mich App 609 (1986); Carson v Here's Johnny Portable Toilets, Inc., 810 F 2d 104 (6th Cir 1987); Webb v First of Michigan Corp, 195 Mich App 470 (1992); Rawlings v Prudential-Bache Properties, 9 F Supp 513 (6th Cir 1993); Havenick v Network Express, 981 F Supp 480 (E D Mich 1997); First of Michigan Corp v Trudeau, 237 Mich App 445 (1999). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Arbitration; Civil Appeals; Bank Fraud; Banking Litigation; Business Arbitration; Business Fraud; Business Litigation; Business Mediation; Business Torts; Complex Business Litigation; Civil Practice; Federal Civil Practice; Class Action Defense; Commercial Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Mediation; Commercial Torts; Complex Commercial Litigation; Breach of Contract; Commercial Contracts; Contract Fraud; Contract Litigation; Civil Fraud; Intellectual Property Enforcement; Intellectual Property Arbitration; Piracy; Proprietary Rights; Intellectual Property Litigation; Intellectual Property Rights; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Defense Litigation; Trial Practice; Trade Secret Misappropriation; Theft of Trade Secrets; Broker-Dealer Arbitration; NASD Arbitration; New York Stock Exchange Arbitration; SEC Enforcement; Securities Fraud; Securities Fraud Arbitration; Securities Fraud Class Actions; Securities Litigation; Trademarks; Counterfeiting; International Trademarks; Lanham Act; Trade Dress; Trade Names; Trademark Arbitration; Trademark Infringement. Email: Michael P. Coakley | | Jeffrey M. McHugh (Senior Partner) born Detroit, Michigan, June 6, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Michigan. Education: Ohio State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1977); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Phi Kappa Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma; Beta Alpha Psi. Editor-in-Chief, "Federal Taxation of Municipal Bonds," Prentice Hall. Certified Public Accountant, Michigan, 1982. Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association; National Association of Bond Lawyers (Chairman, Tax Committee, Board of Directors, 1999-2002). Fellow, American College of Bond Counsel (Member, Board of Directors, 2003-2007). Practice Areas: Tax Exempt Financing and Arbitrage Law(100%). Email: Jeffrey M. McHugh | | James E. Spurr (Principal) born Jackson, Michigan, May 5, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., cum laude, 1978); Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Member: Kalamazoo County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. (Kalamazoo Office). Practice Areas: Commercial Contract Litigation; Construction Litigation, both Contracts and Torts; Product Liability Defense; Probate, Estate and Trust Litigation. Email: James E. Spurr | | Gregory V. Di Censo (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, June 13, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Michigan; 1981, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A., with high distinction, 1974); University of Utah (J.D., 1978); Wayne State University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1994). Beta Gamma Sigma. Former Adjunct Professor at Wayne State University Law School L.L.M. Program and at Walsh College Masters of Taxation Program. Author: "Handling the Unlimited Marital Deduction in Pre-ERTA Instruments," The Practical Tax Lawyer, Vol. 8, No. 1, Fall, 1993. Named one of "Best Lawyers In Metro Detroit" for 2007 and 2008. Member, National Ski Patrol, 1970—. Member: Detroit and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation and Probate/Real Property) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Probate and Trust Law; Taxation; Chairperson of Estates and Trusts Tax Committee, 1996-1998). (840 West Long Lake Road, Troy Office) (Senior Principal). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Death and Fiduciary Income Tax Compliance; Estate Planning; Probate Administration; Municipal Bond Funds - State Tax Opinions; Employment/Unemployment Tax (Michigan Unemployment Agency). Email: Gregory V. Di Censo | | Brad B. Arbuckle (Principal) born Detroit, Michigan, October 2, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with dist |
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