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| | Address | | 535 Griswold Street, Suite 1000 | | Detroit, Michigan 48226-3692 | | (Wayne Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 313-963-3873 | | Fax: 313-961-6879 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.williamsacosta.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Williams Acosta, PLLC practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice. Trial and Appellate Litigation, all Courts. Environmental, Corporate, Commercial, Municipal, Tort, Eminent Domain and Real Estate, Insurance Defense, Labor and Employment, Wrongful Discharge, Health Care, Products Liability, Licensing and Regulation, Construction Contract Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business, Immigration, Intellectual Property Licensing. | | Firm Size: 8 | Representative Clients:
AAA of Michigan; AFC Enterprises; American Commercial Industries; Careerworks, Inc.; City of Detroit; City of Hamtramck; City of Inkster; City of Pontiac; Columbia Housing, Inc.; Commerce Bank; County of Wayne; Detroit Water and Sewerage Department; Detroit/Wayne County Stadium Authority; Economic Development Corporation of the City of Detroit; General Motors Corp.; Housing and Development Corporation of Wayne County; Mari Automotive, Inc.; Old Line Plastics, Inc.; Pall Corp.; Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation; Trumack Assembly, LLC; Waste Management, Inc.; Venture Industries. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
| | Avery K. Williams (Member) born Cleveland, Mississippi, February 6, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Michigan; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); University of Michigan (J.D., 1982). Author: "Physician and Hospital Joint Ventures: Setting Goals First," Michigan Hospitals, June, 1985. Former Director, Charter Member and Past President, Augustus Straker Bar Association. Member: Detroit, Oakland County, Wolverine and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Real Estate Law; Condemnation Law; Environmental Law; Land Use Litigation. Email: Avery K. Williams | | Ruben Acosta (Member) born Havana, Cuba, April 12, 1959; admitted to bar, 1988, Michigan; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., with distinction, 1982); University of Detroit (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Member: Metropolitan Detroit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; Hispanic and National Hispanic Bar Association. Reported Cases: City of Detroit v. Detroit Plaza Ltd. Partnership, 273 Mich. App. 260, 730 N.W. 2d 523 (2006); Hancuff v. Prism Technologies and Assemblers, LLC, 357, F.Supp.2d 828 (W,D.Pa. 2005); City of Detroit v. Adamo, 466 Mich. 890, 649 N.W.2d 479, 2002; City of Detroit v. Simon, 247 F.3d 619, 2001; City of Detroit v. Adamo, 234 Mich. App. 235, 593 N.W.2d 646, 1999; City of Detroit v. Dept. of Social Services, 197 Mich. App. 146, 494 N.W.2d 805, 1992. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Environmental; Real Estate; Municipal; Business Immigration; Zoning; Wetlands. Email: Ruben Acosta | | David A. Domzal (Member) born Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 25, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Ohio; 1980, Illinois; 1987, Michigan; 2004, Colorado. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.E., 1972) Eta Kappa Nu; University of Toledo (J.D., 1976). Author: "Host Agreements: Siting Solid Waste Facilities in the 1990s," Air, Water and Waste Technologies Conference, Detroit, Michigan, 1991; "Who is Driving This Thing?! Managing Legal Matters into the 1990's and into the Millennium," Crain's Detroit Business, May 18, 1998; "Environmental Issues in Residential Real Estate," Michigan Lawyers Weekly, February 28, 1998; "Humbug Development Won't Hurt Nature," Detroit Free Press, August 10, 1998; "So Your Client Wants to Own an Underground Storage Tank," Michigan Lawyers Weekly, June 28, 1999; "Buying or Selling a Business? Watch for Environmental Risks," Michigan Lawyers Weekly, December 20, 1999; "One Man's Trash May be Michigan's Treasure," Detroit News, January 3, 2000; "Michigan Must Tap into Green Energy," Crains Detroit Business, October 20, 2003; "Maybe Detroit Can be 'Diversity Town'," Crain's Detroit Business, October 25, 2004. Registered Professional Engineer, Ohio. Group Vice President and General Counsel, Waste Management, Inc., 1992-1996. Village of Beverly Hills Village Council, 2001-2005. Member: Oakland County, Ohio State and Colorado State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Commercial; Construction; Real Estate; Environmental; Energy; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: David A. Domzal | | Alan D. Wasserman (Member) born Rochester, New York, April 21, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, District of Columbia; 1986, Michigan. Education: Hamilton College (A.B., summa cum laude, 1980); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Phi Beta Kappa. In-State Consultant, Bender, Brownfields Law and Practice, 2000-2006. Author: "Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Stormwater Permits," Laches (Oakland County Bar Association), No. 317, 1992. Co-Author: "Environmental Trench Warfare: The Gelman Sciences Litigation," Michigan Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1991; "The Implications of 'Polluters Pay' on Real Estate Transactions," Laches (Oakland County Bar Association), No. 305, 1991; "Michigan Brownfield's Redevelopment," 1997 Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University Review, 1217. Co-Author: "Winds of Change - Legislative Reform of MERA," Michigan Bar Journal, October 1994; "Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Stormwater Permits, Laches," Oakland County Bar Association, June 1992; "Loading the Guns - Private Cost Recovery Actions: The Role of the Environmental Consultant;" "E2M: The Journal of Environmental Engineering and Management," Vol. 2., No. 4, 1992; "Environmental Trench Warfare: The Gelman Sciences Litigation," Michigan Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 10 No. 3 1991; "The Implications of Polluters Pay on Real Estate Transactions," Laches, Oakland County Bar Association, June 1991. Editor, Michigan Chapter, "Michigan's Brownfields Redevelopment," Brownfields Law and Practice, 4 Detroit College of Law R, 1998 and Bender, 2002. Member: Detroit, Oakland and Washtenaw County Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Insurance Coverage; Brownfields Redevelopment. Email: Alan D. Wasserman | | Victor J. Torres (Member) born Adrian, Michigan, September 22, 1960; admitted to bar, 1990, Michigan, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of International Trade; 2002, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1982; J.D., 1989). Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Latin American Bar Section). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate; Employment Law; Litigation. Email: Victor J. Torres | | —————————— | | Krystal N. Lyons (Associate) born Detroit, Michigan, September 16, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Michigan. Education: Western Michigan University (B.S., cum laude, 1995; B.B.S., 1995); Wayne State University Law School (J.D., 2000). Author, IICLE Environmental Law, Chapter 10, Reporting Requirements, September, 2000. Reported Cases: Hancuff v. Prism Technologies and Assemblers, LLC, __, F.Supp.2d __ (W,D.Pa. 2005); 2005 WL 453101. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Employment Law. Email: Krystal N. Lyons |
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