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| | Address | | 32300 Northwestern Highway, Suite 230 | | Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334 | | (Oakland Co.) | | | |
| | | Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Administrative Practice, Banking, Insurance, Corporation, Real Estate, Municipal, Labor, Tax, Estate Planning, Probate, ESOPs, Employee Benefits, Environmental, Election, Oil and Gas, Immigration, Motor Carrier, Transportation, Licensing, Public Utility and Securities Law, Litigation, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Health and Hospital Law, International, Intellectual Property, Insurance Insolvency, Workers' Compensation, Aviation Law, Construction, Agricultural Law. | | Year Established: 1902 | | Firm Size: 90 |
Other Office Locations of Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C.
Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.
| | SHAREHOLDERS | | Robert E. McFarland (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1971, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit; 2001, New Mexico; 2003, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1971). Member, Barristers. Research Editor, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 1970-1971. Author: "Work in Progress-The Latest Solution to the Small Shipment Problem," Vol. 10 University of Denver Transportation Law Journal 501, 1978; "Motor Carrier Contracts in the 1980's—A Shift in Emphasis?"; "The Preemption Of Tort And Other Common Causes Of Action Against Air, Motor and Rail Carriers," 24 Transportation Law Journal 155 (1997); "To Be Or Not To Be Preempted—Not Is Winning," 8 The Transportation Lawyer 32 (1999); "Trans-Bits," 2-3 The Transportation Lawyer (2001—2003). Law Clerk to Chief Judge T. John Lesinski, Michigan Court of Appeals, 1971-1972. 1981 Transportation Law Institute, p.1. Law Clerk to Chief Judge T. John Lesinski, Michigan Court of Appeals, 1971-1972. Member, Motor Carrier Rules Task Force, Michigan Public Service Commission, 1983-1985. Member, Motor Carrier Advisory Board, Michigan Public Service Commission, 1984-1988. Commissioner, Michigan Truck Safety Commission, 2004—.Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007); Canadian Transport Lawyers Association (U.S. Resident Director, 2003—2004); American Judicature Society. [Capt., USAR, 1971-1980]. Member: Oakland County and American (Member: Public Utilities Section; Section on Administrative Law, 1975—) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Administrative Law Section; Vice-Chairman, Transportation Law Committee, 1989—); Transportation Lawyers Association (Chairman, Board of Governors, Transportation Law Journal, 1981-1983; Distinguished Service Award, 1997; President 2003-2004; LifetuiOfficer, 1998—); American Judicature Society. [Capt., USAR, 1971-1980]. Practice Areas: Motor Carrier Law; Labor and Employment Law; Administrative Law; Trade Regulations Law; Commercial Law. Email: Robert E. McFarland | | Nancy L. Kahn (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1979, Michigan. Education: Wayne State University (B.S. Ed., 1973; J.D., 1978). Law Clerk to Hon. Cornelia G. Kennedy, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1979-1980. Research Attorney, Michigan Court of Appeals, 1979. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Civil Litigation; Insurance Law. Email: Nancy L. Kahn | | Alan G. Gilchrist (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1973, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1969); Wayne State University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1973). Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation. Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Health Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Bowen v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians, et al., 476 U.S. 667; 106 S.Ct. 2133 (S.Ct. 1986); United States, ex rel., Peter Goodstein, et al. v. McLaren Regional Medical Center, et al., 202 F. Supp. 2d 671 (E.D. Mich. 2002). Practice Areas: Health Care. Email: Alan G. Gilchrist | | Paul J. Millenbach (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1989, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Northern Michigan University (B.S., 1984); Thomas M. Cooley (J.D., 1989). Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Negligence Section); Transportation Law Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Negligence; Transportation Law. Email: Paul J. Millenbach | | Dirk H. Beckwith (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1983, Michigan, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1980); Wayne State University (J.D., 1983). Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Oakland County and American Bar Associations; Association for Transportation Law Professionals; Transportation Lawyers Association; Transportation Loss Prevention and Security Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Transportation; Insurance Defense. Email: Dirk H. Beckwith | | Bruce A. Vande Vusse (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1978, Michigan. Education: Calvin College (B.A., 1970); University of Detroit (J.D., 1977). Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association; Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Health Care; Litigation. Email: Bruce A. Vande Vusse | | Alan T. Rogalski (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1991, Michigan. Education: Wayne State University (B.S., 1984); University of Detroit Mercy (J.D., 1990). Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association; American Health Lawyers Association; American Society of Pharmacy Law; South Eastern Michigan Society of Hospital Pharmacists. Practice Areas: Health Care. Email: Alan T. Rogalski | | Brian J. Renaud (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1983, Michigan, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Education: Western Michigan University (B.S., 1979); University of Detroit (J.D., 1982). Author: "Will the EPA's Ozone Reduction Initiatives Permanently Stifle Michigan Economic Growth?" Michigan Forward Magazine, June 2001; "Creditor Committee Liability for Statements made in Connection with Reorganization Cases," 10 Mississippi College Law Review 41, Fall 1989. Co-Author: "Annual Survey of Environmental Law," 42 Wayne State Univ. Law Review 793 (1996). Speaker: "Current Topics in Michigan Air Regulation," Michigan Chemistry Council, 2003; "Environmental Law Considerations in Structuring Real Estate Transactions," Law for the Real Estate Professional, 2002; "Federal and State Ozone Reduction Regulations and their Effects on The Manufacturing and Power Industries," Michigan Chamber of Commerce, 2001. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Environmental Law; Real Property Law); American (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law) and International (Member, Environmental Law Subcommittee, Business Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Commercial Law; Real Estate. Email: Brian J. Renaud | | Francis C. Flood (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1983, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1988, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction, 1980; J.D., 1983). Panelist, Panel of Arbitrators, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., American Stock Exchange and Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Finance and Business Law; Real Estate Law; Family Law); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Tort and Insurance Practice; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Business Law; Member, Surplus Line Subcommittee and Member, Reinsurance Subcommittee, Insurance Regulation and Excess Section); International Association of Insurance Receivers. Reported Cases: First Federal of Michigan v. Barrow, 878 F2d 912 (6th Cir., 1987). Practice Areas: Insurance Regulation; Insurance Products; Insurance Insolvency; Bankruptcy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Law; Real Estate; Administrative Law. Email: Francis C. Flood | | Randall L. Harbour (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1976, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1985, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Tax Court; 2000, Ohio. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1972; J.D., 1975). Author, "The Coming of Revised Article 8 Investment Securities," The Michigan Business Law Journal, Volume XIX, Issue 1, April 1998—. Editor, State Survey Project, Commercial Financial Services Committee, Business Law Section, American Bar Association. Lecturer: Institute of Continuing Legal Education; Banking Associations. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Real Property Law); Ohio State and American (Member, Banking Law Committee, Member, Credit Union Committee and Member, Commercial Financial Services Committee, Business Law Section; Member, Real Property Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Law; Business Law; Finance; Securities; Real Property; Mergers and Acquisitions. | | Deborah J. Williamson (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1997, Michigan. Education: Western Michigan University (B.A., cum laude, 1994); Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997). Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care; Administrative Law; Business Organization; Business Planning. Email: Deborah J. Williamson | | Paul P. Asker (Shareholder) born Detroit, Michigan, January 15, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Michigan; 1998, California. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with honors and high distinction, 1987); London School of Economics (MSc., International Relations, 1988); Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Assistant and Associate Editor, Wayne Law Review, 1989-1991. Author: "Changes in the Rules of Origin in the U.S. - Canada Free Trade Agreement," Vol. 35, No. 4, Summer, 1990. Member: Chaldean Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Business Law; Contracts; Real Estate; Employment Law; Commercial Law; Construction Law; Construction Liens; Litigation. | | Gary E. Perlmuter (Shareholder) born Detroit, Michigan, January 30, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Michigan, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.A., 1989); University of Detroit; Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Note and Comment Editor and Associate Editor, Wayne Law Review, 1990-1992. Author: "Excluding an Accessory After the Fact from a Felony - Firearm Conviction," Vol. 37:4 Wayne L.Rev. Member: Oakland County Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Limited Liability Companies; Real Estate; Contracts; Construction Law; Construction Liens; Employment Law; Litigation. | | Rebecca S. Davies (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1995, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan. Education: University of Michigan, Dearborn (B.S.A., 1991); Detroit College of Law (J.D., 1995). Member: Detroit Metro, Oakland County and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Transportation Law; Commercial Litigation; Municipal Law; Workers Compensation. Email: Rebecca S. Davies | | Frank T. Mamat (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1975, District of Columbia; 1976, Florida; 1984, Michigan. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., 1971); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., 1974). Member: Detroit, Federal (Member, Labor Law Committee) and American (Member: Labor Law Committee; Construction Industry Forum) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Labor Law Committee); State Bar of Michigan (Member, Labor Law Section); District of Columbia Bar (Member, Labor Law Committee). (Also at Lansing Office). Practice Areas: Construction Law; Labor and Employment; Employment Litigation; Union Organization; Unfair Labor Practices. Email: Frank T. Mamat | | Francis G. Seyferth (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1980, Michigan; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1992, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Wayne State University (B.S., 1975); Michigan State University College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1979). Certified Public Accountant, Michigan, 1978. Faculty Member, Taxation Courses, Walsh College, 1980-1999. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Taxation, Probate and Estate Planning; Real Property). Email: Francis G. Seyferth | | ASSOCIATE COUNSEL | | Frederick B. Bellamy (Senior Attorney) admitted to bar, 1964, Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Wayne State University (B.A., 1961; J.D., 1964). Member: Detroit and American Bar Associations; Michigan Trial Lawyers Association; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care. Email: Frederick B. Bellamy | | Gilbert M. Frimet (Senior Attorney) admitted to bar, 1955, Michigan. Education: Wayne State University (A.B., 1952; LL.B., 1954). Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care; Administrative Law. Email: Gilbert M. Frimet | | ASSOCIATES | | Joseph E. Kozely, Jr. (Associate) admitted to bar, 1981, Michigan. Education: University of Detroit (B.A., cum laude, 1968); Wayne State University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Member: Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Health Care. Email: Joseph E. Kozely, Jr. | | Terrence G. Quinn (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Michigan, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1998; J.D., 2002). Member: Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; Wolverine Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Intellectual Property; Entertainment. Email: Terrence G. Quinn | | Alexander A. Ayar (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Oakland University (B.S., Honors, 2003); Wayne State University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association; Chaldean American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial; Real Estate; Municipal; Business; Construction; Estate Planning; Civil Litigation. Email: Alexander A. Ayar | | Eleanore M. Schroeder (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., English, 2000); Wayne State University Law School (J.D., 2005). Member: Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Health Care; HIPAA Compliance. Email: Eleanore M. Schroeder | | Cole M. Young (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., 2004); New York Law School (J.D., 2007). Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Society of Civil Engineers; Urban Land Institute; Michigan Association of Planners (Member, Government Relations Committee). Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Construction Law; Labor and Employment; Municipal Law. Email: Cole M. Young | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Lansing, Michigan Office: 313 South Washington Square. Telephone: 517-371-8100. Telecopier: 517-371-8200.
Grand Rapids, Michigan Office: 1700 East Beltline, N.E., Suite 200. Telephone: 616-726-2200. Fax: 616-726-2299.
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