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| | Address | | Comerica Building, Suite 800, 151 Rose Street | | Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007-4802 | | (Kalamazoo Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 269-382-1483 | | Fax: 269-382-1568 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.h2law.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| | Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative, Business, Commercial, Corporate, Creditors Rights, Education, Employee Benefits, Environmental, Financial Institutions, Gaming, Government Relations, Immigration, Intellectual Property (Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Gaming), Labor and Employment, Litigation, Probate, Public Finance, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation (Federal, State and Local), Trusts and Estates. | | Year Established: 1869 | Firm Profile:
Founded in 1869, Howard & Howard is a full service law firm providing national and international legal services from our five offices in Michigan, Illinois and Nevada. Our distinguished clientele consist of organizations from the manufacturing, distribution, service and public sectors including automotive, retail, real estate, healthcare, high technology, financial services, and public/private finance, as well as governmental entities. Our attorneys are dedicated to our philosophy of providing high quality legal services, on time, at a reasonable price which meet or exceed our clients' expectations, and to our Strongly Held Beliefs. Our success stems in part from our corporate form of governance, which allows us to deliver more efficient service, and our commitment to constant communication internally and externally with our clients. | | Firm Size: 90 | Representative Clients:
National City Bank of Michigan/Illinois; Stryker Corporation; MPI Research, Inc.; A.M. Todd Company; Checker Motors Corporation; Kellogg Company; DaimlerChrysler Corporation; Kmart Corporation; Caterpillar, Inc.; ExxonMobil; Lafarge North America, Inc. Financial Institutions: Citizens Banking Corporation; Fifth Third Bancorp; Franklin Bank, N.A.; The Huntington National Bank. Health Care: United Memorial Hospital; Marion Memorial Hospital; Martin Luther Memorial Home; Manufacturing: BASF Corporation; Becton Dickinson; Delphi Automotive; Federal-Mogul Corporation; Unisys Corporation. Municipalities, Schools and Exempt Organizations: City of Detroit; City of Clawson; City of St. Joseph; City of Southgate; City of Trenton; Greater Peoria Airport Authority; State Building Authority of Michigan. Real Estate: Chrysler Realty Corporation; The Trammell Crow Company; The Farbman Group/NAI. State Tax Counsel For: AT&T Wireless; Catalina Marketing; General Products Corporation. |
Other Office Locations of Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A.
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.
| | Robert C. Beck (Member) admitted to bar, 1981, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1977); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., 1981). Delta Theta Phi; Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award. Author: "Tort Reform in Michigan," Tort and Insurance Practice Section, ABA, 1996. Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan Instructor, 1983-1985. Federal Court Mediator and Commentator, Institute of Continuing Legal Education; Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Kalamazoo County, 1981-1986. Elected as Fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation, 1997. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Law Practice Management); Kalamazoo County Bar Association (Chair: Civil Practice Committee; Bench Bar and Judicial Selection Committees); American Bar Association (Vice Chair, Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee, 1994-1996; Litigation Committee; Tort and Insurance Practice Committee; Construction Litigation Committee). Practice Areas: Business and Corporate Law; Construction Law; Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Robert C. Beck | | Jeffrey P. Chalmers (Member) admitted to bar, 1975, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., with honors, 1969); Detroit College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1975). Recipient: Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Scholarship Award for Excellence in the Study of Law; Patrick E. Ludwig Leadership Award; American Jurisprudence Book Award, "Estates ad Future Interests." Founder, Former Director and General Counsel, Portage Commerce Bank. Former President and Director of Hospital Hospitality House of Kalamazoo, Inc. Member, Board of Directors, Bronson Health Foundation. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Real Property; Taxation and Business Law); Kalamazoo County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business and Corporate Law; Construction Law; Financial Services; Real Estate. Email: Jeffrey P. Chalmers | | James H. Geary (Member) admitted to bar, 1972, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1974, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1968); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1972). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Award on Constitutional Law, 1990—. Listed, Super Lawyer, 2006—. Life Member, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference. Member: Kalamazoo County, Federal (President, 1998-1999) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Committee on U.S. District Courts, 1998-2002); Kalamazoo County Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1983-1985). [Legal Clerk, U.S. Army, 1969-1971]. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Reported Cases: Michigan v. Long, 463 U.S. 1032 (1983); State Bank of Standish v. Curry (amicus), 442 Mich. 76 (1993); Wiedemayer v. The Midland Mutual Life Ins. Co., 414 Mich. 369 (1982); Byington v. Byington, 224 Mich. App. 103 (1997); Weitting v. McFeeters, 104 Mich. App. 188 (1981); First of America Trust Co. v. Armstead, 664 N.E. 2d 36 (Ill. 1996); Blanchard v. Simpson Plainwell Paper Corp, 925 F.Supp 510 (1995). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: James H. Geary | | Scott Graham (Member) admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court; 1988, Michigan, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit; 1996, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Kalamazoo College (B.A., 1977); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1981). Moot Court Adjunct Professor, Trial and Appellate Advocacy, Loyola University School of Law, 1986. Member: State Bar of Michigan; Illinois State Bar; Kalamazoo County Bar Association; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labor, Employment and Immigration; Litigation; Public Sector/Municipal. Email: Scott Graham | | Joseph B. Hemker (Member) admitted to bar, 1981, Michigan; 1986, Indiana; 1990, Illinois. Education: Western Michigan University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 1981). Recipient: Corpus Juris Secundum Award; West Publishing Company Hornbook Award; American Jurisprudence Book Awards in Wills and Trusts, Sales and Negotiable Instruments, Administrative Law, Evidence and Civil Procedure; Burns Memorial Scholarship Award; Southfield Bar Association Award. Law Clerk to Hon. Robert J. Danhof, Chief Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals, 1982-1983. Past Adjunct Instructor, Banking and The Law, Kalamazoo Valley Community College. Member: Kalamazoo County Bar Association; American Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Corporations; Finance; Business Law); Illinois State Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Corporations; Banking; Finance). Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services. Email: Joseph B. Hemker | | James R. Shinar (Member) admitted to bar, 1989, Michigan; 1997, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Western Michigan University (B.S., 1982); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., 1989). Member: Kalamazoo County Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Business and Corporate; Creditors' Rights; Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Administration; Litigation. Email: James R. Shinar | | Christopher E. Tracy (Member) admitted to bar, 1994, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1995, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Seventh Circuits; 2001, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan. Education: James Madison College of Michigan State University (B.A., 1990); Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1993). Visiting Instructor, James Madison College of Michigan State University, Summer 1994. Visiting Instructor, Appellate Advocacy, Loyola University-Chicago School of Law, 1997-1998. Member, Board of Directors, Parks Foundation of Kalamazoo. Member: Kalamazoo County and Federal Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Committee on United States Courts). Reported Cases: United States v. Medco Physicians Unlimited, 2001 WL 293110 (N.D. Ill. March 26, 2001); United States v. Barnes, 230 F.3d 311 (7th Cir. 2000); United States v. Brinson, 1999 WL 982973 (N.D. Ill. 1999); United States v. Blassingame, 197 F.3d 271 (7th Cir. 1999); United States v. Hallmark Construction Co., 1998 WL 433774 (N.D. Ill. July 23, 1998), 14 F. Supp.2d 1065 (N.D. Ill. 1998), 14 F. Supp.2d 1069 (N.D. Ill. 1998), 30 F. Supp.2d 1033 (N.D. Ill. 1998), 200 F.3d 1076 (7th Cir. 2000); Chicago Tribune Co. v. FAA, 1998 WL 242611 (N.D. Ill. 1998); Aleem v. Perryman, 114 F.3d 672 (7th Cir. 1997); Battaglia v. Browner, 963 F. Supp. 689 (N.D. Ill. 1997); Anagnost v. Garvey, 1997 WL 428557 (N.D. Ill. July 23, 1997), 1997 WL 792978 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 22, 1997), 1998 WL 386373 (N.D. Ill. July 2, 1998), 170 F.3d 704 (7th Cir. 1999). Practice Areas: Business and Corporate; Environmental; Litigation. Email: Christopher E. Tracy | | Shamra M. VanWagoner (Member) admitted to bar, 1990, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan. Education: International Institute, Madrid, Spain (1986); Kalamazoo College (B.A., 1987); Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., 1990). Member: Kalamazoo County Bar Association (Past President, Young Lawyers Section); State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Probate; Estate Planning; Real Estate). Practice Areas: Business and Corporate; Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Administration; Real Estate. Email: Shamra M. VanWagoner | | ASSOCIATE | | Suzanne K. Klein (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Michigan. Education: Western Michigan University (B.S.; M.S.); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., magna cum laude). Member: State Bar of Michigan; Federal Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business and Corporate; Construction Law; Employee Benefits; Intellectual Property; Litigation. Email: Suzanne K. Klein | | OF COUNSEL | | William E. Bowser (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1960, Michigan, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Allegheny College (A.B., 1956); University of Michigan (J.D., 1959). Delta Theta Phi. Member, Barrister Society. Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association; Kalamazoo County Bar Association (Director, 1975-1981; President, 1978-1979; First Vice-President, 1977-1978; Second Vice-President, 1976-1977). Practice Areas: Business and Corporate Law; Estate Planning Law; Probate; Real Estate Law. Email: William E. Bowser | | Alfred J. Gemrich (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1963, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 1967, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. Claims Court; 1990, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana. Education: Kalamazoo College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1960); Western Michigan University (M.A., with honors, 1976); Yale University (J.D., 1963). Phi Beta Kappa. Instructor of Law, Western Michigan University, 1966-1967. Director, Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Former Representative to Assembly); Indiana State Bar Association; Kalamazoo County Bar Association (Former Officer and Director). [USNR active duty, 1956-1958. Honorable Discharge]. Practice Areas: Business Law; Construction Law; Estate Planning Law; Litigation; Real Estate Law; Tax Law. Email: Alfred J. Gemrich | | Robert J. Moser (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1965, Wisconsin and Michigan. Education: Western Michigan University (B.B.A., 1960); Marquette University (J.D., 1965). Member: Kalamazoo County Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Business Law; Probate Law; Real Estate Law; Tax Law. Email: Robert J. Moser | | Mary L. Pate (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1990, Alaska; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit; 2007, Michigan. Education: University of Kentucky (B.B.A., 1983); University of Alaska (M.B.A., 1985); University of Puget Sound School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Member: State Bar of Michigan; Alaska Bar Association. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Mary L. Pate | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Ann Arbor, Michigan Office: One North Main, Suite 300, 101 North Main Street. Telephone: 734-222-1483. Fax: 734-761-5957.
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Office: The Pinehurst Office Center, Suite 101, 39400 Woodward Avenue. Telephone: 248-645-1483. Fax: 248-645-1568.
Las Vegas, Nevada Office: The Wells Fargo Tower, 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1400. Telephone: 702-257-1483. Fax: 702-567-1568.
Peoria, Illinois Office: One Technology Plaza, Suite 600, 211 Fulton Street. Telephone: 309-672-1483. Fax: 309-672-1568.
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