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| | Address | | 2000 Town Center, Suite 1500 | | Southfield, Michigan 48075 | | (Oakland Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 248-353-7620 | | Facsimile: 248-353-3727; 248-353-4463 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.seyburn.com | | |
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| Seyburn, Kahn, Ginn, Bess and Serlin,
Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
Commercial Litigation, Corporate and Business Planning, Mergers and Acquisitions, Bankruptcy and Creditor Planning, Probate and Estate Planning, Taxation, Real Estate, Zoning, Municipal, Environmental, Computer, Securities, Banking, Wetlands, Floodplains, Government Regulations and Relations, Receivership, Construction, Employee Benefits, Franchise and Family Law in all State and Federal Courts. | Firm Profile:
Seyburn, Kahn, Ginn, Bess and Serlin, P.C., formed in 1976, represents an extensive and diverse base of corporate, banking, securities, real estate, environmental, tax, probate, estate planning and commercial litigation clients. The firm's principal areas of focus consist of corporate and business services, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing, equity and debt offerings, both public and private, succession planning, negotiation of contracts, buy-sell agreements, computer and Internet law; real estate, including acquisition, sale, development and financing of residential and income producing property, zoning and other governmental regulation, condominium formation and conversion, platting, leasing and financing; environmental, including Brownfields and other real estate development, compliance and enforcement of air, water and waste regulations, remediation, flood plains and wetlands; tax, probate and estate planning, including business and individual income tax planning, gift and estate tax planning, transactional and investment tax planning, trust administration, wills and trusts, probate administration, and qualified and nonqualified employment benefit plans; commercial litigation, including contracts, real estate, business and employment disputes, debtor-creditor rights and bankruptcy, environmental and tax litigation, construction disputes, family law, alternative dispute resolution and receiverships. The firm is dedicated to creating innovative, practical ways to help clients meet their goals. | | Firm Size: 44 | Representative Clients:
Absopure Water Company; The Brody Group; Cattleman's, Inc.; Chemetco, Inc.; City of Eastpointe; Contractors Steel Company; Corvus Real Estate Intrn'l; Crosswinds Communities; County of Wayne; D.O.C. Optics Corp.; Darling International; Edward Rose Building Co.; Fifth Third Bank; Franklin Bank; Global Technologies, Inc.; Guardian Alarm Company, Inc.; Guadian Protective Services, Inc.; Hampton Inns, Inc.; Henrob Corporation, USA; The Hooberman Company; Highland Companies; Homedics, Inc.; JAD Construction; Klochko Equipment Rental Co.; Miami Valley Bank; Michigan Association of Metal Finishers; Michigan Production Machinery, Inc.; Motor City Casino; Old Kent Bank; Plastipak Packaging, Inc.; Serin Tool Co.; Showtech Presentation Systems, Inc.; Tomkins Industries, Inc. |
LOCAL COUNSEL FOR: Marubeni America Corporation. | References:
Comerica Bank; Michigan National Bank-Oakland; Bank One. | | Bruce H. Seyburn (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, December 22, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University; University of Michigan (J.D., with high honors, 1967). Certified Public Accountant, Michigan, 1970. Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association; Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Real Estate Law. Email: Bruce H. Seyburn | | Bruce S. Kahn (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, August 21, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Michigan; 1973, California. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., magna cum laude, 1968); Harvard University (J.D., 1971). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: State Bar of Michigan; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Bruce S. Kahn | | James M. Ginn (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, June 11, 1928; admitted to bar, 1953, Michigan; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1949); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1952). Public Administrator, Oakland County, 1959-1979. Counsel: Michigan State Auditor General, 1962; Small Business Administration, 1962-1963. City Attorney, City of Southfield, 1962-1967. Member: Detroit, Southfield (President, 1974-1975), Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Real Estate and Government Regulation of Real Estate; Zoning; Wetlands; Flood Control. Email: James M. Ginn | | Barry R. Bess (Member) born Muskegon, Michigan, September 9, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1965); Wayne State University (M.B.A., 1967; J.D., 1970; LL.M., Taxation, with high honors, 1975). Phi Alpha Delta. Trustee: Olson-Kulka Foundation, 1975-2002; Platinum Charitable Foundation, 2001-2002. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Probate); American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Taxation; Probate and Estate Planning; Trust Administration; Corporate Law. Email: Barry R. Bess | | Joel H. Serlin (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, April 13, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1965); Wayne State University (J.D., 1968). Member: Southfield, Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; American Arbitration Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Consulting; Receiverships; Special Matters. Email: Joel H. Serlin | | Gordon S. Gold (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, April 24, 1947; admitted to bar, 1971, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1971). Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, Criminal Procedure and Legal Writing, University of Detroit, 1976-1986. President B'Nai B'rith Barristers, 1984-1986. Department Head, Fraud and General Crimes Unit, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1972-1978. Member: Detroit, Oakland County (Member, Committees on: Mediation (Chair, 1994-1995); Co-Chair Elect, Public Advisory Committee, 1998-2002; Circuit Court, 1998—) and Federal (Executive Board Member, 1982-1986) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, State Bar Judicial Qualification Committee, 1994-1997; Chairperson, Constitutional Law Committee, 1980-1982; Treasurer, Litigation Committee, 1998-—). President, Detroit Tennis & Squash Club, 2001—. Civil Case Mediator/Arbitrator. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Family Law; White Collar Crime; Health Care Law; Employment Discrimination; Construction Litigation. Email: Gordon S. Gold | | Mark S. Cohn (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, October 31, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., with honor, 1979); Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Tau Epsilon Rho. Articles and Book Review Editor, Wayne Law Review, 1981-1982. Author: Note "The Demise of the Felony Murder Doctrine in Michigan," 28 Wayne Law Review 215, 1981. Member: Oakland County Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Real Estate Acquisition; Real Estate Sales; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Development; Zoning Law; Government Regulation of Real Estate; Condominium Formation and Conversion; Entity Formation; Corporate Law; Business Acquisitions; Business Operation; Business Sales. Email: Mark S. Cohn | | Harold R. Oseff (Member) born Whittier, California, July 18, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1968; J.D., cum laude, 1972). Associate Editor, University of Michigan Law Review, 1971-1972. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Taxation, Employee Benefits Committee; Labor Law; Probate and Estate Planning Law; Corporation, Finance and Business Law; Council Member, Probate and Estate Planning Law Section, 1984-1987); Oakland County Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Taxation; Employee Benefits; Health Care Law; Probate and Estate Planning Law; Corporate Law. Email: Harold R. Oseff | | Leslie Stein (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, January 12, 1950; admitted to bar, 1980, Michigan. Education: George Washington University; Oakland University (B.A., with honors, 1976); Wayne State University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1980). Member, Wayne Law Review, 1978-1979. Co-Author: "The Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984," 63 Michigan Bar Journal 775, 1984. Author: "Bankruptcy and the Small Business Creditor," 37 Michigan C.P.A. 39, 1985; "Amendment of Section 105 Grants Judges Sua Sponte Powers - Does It Constitute Judicial Carte Blanche?" VI American Bankruptcy Institute Newsletter, 7, 1987. Speaker: "Cost Effective Delivery of Legal Services," State Bar of Michigan Annual Meeting, 1992; "Lender Liability: A Practical Approach" Financial Institutions Update, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1992; Written Materials Co-Authored by Ellen Alter, Multiple in-house seminars for Comerica Bank, including programs on lender liability, frequent documentation exceptions, Article 9 fundamentals, introduction to Chapter 11, fraudulent conveyance, Attorney-Client privilege. Teaching Assistant, Civil Procedure, Wayne State University, 1978-1980. Member, Commercial Law League of America, 1982-1988. Member: Detroit (Member, Creditor-Debtor Law Committee, 1983—) and Federal (Member, Detroit Chapter, Bankruptcy Section, 1982—) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Corporation, Finance and Business Law Section); Women Lawyers Association of Michigan (Treasurer, 1984-1985); American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Loan Workouts Law; Bankruptcy Law; Secured Transactions; Corporate Law. Email: Leslie Stein | | Barry M. Rosenbaum (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, November 14, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Michigan; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1988, U.S. Tax Court; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Michigan (B.A. with distinction, 1973); Wayne State University (J.D., 1976). National Moot Court Team. Author: "Focus: Recovery of Lost Profits," The General Practitioner, August, 1979. Mediator, Oakland Circuit Court. Member: Oakland County Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan. Reported Cases: Michigan Basic Property Insurance Association v. Michigan Mutual Insurance Co., 122 Mich. App. 420, 1983; Trepel v. Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital, 135 Mich. App. 361, 1984; O.D. Silverstein, M.D., P.C. v. Services, Inc., 165 Mich, App. 355, 1987; Rosenbaum v. Davis Iron Works, 669 F. Supp. 813, ED Mich., 1987; Pi-Con v. A.J. Anderson, 435 Mich. 375, 1990; McCarthy & Associates v. Washburn, 194 Mich. App. 676, 1992; In re Washburn Estate, 195 Mich. App. 42, 1992; Baks v. Moroun, 227 Mich.App. 472, 1998. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Probate Litigation. Email: Barry M. Rosenbaum | | Tova G. Shaban (Member) born New York, N.Y., September 19, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Queens College of the City University of New York (B.A., cum laude, 1979); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Cardozo Law Review, 1983. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Award for Trusts and Estates, 1984 and Criminal Procedure I, 1985. Member: Oakland County Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Probate. Email: Tova G. Shaban | | Alan Michael Stillman (Member) born Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 24, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., with honors, 1984); Wayne State University (J.D., 1987). Member: Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Real Estate Law. Email: Alan Michael Stillman | | Henry M. Nirenberg (Member) born Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 3, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Michigan and U.S. District Court, District of Michigan; 1985, U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Toronto (B.A., with honors, 1980); Thomas Cooley Law School (J.D. cum laude, 1984); Wayne State University (LL.M., Corporate and Finance, 1990). Member: Oakland County Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation; Non-Competition; Trade Secrets Litigation; Family Law; Arbitration. Email: Henry M. Nirenberg | | Richard E. Baker (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, November 15, 1944; admitted to bar, 1976, Michigan, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Michigan (B.S., Chemistry, 1966); Western Michigan University (M.B.A., 1967); University of Detroit (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Member, University of Detroit Law Review, 1973-1974. Member: Detroit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Employee Benefits; Health Care Law; Corporate; Tax. Email: Richard E. Baker | | Ronald L. Cornell, Jr. (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, June 16, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, North Carolina; 1992, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Denison University (B.A., 1986); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1989). Pi Sigma Alpha; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Executive Authorities Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1988-1989. Author: "Property Damage Claims Against the Customs Service: Are There Adequate Remedies?" 22 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 385, 1989. Member: North Carolina State Bar; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Ronald L. Cornell, Jr. | | David C. May (Member) born Lubbock, Texas, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Ohio; 1980, Michigan; 1982, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Kentucky (B.A., 1972); Cleveland State University (J.D., 1975); Georgetown University (M.L.T., 1980). Member: State Bar of Michigan; Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Corporate Tax Planning; Individual Tax Planning; Estate Planning. Email: David C. May | | Michael N. Santeufemia (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, March 23, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Michigan. Education: Wayne State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1989); Loyola University (J.D., 1992). Member: Macomb County Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan; Italian-American Bar Association. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Corporate; Business Law. Email: Michael N. Santeufemia | | Barry R. Powers (Member) born Mount Clemens, Michigan, October 2, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1990, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., with honors in English, 1984); Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law. Note and Comment Editor, Wayne Law Review, 1986-1987. Author: Chapter 6, "Responsive Pleadings and Initial Motions," Michigan Civil Procedure, ICLE, 1999; "Civil Procedure, Annual Survey of Michigan Law," 41 Wayne L. Rev. 379, 1995; "Civil Procedure, Annual Survey of Michigan Law," 38 Wayne L. Rev. 639, 1992; "Preliminarily Enjoining the Threatened Breach of Non-competition and Confidentiality Agreements," 16 Mich. Bus. L.J. 10, 1994. Member, State Bar of Michigan Judicial & Professional Ethics Committee, 2002-2003. Member: Federal and Oakland County Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Fellow, Oakland County Bar Foundation. Reported Cases: Melea Ltd. v Quality Models Ltd., 345 F. Supp. 2d 743 (E.D. Mich. 2004); Melea Ltd. v Quality Models Ltd., 274 F. Supp. 2d 909 (E.D. Mich 2003); Parker v. Cadillac Gage Textron, Inc., 214 Mich. App. 288 (1995); Michigan Road Builders Association, Inc. v. Blanchard, 761 F. Supp. 1303 (W.D. Mich. 1991); Thomson v. Eagle-Picher Indus., Inc., 731 F. Supp. 239 (E.D. Mich. 1990). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Law. Email: Barry R. Powers | | Marguerite M. Donahue (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, December 14, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Michigan. Education: Wayne State University (B.A., 1984; J.D., magna cum laude, 1987). Order of the Coif. Assistant Editor, Wayne Law Review, 1985-1986. Member: State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Securities Law; Corporate Law. Email: Marguerite M. Donahue | | Jennifer Schoats Flack (Member) born Hugo, Oklahoma, March 5, 1957; admitted to bar, 1992, Minnesota; 1995, North Carolina; 1998, Michigan. Education: Langston University (B.A., 1978); Hamline University (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Silver Gavel. Recipient, West Publishing Book Award in Evidence. Member, Hamline University School of Law, Law Review, 1990-1992. Law Clerk to the Honorable Rosalie Wahl, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1992-1993. Member: Minnesota State Bar; North Carolina State Bar; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities. Email: Jennifer Schoats Flack | | Julie C. Canner (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, April 5, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1986); Vanderbilt University; University of Detroit (J.D., 1990). Member: Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Languages: French and Italian. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Secured Transactions; Corporate Law. Email: Julie C. Canner | | Joseph W. Lash (Member) born Wrightstown, New Jersey, April 8, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction, 1991); Wayne State University (J.D., 1994). Assistant Editor, Wayne Law Review, 1993-1994. Author: Note "Wisconsin v. Mitchell and R.A.V. v. St. Paul: Developing A Constitutional Test For Ethnic Intimidation Laws" 40:4 Wayne Law Review 1653, 1994. Article: "Beware of the Homestead Trap!" 8 Laches 418, 2000. Member: State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Corporate Law. Email: Joseph W. Lash | | Jay Y. Mandel (Member) born Afula, Israel, October 16, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Maryland; 1994, District of Columbia; 2000, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1989); George Washington University (J.D., 1993). Law Clerk to the Hon. Rufus G. King, III, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1993-1994. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Employment Litigation. Email: Jay Y. Mandel | | Marc E. Seyburn (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, February 7, 1968; admitted to bar, 1997, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., Accounting, 1990); University of Southern California (LL.M., Taxation Accounting, 1990); Wayne State University (J.D., 1997). Member: State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Taxation; Limited Liability Companies; Partnerships; Estate Planning; Corporate. Email: Marc E. Seyburn | | Scott A. Small (Member) born Royal Oak, Michigan, November 24, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Michigan; 1998, District of Columbia. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1992); University of Detroit Mercy (J.D., cum laude, 1995); Georgetown University (LL.M., Taxation and International and Comparative Law, with distinction, 1997). Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member: Taxation Section, 1997—; International Tax Subcommittee); The District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section). Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Law; International Taxation. Email: Scott A. Small | | Michael D. Mezey (Shareholder) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 29, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Michigan. Education: Central Michigan University (B.S., cum laude, 1980); Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University (J.D., 1984). Sigma Iota Epsilon. Certified Public Accountant, Michigan, 1987. Author: "Accounts Receivable Financing Under Article 9 of the UCC," Michigan Business Law Journal, Volume XIV, Issue No. 3, 1992. Co-Author: "Title Law in Michigan," NBI, 1997; "The Corporate Taxpayer Federal Income Tax Compliance Matters," Price Waterhouse Tax Information Planning Series 26, March, 1985. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Corporation, Finance and Business Law; Real Property); American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate; Title Insurance; Like Kind Exchanges. Email: Michael D. Mezey | | Steven L. Knox (Member) born Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 24, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Michigan; 2000, District of Columbia. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1993); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1996); Georgetown University (LL.M., Taxation, 1997). Member: State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Real Estate. Email: Steven L. Knox | | —————————— | | Laura E. Bloom (Associate) born Euclid, Ohio, October 23, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Michigan; 1993, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1987); Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University (J.D., 1992). Member: Oakland County Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan; Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Probate; Estate Planning. Email: Laura E. Bloom | | L. Damon Whitmore (Associate) born Detroit, Michigan, July 12, 1961; admitted to bar, 1994, Michigan. Education: Western Michigan University (B.A., 1984); Wayne State University Law School (J.D., 1994). Senior Articles Editor, Wayne Law Review, 1993-1994. Author: Note, "The Admissibility of DNA Evidence in Criminal Proceedings," 39 Wayne Law Review 1411, 1993. Member: State Bar of Michigan. [Lt., U.S. Navy, 1984-1991; Lt., U.S. Naval Reserves]. Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Probate; Trust Administration. Email: L. Damon Whitmore | | Kimberly M. Osler (Associate) born Aurora, Colorado, March 31, 1969; admitted to bar, 1998, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan, Dearborn (B.A., 1994); Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate. Email: Kimberly M. Osler | | David Lin (Associate) born Taipei, Taiwan, 1972; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois; 2007, Michigan; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., History, 1995); Loyola University (J.D., 2000). Member, National Moot Court Team. Member: State Bar of Michigan; Northwestern Alumni Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditor Bankruptcy. Email: David Lin | | Stuart Schwartz (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Duke University (B.A., 2001); Wayne State University (J.D., 2004). Recipient, Leonard I. Neiman Award for Real Estate Finance, Land Use and Property. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Real Estate Section); American Bar Association. Email: Stuart Schwartz | | Megan P. McKnight (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2007, Michigan. Education: Kalamazoo College (B.A., cum laude, 1999); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Megan P. McKnight | | Scott G. Wallace (Associate) born Largo, Florida, June 16, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Florida; 2008, Michigan. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., 1986); Florida State University (J.D., 1991). Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society (Member, 1986; Vice President, Zeta Chapter); Pi Gamma Mu, International Social Science Honor Society. Florida State University Law Review. Formerly with Rutherford Mulhall. Member: Oakland County, The Florida Bar, and The Michigan Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Probate(30%); Estate Planning(30%); Corporate Law(10%); Trust Administration(30%). Email: Scott G. Wallace | | Nancy J. Yucha (Associate) born 1967; admitted to bar, 2008, Michigan. Education: mi un. | | OF COUNSEL | | Steven Alexsy (Of Counsel) born Blackstone, Virginia, June 18, 1953; admitted to bar, 1981, Michigan; 1989, Ohio. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., 1975); University of Detroit Mercy (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Bankruptcy Institute. Reported Cases: RPM Pizza, Inc. v. Banc One Cambridge, 869 F.Supp. 517 (E.D. Mich. 1994). Email: Steven Alexsy | | Carolyn Schwarz Tisdale (Of Counsel) born Syracuse, New York, November 10, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Connecticut; 1987, New York; 1991, Michigan. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1981); Boston University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1986); New York University (LL.M., 1990). Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association. Reported Cases: Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Commissioner, 97 TC 30 (1991); Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Commissioner, 61 TCM 2836 (1991); Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Commissioner, 101 TC 78 (1993). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Tax Law. Email: Carolyn Schwarz Tisdale | | Bradley Scobel (Of Counsel) born White Plains, New York, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1998, Colorado. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1992); Wayne State University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Finance; Business Transactions; Construction Law; Real Estate; Liquor Licensing. Email: Bradley Scobel | | COUNSEL | | David J. Lieberman (Counsel) born Detroit, Michigan, February 26, 1931; admitted to bar, 1960, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A., 1952; M.B.A., 1955); Wayne University (LL.B., 1960). Certified Public Accountant, Michigan, 1958. Member: State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; Estate Planning. |
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