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| | Address | | 109 East Front Street, Suite 300 | | Traverse City, Michigan 49684 | | (Grand Traverse & Leelanau Cos.) | | | |
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| Calcutt Rogers & Boynton, PLLC practices in the following areas of law:
Business and Corporate, Commercial Transactions and Collections, Creditor's Rights, Employment and Labor Law, Real Estate Development, Land Use, Zoning, Environmental, Construction, Banking and Finance, Estate Planning, Probate, Complex Business Litigation, General Civil Litigation, Divorce, Healthcare, Professional Liability and Insurance Law. | | Year Established: 1934 | Firm Profile:
Calcutt Rogers & Boynton traces its history to 1934, when Robert B. Murchie (1894-1975) opened his law practice in Traverse City, Michigan. As a successor to his practice, it is the oldest law firm in continuous practice in the Grand Traverse area. The firm is results oriented and serves business and insurance enterprises, as well as individual clients. It maintains an extensive civil practice, providing a wide range of legal services to clients in and outside of the State of Michigan. Former members of the firm (or its predecessors) have served as legislators and as judges in state trial and appellate courts. Current members of the firm serve as directors for a number of profit and non-profit corporations, are active in civic organizations, have teaching experience in MBA or undergraduate programs and offer seminar presentations in their respective areas of practice. The firm is also listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. | | Firm Size: 5 | Representative Clients:
Fifth Third Bank; Northwestern Bank; Huntington Banks; State Savings Bank of Frankfort; Central State Bank; Traverse City State Bank; Central-State Bancorp; Canteen Services of Northern Michigan, Inc., Frontier Computer Corporation; Grand Traverse Business News; KSL Recreation Corp.; Grand Traverse Resort & Spa; Crystal Mountain Resort; Munson Healthcare; Munson Medical Center; Northern Diecast Corp.; TE Technology, Inc.; Innovative Technologies; ABI Mechanical Contractors, Inc.; Grand Traverse Auto Co.; Hospitality Restaurant Group; H. Cox & Son, Inc.; Traverse Tall Ship Co.; Leelanau School; Montessori Children's House; Environmental Solutions, Inc.; Great Lakes Environmental, Inc.; Michaywe Owners Assn.; Consumers Power Co.; CSX Transportation, Inc.; Commonwealth Title Company; St. Paul Insurance Co.; Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.; Media/Professional Insurance; Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.; Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.; Priority Health; Village of Northport; Village of Buckley; Township of Leland. | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Robert B. Murchie (1894-1975). | | Harry Calcutt (1918-1996). | | William J. Cunningham (1942-1997). | | William B. Calcutt (Member) born Traverse City, Michigan, August 18, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Michigan. Education: Cranbrook School; Dickinson College (B.A., 1974); University of Detroit (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Member and Articles Editor, University of Detroit Law Review, 1976-1978. Member, Adjunct Faculty, MBA Program, Lake Superior State University. Member: Board of Directors, Central-State Bancorp, 1987—; Farmers Mutual Insurance Co., 1997—; The Leelanau School, 1992—. Charter Member, International Society of Primerus Law Firms. Member: Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Business, Labor and Employment and Taxation Law). Practice Areas: General Civil Practice; Business; Commercial; Real Estate; Employment Law; Construction; Civil Litigation. Email: William B. Calcutt | | Terry C. Rogers (Member) born Ishpeming, Michigan, August 31, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Michigan. Education: Michigan Technological University and Michigan State University (B.S., 1967); Wayne State University (J.D., cum laude, 1970; LL.M. in Taxation, 1982). Phi Alpha Delta. Law Clerk to Hon. Stephen J. Roth, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Michigan, 1970-1972. City Attorney, Grand Blanc, Michigan, 1973-1978. Member and Past-President, Munson Healthcare Board of Directors. Member, Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation. Commentator for Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education and National Business Institute Seminars in Estate Planning, Probate and Taxation. Member: Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Probate; Taxation; Corporate Law). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Taxation Law; Health Care Law; Corporate Law. Email: Terry C. Rogers | | Jack E. Boynton (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Michigan. Education: Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; Albion College (A.B., 1968); University of Michigan (J.D., 1973). City Commissioner, City of Traverse City, 1990-1997. Mayor, 1994. Member: Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Real Property and Environmental Law). Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation. [With U.S. Army, 1969-1971]. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Land Use and Development; Environmental; Media; Creditors Rights and Bankruptcy Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Jack E. Boynton | | Lawrence R. LaSusa (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, January 20, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, Illinois and U. S. District Court, Central, Southern and Northern Districts of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1988, Michigan; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin; 1998, Wisconsin, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1983); DePaul University (J.D., 1986). Recipient, Distinguished Alumni Award, St., Viator High School, 1993. Editor, Chicago Bar Association Record, 1992-1994. Author: "Protecting Your Trade Secrets," The Business News, March, 2003; "Seven Ways to Cut Costs in Trademark and Trade Secret Cases," Corporate Legal Times, October 1997; "Going Through the Motions in Federal Court," CBA Record, November, 1995; "What Do You do When the Deponent Takes the Fifth?" CBA Record, April, 1989. Board of Directors, Children's Charities of Chicago, 1985-2000, President, 1992-1994. Assistant Illinois Attorney General, General Law Division, 1987-1990. Litigation Counsel: Homart Development Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1991-1996; Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1997-2000. Member: Chicago and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; State Bar of Wisconsin; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Grand-Traverse Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association (Member, Board of Governors). Reported Cases: In re Decor Corporation, 171 B.R. 288 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio 1994); Shango v. Jurich, 965 F. 2d 289 (7th Cir. 1992); American Pfauter v. Freeman Decorating Co., 796 F. Supp. 347 (N.D. Ill. 1992); Berlett v. Cargill, Inc., 780 F. Supp. 560 (N.D. Ill. 1991)); Rucker v. Johnson, 724 F. Supp. 568 (N.D. Ill. 1989). Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Corporate Law; Insurance; Employment Law. Email: Lawrence R. LaSusa | | ASSOCIATE | | Joshua M. Reynolds (Associate) born Detroit, Michigan, October 3, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Michigan. Education: Adrian College (B.B.A., 1997); University of Dayton School of Law (J.D., 2000). Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Board of Trustees and Personnel Chair, Traverse City Montessori Children's House. Board of Directors and Coach, Traverse City Youth Football Association. Member: Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim and American Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Creditors Rights; Business Law; Commercial Law; Civil Litigation; Municipal Law; General Practice. Email: Joshua M. Reynolds |
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