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Mr. John M Kamins

Mr. John M Kamins

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32300 Northwestern Highway, Suite 230, Farmington Hills, MI 48334

Governance & Securities, Appellate Practice, Arts and 9 more

About Mr. John M Kamins

Mr. John M Kamins is a lawyer practicing governance & securities, appellate practice, arts and 9 other areas of law. John received a B.A. degree from University of Michigan in 1968, and has been licensed for 55 years. John practices at Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C. in Farmington Hills, MI.

Mr. John M Kamins (Farmington Hills, Michigan)

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Areas of Law

  • Securities 2
    • Governance & Securities
    • Securities Offerings
  • Appellate Practice
  • Business Law 1
    • Business & Corporate
  • Corporate Law 1
    • Corporate Finance
  • Sports Law 1
    • Entertainment & Sports
  • Government 1
    • Government Law
  • Finance 1
    • Public Finance - Bond
  • Education Law 1
    • School Law Services
  • Business Formation 1
    • Startup Entrepreneurial Emerging Development (S.E.E.D)
  • Other 2
    • Arts
    • Comm.

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C.
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Representative Matters
    Assisted a VEBA trust for a large county's retiree medical benefits in 2007. He devised
    helped to implement an unprecedented securities transaction for funding more than $500 million of unfunded accrued actuarial OBEB liabilities.
    A publicly traded electric utility corporation wanted to finance str
    ed costs in connection with its state's deregulation of electricity. John helped it to accomplish a complex $1.75 billion securitization bond offering in 2001.
    In February 2010, he advised the board of directors
    management of a charitable non-profit on their duties
    actions to address
    resolve an urgent
    confidential matter. He regularly provides counsel of this kind for crisis control
    communications.
    A large, multi-state, multi-hospital health care corporation wanted to enter a new non-mortgage master indenture to coexist with an outst
    ing mortgage master indenture for more than $1 billion of tax-exempt bond debt until a future triggering event. The company relied on John, who in a period of 42 consecutive hours drafted contractual
    disclosure language for the first bond offering under both indentures.
    John successfully briefed
    presented oral argument before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, upholding a small new company's federal trademark registration over the opposition of one of the world's largest breakfast cereal companies

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1971, Michigan
    1991, Florida
    U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, Washington, D.C.
    Memberships

    Affiliations

    Memberships & Affiliations

    Legal Affiliations:

    •State Bar of Michigan
    Arts, Communications, Entertainment & Sports Section, past chairman
    •State Bar of Michigan, Government Law Section (formerly named the Public Corporation Law Section), past chairman
    •Michigan State Bar Foundation, fellow
    •The Florida Bar, Section of Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law

    Industry & Professional Associations:

    •National Association of Bond Lawyers
    •Steering Committee for Bond Attorneys Workshops
    •Opinion Committee, past vice-chair

    Community Involvement:

    •The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
    •National Board of Trustees, past chairman
    •Board of Directors, past chairman
    •Michigan Chapter, past president
    •Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit Foundation, past president
    •Temple Beth El, Bloomfield Hills, Board of Trustees, past president

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    University of Michigan Law School
    Class of 1970
    J.D.
    Other Education
    University of Michigan
    Class of 1968
    B.A.

Mr. John M Kamins

Share Holder at Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C.
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32300 Northwestern Highway, Suite 230Farmington Hills, MI 48334U.S.A.

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