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PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS
Obtained summary disposition for licensed broker-dealer in connection with sale of securities.
Obtained summary disposition for closely-held company dismissing claim asserting unconscionable shareholders' agreement.
Obtained favorable opinion from the Attorney General regarding legislation governing the establishment of charter schools in Detroit.
Obtained judgments and negotiated settlements on behalf of corporate clients in collection matters.
Represent Fortune 500 automotive company as a member of a discovery litigation team in connection with a billion dollar contract dispute.
Represent majority shareholders in breach of shareholders' agreement dispute.
Represent an industrial business developer involving zoning board approval.
Represent nationwide steel supplier in connection with a contract dispute regarding interstate delay damages.
Represent public school districts in connection with their collective bargaining of contracts with district unions.
Represent educational institution regarding response to report from the Michigan Office of the Auditor General.
Represent public university in connection with federal and state discrimination lawsuit.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
Argon Construction Services, Inc.
Clara B. Ford Academy
Discover Financial Services, LLC
Ford Motor Company
Hamtramck Public Schools
Industrial Steel Construction, Inc.
Kettering University
Lansing Community College
Pontiac School District
Quantum Corporation
Redford Union School District
Taylor School District
Thompson Educational Foundation
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Accounts Receivable and Collection
Automotive
Business Torts
Construction Law
School and Education Law
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
American Bar Association
Eastern District of Michigan Chapter of the Federal Bar Association
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Contributing case review editor to Sage Publications "Encyclopedia of School Law," anticipated publication date 2008
EDUCATION
Wittenberg University, B.A. 1997 (summa cum laude)
University of Michigan, M.S.W. 1998
Masters in Social Work
Recipient of Specialist in Aging Certificate
Wayne State University Law School, J.D. 2007 (cum laude)
Law Review Associate Editor
Penn State Dickinson Law School, International Law Program, Florence, Italy | 