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Education
University of Missouri-Columbia, B.J.
summa cum laude
Kappa Tau Alpha
Wayne State University, J.D.
magna cum laude
Order of the Coif
National Moot Court
Admitted to Practice
Michigan 2004
U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit 2004
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan 2004
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan 2006
Mr. Anderson's practice focuses on general litigation matters, with an emphasis on pharmaceutical products liability, consumer financial services and commercial litigation. Mr. Anderson's practice also includes appellate matters in state and federal courts of appeal. Prior to joining Dykema, Mr. Anderson was a law clerk to the Honorable Avern Cohn, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.
While in law school, Mr. Anderson was an oralist on Wayne State University Law School's National Moot Court Team. He won numerous awards at competitions in Michigan and across the country. Mr. Anderson also served as a research assistant for the Honorable Gerald Rosen of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and conducted research on the Federal Rules of Evidence for Judge Rosen's book on the subject. He also served as an intern at the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, where he researched and drafted memoranda and briefs for cases involving civil rights and civil liberties, including First and Fourth Amendment issues and the USA PATRIOT Act.
Prior to his legal career, Mr. Anderson was an investigative reporter and news anchor at CBS- and NBC-affiliate television stations in Michigan and Missouri and a reporter and announcer for a National Public Radio affiliate in Missouri. He is the winner of the 1999 Associated Press award for the best television news investigative report in Michigan for a story he broadcast exposing the dangers of a mid-Michigan intersection. He was a finalist in the 1997 and 1998 William Randolph Hearst National Broadcast News Championships.
Mr. Anderson also worked as a public relations consultant for a Lansing, Michigan-based firm and received awards from the Public Relations Society of America for the work he performed on behalf of his clients.
Publications
2003 The Freedom Forum, First Amendment Center, "The First Amendment, Religious Mottos and Displays," (co-authored with Hon. Avern Cohn)
The Freedom Forum, First Amendment Center, "Ten Commandments, Other Displays & Mottos," 2006 Update
Professional Associations
Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, Newsletter Committee
State Bar of Michigan, Standing Committee on Law and the Media
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
Member, State Bar of Michigan Equal Access Initiative
Civic and Cultural Involvements
Cooperating Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan
Lawyers Committee, American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan
Awards
First place and best oralist, regional rounds of the 54th Annual National Moot Court Competition sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Young Lawyers Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
First place, second best oralist, and best brief, 2003 National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition
First place and best oralist, 2002 Michigan Moot Court Competition
Faculty awards for achieving the highest grade in Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Evidence, the Law of Electronic Commerce, and Legal Research & Writing
Who's Who Among American Law School Students.
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