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PRACTICE AREAS
Administrative & Governmental Law
Appellate Law
Associations
Campaign Finance & Election Law
Civil Litigation
Constitutional Issues
Criminal Law
Governmental Relations
Intellectual Property & Technology
Legislative
Litigation
Medical Malpractice EDUCATION
The University of Detroit School of Law, (J.D., 1980)
Michigan State University (B.A., with honors, 1977)
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
State Bar of Michigan
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits
U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan
Ingham County Bar Association
Michigan Defense Trial Counsel
Lansing Regional Chairperson (1999-2000)
Member, Board of Directors (2000-2004)
Michigan Society of Association Executives
Registered Lobbyist Agent since 1997
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senate Majority Policy Office: Majority Counsel and Policy Advisor to the Judiciary Committee of the Michigan Senate; Senior Policy Advisor in charge of Legal Division (1991-1996)
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Oakland County (1980-1991)
DISTINCTIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS
Named 'Michigan Super Lawyer' for 2007-08 by the publishers of Law & Politics Magazine
Selected as one of the 2006 Michigan Super Lawyers for Appellate Practice
Named by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as one of its Lawyers of the Year for 1999
Recipient of Thomas M. Cooley Law Review Distinguished Brief Award
PUBLICATIONS
Lecturer for Ingham County Bar Association Luncheon Lecture Series
Lecturer for ProNational Insurance Company seminar "Michigan's Emerging Law of Medical Malpractice: Emphasizing Tort Reform"
Contributing writer for Briefs, the Ingham County Bar Association newspaper, and the Michigan Defense Quarterly
Lecturer for Michigan Defense Trial Counsel's Winter Meeting
Organizer and lecturer for Michigan Defense Trial Counsel Civil Defense Basic Training Seminar Series.
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