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ROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS
Represented clients in cutting-edge decisions such as Donahey v Bogle et al 987 F2d 1250 (6th Cir 1993), cert.gtd and jdg.vac. 114 SCt 2668, 129 L.Ed2d 805 (1994), (6th Cir 1995); 129 F3d 838 (6th Cir 1997), cert. Gtd and jdg. Vac. 118 SCT_2317, 141 Led2d 692 (1998). Florida Power and Light v Allis-Chalmers et al 893 F2d 1313 (11th Cir 1991); second appeal 85 F3rd 1514 (11th Cir 1996) [The Firm represented a Defendant] Flanders Ind. v State of Michigan 203 M.App 15, 512 NW2d 328 (1993) [The Firm represented the Plaintiff] Comerica Bank v Allen Industries et al 769 F Supp 1408 (ED Mi 1991) [The Firm represented a Defendant]
Represented clients in numerous unreported trials most recently involving a class action over mortgage escrow deposits, alleged environmental fraud in the sale of the Detroit Salt Mine (which underlies three SE Michigan municipalities), and a federal suit to perpetuate and preserve environmental testimony of four elderly witnesses with binding effect against twenty-six potential defendants
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
Akzo Nobel
Goodyear
Flanders Industries
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Commercial & Business Litigation
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Who's Who in America (since 1990)
Listed in Best Lawyers in America (listed in 1990s)
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
State Bar of Michigan
Adjunct Professor, Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University (Environmental Remedies; Insurance Law), Emeritus
Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association
Former President, Kent Inn Association of Phi Delta Phi (professional legal fraternity)
Volunteer pro bono attorney, Detroit Bar Association
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Consultant to and former member of Board of Directors, Adult Well- Being Services Inc. (Non-profit social service agency)
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
97 DCL at MSU Law Review 1101, "1998 Environmental Quotient (EQ) Test"
97 DCL at MSU Law Review 1185, "Show Me the Money: Statutory Remedies for Private-Party Environmental Contamination Claims in Michigan"
Environmental Regulations and Remedies, Michigan Practitioners' Series, West Group, 1997
The Washington Post, p. C3, "Eco Quiz II: How Environmentally Correct Can You Get?," June 5, 1994
Michigan Environmental Deskbook, Author, Insurance Chapter, 1993
The Washington Post, p. C3, "Test Your EQ, Earthlings," March 24, 1991
87 Detroit College of Law Review 953, "Beauty and the Beast Revisited" (regarding tort reform)
EDUCATION
Princeton University, A.B. 1958 (cum laude)
University of Michigan Law School, J.D. 1961 | 