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REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.
Bekum America Corporation
Consumers Professional Credit Union
CP Rail Systems, Inc.
Deere & Company
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Lexington Insurance Company
Lloyds of London
Pioneer Behavioral Health, Inc.
Soo Line Railroad
The Toro Company
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Banking & Financial Services
Commercial & Business Litigation
Environmental
Family & Matrimonial
Gaming
Insurance
Labor & Employment Relations
Product Liability Litigation
Schools & Educational Institutions
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Michigan Super Lawyer
Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2008
Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Excellence in Defense, 2009
Fellow, Michigan Bar Foundation
DRI 2003 Outstanding State Representative Award Recipient
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
Defense Research Institute (DRI): Board of Directors commencing October 23, 2005 to present; Michigan Representative 1996-97 & 2000 to 2005; Former Chairperson, ADR Committee; Former Product Liability Steering Committee member; ADR Steering Committee; Chairman, ADR National Conference, 2002; Chairman, ADR DRI Annual Meeting Seminar, 2000
Member, Michigan Association of School Boards
Ingham County and Clinton County Tort Evaluation Panel
Member, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC)
Member, International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Boston College Alumni Association, Football Alumni Club
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Material Handling Equipment Distributors Associations, speaker at 49th Annual Convention seminar, May 2004
The Society of Plastics Industry, "Liability for Workplace Product-Related Injuries," May 2002
American 1 Federal Credit Union, Speaker at "Workplace Violence" seminar, April 2002
National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel (Naples, Florida), Pedestrian Liability, 1996
Defense Research Institute Product Product Liability National Seminars, Speaker and Panel Moderator for "Successful Application of ADR and Facilitated Mediation to Resolve Product Liability and Tort Litigation Claims"
Institute of Continuing Legal Education, lecturer on "Handling Documentation Discovery and Complex Commercial Litigation"
Thomas Cooley Law School, Guest Lecturer on Products Liability, Trial Practices, & Business Organization
Michigan Defense Quarterly, "Michigan Tort Reform"
Michigan State Bar Journal, "Judicial Selection in Michigan"
Fordham Law Journal, "Judicial Selection in New York"
EDUCATION
Boston College, B.S. 1971 (magna cum laude)
Beta Gamma Sigma (National Business Honor Fraternity)
Fordham University Law School, J.D. 1975
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Harvard Law School Facilitated Mediation Program, 1997 | 