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PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS
Appellate counsel on more than a hundred cases, including commercial, gaming, utility, insurance, election, and tax matters.
Counsel to MGM Grand in obtaining license to operate a casino in Detroit, Michigan.
Counsel to the Michigan Republican Party in congressional and legislative redistricting following the census in 1990 and 2000.
Counsel to Engler for Governor, 1994 and 1998.
Michigan counsel, Bob Dole for President, 1995-1996.
Counsel for gaming and insurance ballot initiatives.
Counsel to the receiver of three insurance companies.
Counsel to the City of Detroit Downtown Development Authority concerning litigation over the construction of a stadium for the Detroit Tigers.
Counsel to the University of Michigan Board of Regents concerning presidential search.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
AT&T Inc.
MGM Grand
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Appellate Litigation
Commercial & Business Litigation
Energy & Sustainability
Gaming
Regulatory & Administrative Law
Taxation
Telecommunications
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
Member, State Bar of Michigan (Appellate, Taxation, and Antitrust Sections)
Member, Worker's Compensation Qualifications Advisory Committee, 2002 - present
Member, Federal Bar Association, Western District of Michigan
Chairman, Michigan Republican Lawyers Association, 1995-1997
EXPERIENCE
Law Clerk to Honorable James L. Ryan, Michigan Supreme Court, 1983-1985
Research Attorney, Michigan Court of Appeals, Prehearing Division, 1982-1983
EDUCATION
Michigan State University, B.A., 1979 (High Honors)
University of Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 1982 (cum laude) | 