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Areas of Practice Emphasis
Banking & Financial Services
Municipal Law & Finance
Gaming
Representative Clients
Altarum Institute
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA
Citizens Bank
EDCs of Genesee, Jackson, and Saginaw Counties
EDCs of Farmington Hills and Waterford Township
Fifth Third Bank
LaSalle Bank Midwest, NA
Lawrence Technological University
Michigan Strategic Fund
National City Bank
Prominent Assignments
Bond counsel to Michigan Strategic Fund, local EDCs and underwriter's counsel on numerous private activity bond transactions benefiting manufacturing facilities, health care facilities, educational facilities, cultural facilities, assisted living facilities, and solid waste disposal facilities
Bond counsel to Michigan State Housing Development Authority for senior housing project in West Bloomfield, Michigan
Counsel to JPMorgan Chase Bank on numerous private activity bond financings
Counsel to Michigan Opera Theatre for Detroit Opera House bond financing
Bond counsel on solid waste disposal facility financing for Great Lakes Steel, Ecorse, Michigan plant
Bond counsel for senior congregate care facility financings in Waterford Township, Michigan
Counsel to Lawrence Technological University and Roeper School for bond financings of campus improvements
Bond counsel for Presbyterian Villages of Michigan financing through Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority
Bank counsel for Detroit Catholic Central High School, Detroit Science Center, and YMCA Metropolitan Detroit bond financings
Counsel to Borders Group, Inc. for its syndicated secured credit facilities
Education
J.D. (cum laude), University of Michigan, 1988
B.A. (cum laude), Williams College, 1985
Admitted to Practice
Michigan, 1988
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1988
Professional and Community Involvement
Member, State Bar Association
Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
Awards
Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2008
Listed in 2007 Michigan Super Lawyers
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