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PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS
Counsel to public and private companies, directors, officers, and shareholders for public offerings and private placements of securities, reporting and compliance under SEC and stock exchange rules, shareholder meetings, corporate governance, public disclosures and avoiding insider trading.
Counsel to start-up companies and equity owners in formation, private placements, venture capital financing, and public offerings.
Counsel to special board committees and majority shareholders in acquisitions, mergers and divestitures, and regarding fiduciary obligations.
Counsel to lenders and borrowers in secured and unsecured financings.
Counsel to audit, compensation and governance committees.
Counsel to buyers and sellers in acquisitions, mergers, and divestitures.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
Community Shores Bank Corporation
Crestmark Bancorp, Inc.
Ford Motor Company
Greater Detroit Area Health Council
H&R Block Financial Advisors, Inc.
Mercantile Bank Corporation
Mitsubishi Corporation
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Banking & Financial Services
Corporate
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Securities
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Listed in Best Lawyers in America
Listed in Michigan Super Lawyers
Martindale Hubbell AV peer review rated for ethical standards and legal ability
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
State Bar of Michigan, Chairperson, Regulation of Securities Committee
Association for Corporate Growth
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Arbitrator
National Commercial Finance Association Education Foundation, Advisory Board Member (1990-2000)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Michigan Advisory Board of the Anti-Defamation League
Detroit Economic Club, Sustaining Member
American Heart Association of Michigan, Member of the Board of Directors/Executive Officer (1993-1998); Chairman of the Board (1995-1996)
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Bowne and Glasser LegalWorks Seminars, "SEC Issues Update," 1999, 2002, and 2004; "New Developments in Public Company Reporting," January 2006; and "Latest Developments in Executive Compensation Disclosure," October 2006
Michigan Banker, "Should You Go Public?" September 1999, and "Serving as a Director in Today's Environment," June 2005
EDUCATION
University of Michigan, B.S. 1974, B.S. (magna cum laude)
University of Michigan Law School, J.D. 1977 (magna cum laude) | 