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Areas of Practice Emphasis
Telecommunications
Energy & Public Utilities
Regulatory & Administrative Law
Appellate Litigation
Representative Clients
Apparel Resource Group
AT&T Inc.
Commerce Energy Group
Constellation New Energy
Exelon
GATX Corporation
National Energy Marketers Association
Peoples Energy
T-Mobile USA, Inc.
TIAA-CREF
Prominent Assignments
Litigated numerous state and federal cases before the Michigan Public Service Commission and the utility commissions of the other five Great Lakes states, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and all levels of state and federal courts including the Michigan Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court
Experience encompasses telecommunications, electricity, natural gas, education, and finance fields
Extensive experience on legislative matters in Michigan relating to telecommunications and other regulated industries, including the providing of expert testimony
Previous positions:
- Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Matters, Ameritech Corporation
- General Counsel, Michigan Bell Telephone Company
- Assistant Attorney General, State of Michigan
Education
J.D. (with honors), National Law Center, George Washington University, 1977 - Editor, Law Review
B.A. degree (with high honors), Michigan State University, 1974
Admitted to Practice
Michigan, 1980
Illinois, 1977
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 1998
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1999
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1977
U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th, 6th, 7th, & D.C. Circuits
Professional and Community Involvement
Member, State Bar of Michigan (Administrative Law Section)
Member, American Bar Association (Public Utility Section)
Adjunct Professor, Communications Program, Michigan State University
Martindale-Hubbell Rating: A/V
Life member, NAACP
Member, Plymouth Township Compensation Commission
Life member, Plymouth Historical Society
Member, Michigan Historical Commission
Board Member, Michigan Historical Center Foundation
Publications and Presentations
The Importance of Earnest Rulemaking, State Bar of Michigan Administrative Law Journal, Summer 2007, vol. 29, p. 1
Telecommunications Law, Point-Counterpoint (with Craig A. Anderson), Michigan Bar Journal, November 1998, vol. 77, no. 11, p. 1186
The "Administrative Procedure Improvements Act of 1991", State Bar of Michigan Administrative Law Quarterly, fall 1992, vol. 4, p. 1
Lansing Office
Phone: 517-487-4763
Fax: 517-487-4700
215 S. Washington Square, Suite 200
Lansing, MI 48933-1816
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