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Areas of Practice Emphasis
Telecommunications
Insurance
Commercial & Business Litigation
Appellate Litigation
Representative Clients
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
AT&T Inc.
Square D Company
BCN Services, Inc.
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Prominent Assignments
Experienced in telecommunications litigation, insurance coverage litigation, professional liability litigation, commercial litigation, asbestos litigation, and trial and appellate cases in state and federal court
Represents Goodyear in asbestos litigation in Michigan
Represents AT&T Inc. in telecommunications and commercial litigation in Michigan
Firm Risk Manager regarding various Firm insurance policies
Member of Firm's Professional Responsibility Committee
Trial and appellate counsel for various insurers in environmental coverage litigation, including SMDA v International Ins. Co.
Principal counsel for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in a Michigan class action regarding coverage for experimental cancer treatments
Counseled insureds and handled coverage litigation on numerous issues regarding insolvency, drop down coverage, personal injury and advertising injury coverage for business torts, interpretation of reinsurance agreements, pollution exclusion issues, trigger of coverage and allocation issues
Trial and appellate counsel in Roney v Federal Ins. Co., 674 F. 2d 587 (6th Cir. 1982)
Education
J.D., Cum Laude University of Michigan Law School, 1973
B.A., University of Michigan, 1970
Admitted to Practice
Michigan, 1973
Professional and Community Involvement
Member, State Bar of Michigan
Hearing panelist for Michigan Attorney Discipline Board
Mediator, Wayne County Mediation Tribunal
Publications and Presentations
Attorney Fee Agreements in Michigan, Co-Editor and Contributing Author
Acknowledgements
Listed in Michigan Super Lawyers, 2006 - Insurance Coverage
Areas of Practice EmphasisRepresentative ClientsProminent AssignmentsEducationAdmitted to PracticeProfessional & Community InvolvementPublications & PresentationsAcknowledgements.
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