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ROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS
Lead counsel for Minergy Detroit LLC in all aspects of significant Brownfield development and wastewater solids recycling project (including property purchase, permitting, contracts, tax incentives, and negotiation of covenant not to sue agreement with state and memorandum of understanding with U.S. EPA).
Group counsel for 110 member PRP group in multi-million dollar Superfund cleanup near Mississippi River in Illinois.
Environmental counsel for Magna International in numerous acquisitions and divestitures of manufacturing, warehousing and office properties.
Michigan counsel for Arkema, Inc. in environmental remediation, discharge permitting, hazardous waste compliance, air permitting and compliance, auditing and emergency response matters.
Lead outside counsel for MGM Grand Detroit on environmental issues associated with numerous property acquisitions.
Lead outside counsel for Chrysler LLC on nationwide environmental auditing program, including audit privilege counseling.
Counsel for Jervis B. Webb Company on environmental compliance issues nationwide.
Lead environmental counsel for JPMorgan Chase Bank on numerous industrial and commercial financings.
Obtained relief from state consent decree for JPMorgan Chase Bank in significant environmental cleanup litigation matter.
National environmental counsel on real estate acquisitions and investments for companies with nationwide investment portfolios, including Intermedia Outdoors and Wind Point Partners.
Counsel for the City of Grand Rapids Downtown Development Authority on environmental aspects of acquisitions and operations.
Environmental counsel for local redevelopment authorities, including Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, Ingham County Land Bank, and City of Holland Brownfield Redevelopment Authority.
Counsel for the City of Southfield and Buchanan Township in wetlands permitting matters for municipal projects.
Assistant counsel in two of the largest emergency response incidents in Michigan: a major gasoline spill/fire from a tanker vessel and a major fire at a chemical plant.
Assistant counsel for Ford Motor Company in significant multi-party PCB remediation project, including allocation process and related private and government cost recovery actions.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
Arkema, Inc.
Chrysler LLC
E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company
Ford Motor Company
JPMorgan Chase Bank
Liberty Property Trust
Magna International Inc.
MGM Grand Detroit LLC
Minergy Corporation
Wind Point Partners
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Administrative & Regulatory
Banking
Environmental
Environmental Litigation
Real Estate
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Listed in Michigan Super Lawyers, 2007
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
Michigan State Bar, Environmental Law Section, Council (1999-2005), Co-Chair Ethics Committee (2000-2003), Program Committee
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
East Michigan Chapter, Air and Waste Management Association(AWMA)
ASTM International
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Advisory Board, College of Engineering & Science, University of Detroit Mercy
St. Robert Bellarmine Church, Cantor and Choir Member
Lecturer, Explorathon (1997-present)
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Environmental Law Deal Strategies: Leading Lawyers on Identifying Environmental Liabilities, Structuring Transactions, and Developing a Negotiation Strategy (chapter author)(Aspatore Books 2008)
Funding, Siting & Permitting Renewable Energy Projects in Brownfields, National Brownfields Conference, May 2008
All Appropriate Inquiry and Potential Effect of "Cuno" on Brownfield Credits, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, February 21, 2005
MDEQ Response to Part 201 Workgroup Recommendations, East Michigan Chapter AWMA News & Notes, Fall 2007
Experience
Research assistant in academic and industrial chemistry labs
EDUCATION
University of Detroit, B.S. 1985 (magna cum laude)
Notre Dame Law School, J.D. 1988 (magna cum laude)
Kiley Fellow
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