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Areas of Practice Emphasis
Municipal Law & Finance
Representative Clients
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
City of Detroit Downtown Development Authority
City of Grosse Pointe Farms
Genesee County Drain Commissioner
Kent County; Kent County Drain Commissioner
Michigan State Housing Development Authority
Michigan Strategic Fund
Ottawa County
City of Rochester Hills
Saginaw County Public Works Commissioner
Prominent Assignments
Counsel to City of Detroit Downtown Development Authority in connection with the development of Comerica Park and Ford Field
Bond counsel to Michigan State Housing Development Authority in connection with numerous single-family and multi-family housing revenue bond issues
Bond counsel to numerous Michigan issuers of bonds to finance sewer and water systems
Bond counsel to numerous Michigan county drain commissioners to finance storm water/drainage systems
Bond counsel to numerous Michigan issuers of general obligation, special assessment, and revenue bonds
Bond counsel, underwriters counsel and purchaser?s counsel for numerous letter of credit supported industrial development bonds
Bond counsel, underwriters counsel, and borrower?s counsel in connection with bonds issued to finance publicly- and privately-owned solid waste disposal facilities
Education
J.D., University of Virginia Law School, 1972
B.A. in Economics (cum laude), University of Notre Dame, 1969
Admitted to Practice
Michigan, 1977
Pennsylvania, 1972
U.S. Court of the Armed Forces, 1972
Professional and Community Involvement
Fellow, American College of Bond Counsel
Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
Member, State Bar of Michigan
Member, Public Corporation Section, State Bar of Michigan (Chairman, Public Finance Committee, 1989-93)
Member, Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
Member, Board of Directors, Notre Dame Club of Detroit, 1985-2002; 2006-present (President, 1991-92)
Member, Board of Directors, Citizens Research Council of Michigan, 2001-present
Tutor, Detroit Compact (Pelham Middle School), 1992-95
Member, Dickinson Wright Management Group, 1996-present; Director, Dickinson Wright Public Finance Group, 1988-1996
Publications and Presentations
Frequent speaker to numerous groups in Michigan on matters related to public finance
Awards
Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2008
Listed in 2007 Michigan Super Lawyers.
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