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ROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS
Drafting of motions, briefs, and opinion memoranda in diverse areas of insurance coverage, regulatory and gaming matters, and general and commercial business matters.
Counsel for development of Michigan intermodal warehouse developments.
Counsel for development in Arizona for multi-million charter school project.
Counsel for development for student housing projects.
Counsel for charter school development and school administration.
Constitutional law, with an emphasis on substantive due process, procedural due process, equal protection and state and federal jurisdictional issues.
Briefed and argued Carabell v Army Corp of Engineers, 126 S.Ct.2208 (2006) before the United States Supreme Court, February 21, 2006.
Brownfield development, Detroit, Michigan Lafarge Corporation.
Detroit Public Housing, Parkside Development, Detroit, Michigan.
Mixed Use Master Plan and SD-4 Zoning Ordinance, Detroit Near East Riverfront, 1990s.
Counsel for Restoration of Historic Trowbridge House, Detroit, Michigan, 1980s
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
The Nelson Companies
Kaftan Enterprises, Inc.
Lafarge Corporation
Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.
Olympia Entertainment, Inc.
National Heritage Academies
Star International Academy
Schoolhouse Facilities, Inc.
Ford Motor Land Services Corporation
Strathmore Development, Inc.
Proaction Behavioral Health Alliance
University of Detroit Mercy
Harbor Hospice of Muskegon
Holy Cross Children Services
Ralph Vigliotti Realty
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Administrative
Construction
Real Estate
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Western Michigan University, Alumni Achievement Award, College of Arts and Sciences, October 28, 2005.
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
Michigan Bar Association, June 1980 to date
Michigan Bar Association, 1980 to date. Section Member, Michigan Real Property Section, Zoning and Land Use Committee.
American Bar Association , 2006 to date. Section Member, State and Local Government.
American Arbitration Association, 1982 to 2000. Advisory Board for State of Michigan.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Michigan Institute of Continuing Education, Wetlands Regulations and Litigation, September 18, 2007.
Tennessee Bar Association, Environmental law Forum, Rapanos, What Does it Mean To You, What's Next, February 9, 2007.
CLE Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Land Use and Development 2007.
Environmental Law Institute, the American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, Constitutional Committee; and the D.C Bar Association, Energy and Natural Resources Section, "After Rapanos and Carabell, Washington D.C. July 11, 2006.
Lorman Education Services, January 2005, Documentation Issues For Condos, Planned Communities and Urban Development in Michigan.
National Business Institutes, 1996, Michigan Survey Issues.
National Business Institutes, 1995, Major Land Use Issues In Michigan.
National Business Institutes, 1992, Land Use Law In A Slower Economy.
Michigan Environmental Law Journal Vol. 24, No. 2, 2006 "Carabell/Rapanos- Did the United States Decision Resolve The Issue Of Federal Jurisdiction Over Wetlands?"
CLE International California Wetland, Rapanos, Carabell and Beyond, January 4th, 2007.
UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE GUEST LECTURER
Western Michigan University, History Department, honor's students, April, 2006
Columbia College of Chicago, Public Relations, Politics and Government, March, 2006.
EDUCATION
Western Michigan University, B.S. 1976 (cum laude)
Honors in Political Science
Honors in History
University of Detroit School of Law, J.D. 1979
Recipient of the William H. Gallagher Moot Court Award
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