Law Firm Overview

Areas of Practice

• Consumer Protection
• Criminal Law
• DUI/DWI
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Family Law
• Custody & Visitation
• Divorce

Honors and Awards

• Distinguished Service Award, City of Lake Oswego, Oregon, 1994
• Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, National Sea Grant College Program, 1990
• Ann Arbor Police Chief?s Civilian Award, 1987

Published Works

• Contrasting Standards for the Admissibility of Expert Testimony under Kumho Tire and Michigan Law, Litigation Newsletter, State Bar of Michigan, Litigation Section, 1999
• Brain Injury: Courtroom Science After Tort Reform. (Co-Author with Charles N. Simkins), Michigan Lawyers Weekly, May, 26, 1997
• The Structure of Standing Requirements for Citizen Suits and the Scope of Congressional Power, 24 Environmental Law 761, 1994
• Regional Approaches to Water Resource Management: A Comparative Analysis of Chesapeake Bay, the Great Lakes, and Puget Sound, (Co-Author with Charles Bauer, Steven Ellsworth, and Douglas Kenney), University of Michigan Master's Project, 1989

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Instructor, Personal Injury Law and Litigation, Eastern Michigan, University, Legal Assistant Program, 1998 - 1999
• Liens Forum, Co-Moderator, Michigan Association for Justice, December 13, 2007
• "Health Care and Other Liens Against Tort Recovery" chapter in Torts: Michigan Law and Practice, Atkinson, et al, ed., Institute of Continuing Legal Education
• "Principles of Discovery in Michigan", Document Gathering, Production, and Management for Litigation Paralegals, Michigan, Institute for Paralegal Education, January 20, 2004
• Principles of Discovery in Michigan", Document Gathering, Production, and Management for Litigation Paralegals, Michigan, Institute for Paralegal Education, May 15, 2002
• "The Jury Trial as a Key Element in Global Peace", Global Awareness Day, St. Clair County Community College, October 17, 2002
• "Basics of Civil Litigation in Michigan", Basics of Legal Assisting in Michigan, Half Moon Seminars, March 22, 2002
• "Converting Insurance Policies and Finding Additional Coverage to Increase Recovery", Michigan Trial Lawyers Association, Rapid Fire Seminar, May 10, 2001
• Panelist, "Using Economists to Prove and Disprove Damages", Institute of Continuing Legal Education's Civil Litigation Institute, June 5, 1998
• "How Medical Bills Get Paid Under Michigan?s No-Fault Law", Annual Firm, 1995 - 1999
• "Access to Medical Information: An Overview of the Law in Michigan", Professional Education Seminars, Inc., April 12, 1996

West Practice Categories

Consumer Protection, Criminal Law, DUI/DWI, Employment Law -- Employee, Family Law, Custody & Visitation, Divorce