Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1980

Lawyer Overview

Anthony J. Rusciano is the Chairman of Plunkett Cooney’s Board of Directors, and a member of the firm’s Healthcare Industry and Commercial Litigation Practice Groups. Mr. Rusciano concentrates his practice in the area of commercial litigation, including disputes, which confront issues such as anti-trust, intellectual property, breach of contract, unfair competition, condemnation, business torts, and labor and employment.

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Compliance
• Healthcare Law
• Labor & Employment Law

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Health & Health Care Law, Labor Law

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts, 1979
• Michigan, 1979
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1979

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Massachusetts Bar Association
• State Bar of Michigan
• American Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• ALFA International, Health Care Practice Group Steering Committee
• Oakland County Bar Association
• American Health Lawyers Association
• Downtown Detroit Partnership (Member, Board of Trustees)
• Bloomfield Chase Homeowners Association (Member, Board of Directors)

Honors and Awards

• Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating-AV
• 2006 & 2007 Michigan Super Lawyer in Business Litigation, Michigan Super Lawyers, a publication of Law & Politics magazine

Classes and Seminars

• Lecutrer, Public Officials' Liability, Michigan Municipal League
• Lecutrer, Public Officials' Liability, Public Corporation Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan
• Lecturer, Wrongful Discharge and Employment Discrimination Law, Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants
• Lecturer, Wrongful Discharge and Employment Discrimination Law, Association of Defense Trial Counsel
• Lecturer, Wrongful Discharge and Employment Discrimination Law, Defense Research Institute

Past Employment Positions

• Hon. Steven N. Andrews, Oakland County Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Circuit, Law Clerk, 1978 - 1979
• State of Michigan, Special Assistant Attorney General, 1979 - 1980
• Special Prosecuting Attorney, 1979 - Present
• Michigan Employment Law, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co., General Editor, 1992

Education

• New England School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1978
  J.D.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: American Jurisprudence Awards in Torts and Contracts
  Honors: Honors Moot Court Member, 1976
  Honors: With Honors
  
  Law Review: New England Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, 1977 - 1978
• Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 1971
  B.A.

Published Works

• "Bakke v. The Regents of the University of California: Preferential Racial Admissions, An Unconstitutional Road Paved with Good Intentions?", 12 New England Law Review 719, 1978

Address

38505 Woodward Ave.
Suite 2000
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

Phones

(248) 901-4038

Faxes

(248) 901-4040

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