Current Employment Position(s)

Managing Partner

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Family Law
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Labor Law
• Construction Law
• Real Estate Law
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Civil Rights
• Litigation & Appeals
• Civil Mediation

Representative Cases

• Coster v. Booras
• Davison v. Van Wert, 837 F. Supp. 235
• IN re Clausen, 442 Mich. 648
• Johnson v. City of Saline, 151 F.3d 564
• Jotham Clement Johnson v. City of Saline, 151 F.3d 564 (6th Cir. 1998)

West Practice Categories

Mediation, Civil Rights, Construction Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Family Law, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 1983
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1983
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1996
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1993

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Industrial Business & Development Commission, 1977 - 1978 (Chairman)
• Washtenaw County Bar (Member)
• Washtenaw County Circuit Court, 2007 (Approved Mediator)
• Saline Board of Education, 1978 - 1990 (Trustee)
• Tax Board of Review, Saline MI, 1978 (Member)

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor of Family Law, Wayne State Law School

Past Employment Positions

• Schussel, Lifton, Simon, Rands, Galvin & Jackier, P.C., Of Counsel, 1988 - 1990
• Rose, Schmidt, Chapman, Duff & Hasley, Burnham, Connolly, Oesterle & Henry, Associate Attorney, 1986 - May 1988
• Hill, Lewis, Adams, Goodrich & Tait, Associate Attorney, 1984 - 1986
• Smith, Hirsch, Brody & Weingarden, Associate Attorney, 1983 - 1984
• Judge Kenneth Bronson, 14th Judicial District Court, Law Clerk, Summer 1981
• Judges William Beasley, Michael Kelly and Jerome Bronson, Michigan Court of Appeals, Law Clerk, 1981 - 1982

Education

• Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan
  J.D.
  
  Law Review: Wayne Law Review, 1981 - 1983
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1965
  B.A.
  Major: English
  Minor: Latin, Psychology
• Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky

Fraternities/Sororities

• Kappa Tau Alpha

References

• Ann Arbor Commerce Bank

Published Works

• Family Law, 1995 Ann. Survey of Mich. Law, 42 Wayne L. Rev. 897 (1996)
• Family Law, 1994 Ann. Survey of Mich. Law, 41 Wayne L. Rev. 939 (1995)
• The "Baby Jessica Case" and the Claimed Conflict Between Children's and Parents' Rights, 40 Wayne L. Rev. 285 (1994)
• Family Law, 1993 Ann. Survey of Mich. Law, 40 Wayne L. Rev. 793 (1994)
• Real Property, 1991 Ann. Survey of Mich. Law, 38 Wayne L. Rev. 1185 (1992)
• Family Law, 1990 Ann. Survey of Mich. Law, 37 Wayne L. Rev. 857 (1991)
• Family Law, 1989 Ann. Survey of Mich. Law, 36 Wayne L. Rev. 611 (1990)
• Commercial Contracts and Contracts, 1988 Ann. Survey of Mich. Law, 35 Wayne L. Rev., 361 (1989)
• Taxation, 1987 Ann. Survey of Mich. Law, 34 Wayne L. Rev. 1075, (1988)
• Real Property Law, 1986 Ann. Survey of Mich. Law, 33 Wayne L. Rev. 767 (1987)
• Real Property Law, 1985 Ann. Survey of Mich. Law, 32 Wayne L. Rev. 805 (1986)
• Trusts, 1985 Ann. Survey of Mich. Law, 32 Wayne L. Rev. 943 (1986)
• Seven-part Series on Foreclosure by Advertisement in Res Ipsa Loquitur, the Washtenaw County Bar Magazine, Published Monthly
• History of the Annual Survey of Michigan Law and a Statistical Analysis of the Supreme Court of Michigan During the Survey Period, 29 Wayne L. Rev.
• Casenote, Right of Contribution - Equal Pay Act - Title VII - Collective Bargaining Agreement - Liability of Union to Employer for Contribution to Backpay Award, 28 Wayne L. Rev. 1521 (1982)

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