LITIGATION CONSULTANT AND APPELLATE LITIGATOR
20 Years As Appellate Lawyer in Solo Practice Working As Co-Counsel to Law Firms Representing Business, Municipalities, and Individual Clients
Law Practice On Appeal and In Trial Courts, As Co-Counsel, To Win Case & Avoid An Appeal
5 Years Experience As Judicial and Appellate Law Clerk, including
● Judicial Law Clerk To Michigan Supreme Court Justice (2 years), And
● Judicial Law Clerk to A Federal Appeals Court Judge (in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Wilmington, Delaware) (1 year), And
● Legal Intern in Appellate Division of Delaware Attorney General’s Office
EDUCATION
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, B.A.* 1985. (*Cum Laude in Honors Program in Social Studies)
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, J.D., 1989.
MISSION OF LAW PRACTICE: Winning Litigation For Clients In Trial Courts and On Appeal By Focusing Pleadings and Proofs To Persuade Judge To Accept Our View of Facts and Law.
Civil and Criminal Appeals in State and Federal Courts and Assisting Co-Counsel in Pleading Claims, Discovery and Obtaining Judgments in Trial Courts.
2 Years Experience Working in Washington, D.C. for Two U.S. Senators From Michigan
● Staff Intern to U.S. Senator Carl Levin in U.S. Senate office in D.C. (1988)
● Staff Intern to U.S. Senator Donald Riegle in U.S. Senate in D.C. and Flint (1980-81)
APPELLATE PRACTICE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
Founding Co-Chair, Michigan Appellate Bench Bar Conference Foundation, Inc. (1995-2000)
(Committee responsible to organize and plan appellate conference held bi-annually
between appellate lawyers and judges on Court of Appeals and Supreme Court)
Principal Original Sponsor and Planner of First Michigan Appellate Bench Bar Conference
Appellate Practice Section, State Bar of Michigan
Officer (1995- 2002 Terms)
State Appellate Courts Administration Committee (Official liaison committee between State Bar and judges and staff of Michigan Court of Appeals), Officer (1995-1998 Term)