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Chairman, Dickinson Wright PLLC, 2002-present
Chairman, Board of Directors, Detroit Regional Chamber, 2006-2007
President, American Bar Association, 2003-2004
Mayor of Detroit, 1994-2001 - President, National League of Cities
Associate Justice, Michigan Supreme Court, 1986-1990
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Appellate Litigation
Commercial & Business Litigation
Corporate
Employee Benefits
Labor & Employment Relations
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
American Bar Association: - President, 2003-2004 - Member, Board of Governors, 1999-2002
National Bar Association:
- President, 1983-1984
- Life Member
Former President, Wolverine Bar Association, 1979-1980
Detroit Bar Association:
- Member, Board of Directors, 1973-1975
- Chairman, Young Lawyers Section, 1973-1975
State Bar of Michigan: President, 1984-1985
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Named among "100 Most Influential Black Americans," Ebony magazine, May 1984
Named one of the "25 Most Dynamic Mayors in America" by Newsweek magazine, November 1996
Named "Most Respected Judge in Michigan," Michigan Lawyers Weekly, April 1990
Named among "100 Most Powerful Attorneys in the United States," National Law Journal, April 1985
Named "Public Official of the Year," Governing magazine, November 2000
EDUCATION
Western Michigan University, B.S. 1965
Detroit College of Law, J.D. 1970.
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