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PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS
First chair trial and appellate responsibility for employment discrimination and harassment matters throughout Michigan and Midwest, including large class actions.
Counsel to several mid-sized entrepreneurial and institutional clients on day-to-day human resource and employment-related issues.
Counsel on various union issues, including organizing campaigns and collective bargaining agreement negotiation and interpretation.
First chair responsibility for arbitrations arising from collective bargaining disputes and unfair labor practice complaints.
Employment dispute resolution, including resolution of claims filed with state or federal Departments of Labor and Civil Rights.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
Compuware Corporation
E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Ford Motor Company
MGM Grand Detroit, LLC
Pitney Bowes
Unisource Worldwide
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Gaming
Labor & Employment Relations
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Best Lawyers in America, 2007 and 2008
Michigan Super Lawyers, 2007 and 2008
Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, President (2005-2006)
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Foundation, Trustee (2006-present)
Member, Diversity Committee, Dickinson Wright PLLC (2005-2007)
Chair, Recruitment Committee, Dickinson Wright PLLC (2004- 2006)
Member responsible for Attorney Training, Dickinson Wright PLLC (2002-2003)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Grosse Pointe Farms, Mayor Pro Tem (2005-2007), City Council (2001-present)
U of M Club of Greater Detroit, Board of Governors (1999-2003)
Grosse Pointe Hockey Association, Board of Directors (2007- present)
American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), treasurer, senior citizen housing development committee
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Frequent Speaker on FMLA and ADA at Council on Education in Management Seminars, 2005-present
Orgpro Conference of Michigan Society of Association Executives, Employment issues facing association executives, 2001
Risk Management Magazine, co-author, "The Arbitration Alternative," June 1998
Dickinson Wright Viewpoint, author and co-author of articles on Illinois Employment Law, the ADA, and OSHA
EDUCATION
University of Michigan, B.A. 1985
Vanderbilt University School of Law, J.D. 1989 | 