Areas of Practice Emphasis
Real Estate
Representative Clients
Kmart Corporation
La-Z-Boy Incorporated
LaFarge Corporation
The Meade Group
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
CVS/Caremark (formerly CVS Corporation)
The American National Red Cross
Prominent Assignments
Experienced in real estate development, financing and leasing, including land use, zoning and development permits.
Represented national retailers (Kmart Corporation, Builders Square, La-Z-Boy development, financing, leasing and disposition of real property, including multiproperty and multistate transactions.
Represented Lafarge Midwest in the relocation and construction of its Detroit Terminal.
Education
Law clerk, Hon. Ralph M. Freeman, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Michigan, 1980-1982
J.D. (magna cum laude), University of Detroit School of Law, 1980
A.M.L.S. in Library Science, University of Michigan, 1973
B.A. in History and English, University of Michigan, 1972
Admitted to Practice
Michigan, 1980
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1980
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 1980
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1980
Professional and Community Involvement
Member, State Bar of Michigan (Real Property Section, Zoning and Land Use Committee)
Board of Directors, Lighthouse of Oakland County - Unity Park 1996-1998
Steering Committee Member, Drive to Beat Breast Cancer, Beaumont Hospital, 2004 - 2007
Board of Directors, Sharing & Caring, Beaumont Hospital, 2007-present
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