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PRACTICE AREAS
Administrative & Governmental Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitration
Child Custody
Contact Drafting & Review
Domestic Relations
Facilitative Mediation
Family Law
Health Care & Hospitals
Mediation EDUCATION
Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1980)
Central Michigan University (B.S., cum laude, 1976)
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
State Bar of Michigan
U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
State Bar of Michigan
Committee Member, Attorney Grievance Commission
Ingham County Bar Association
Director (1993-1996)
Bar Bench F.O.C. Committee, Co-Chairperson
Ingham County Bar Foundation
Treasurer & Director ( 2003-present )
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Member, Casey & Boog, P.L.C.
Hearing Officer, Liquor License Suspensions & Revocations, City of East Lansing (1987)
Examiner, Board of Law Examiners (1988-1990)
DISTINCTIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS
Named to Best Lawyers in America - Family Law, 25th Anniversary Edition (2008)
Special Assistant Attorney General
Facilitative Mediator, trained to assist couples who want to work out the issues involved in their divorce with the assistance of a mediator, rather than utilizing an adversarial "two-attorney" approach
Achieved an AV© peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
DECC (New Directions in Education, Clinical Care and Counseling National)
President (1984)
Legal Counsel (1980-1999)
Multiple Sclerosis Society, Board Member (1985-1988)
Council Against Child Abuse, Legal Counsel (1985-present)
YMCA, Central Branch
Vice President (1987)
Board Member (1986-1989)
YMCA Metro Branch, Board Member (1986-1989)
Catholic Lawyers
Board Member (1986-1996)
President (1990)
Secretary/Treasurer (1988)
Impression Five Science Museum, Board Member (1986-1988)
Greater Lansing Urban League, Legal Counsel (1987-1989)
City of East Lansing Cable Commission, Board Member (1988-1990)
"ELE's Place"
President (2000-2002)
Vice President (1999)
Board Member (1991-2002)
Ingham County Child Abuse Task Force, Executive Committee (1991-1999)
Capitol National Bank, Board of Directors (1996-present)
Risk Liason to the Board
Chair, Nominating Committee
Ingham County Friend of the Court Advisory Committee (1998 to present)
MSU, Detroit College of Law, American Institution of Court - Barrister (2000)
Liturgical Commission (Catholic Diocese), Secretary (1999-present).
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