Mr. Hickey serves as a member of Dykema’s Executive Board.
Experience
Mr. Hickey has over 20 years experience litigating commercial and employment matters in various state and federal trial and appellate courts in Michigan, and has appeared before courts and in arbitrations in other states, including Ohio, New York, Minnesota, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Illinois, California, Maryland, Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. He also has extensive experience in arbitrations, mediations, and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.
Mr. Hickey’s litigation and arbitration experience includes matters involving:
Non-compete Agreements and Other Restrictive Covenants
Trade Secrets
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Discrimination and Other Employment Claims
Construction
Commissions
Uniform Commercial Code
Post-acquisition Disputes
General Contract
Significant Decisions
Local 6-0682 International Union of Paper v. National Indus. Group Pension Plan, 342 F.3d 606 (6th Cir. 2003)
Marks v. Newcourt Credit Group, Inc., 342 F.3d 444 (6th Cir. 2003)
Niemi v. NHK Spring Co. Ltd., 276 F.Supp.2d 717 (E.D. Mich. 2003)
Mills v. Williams, 476 F.Supp. 2d 653 (E.D. Mich. 2007)
Broad, Vogt & Conant, Inc. v. Alsthom Automation, Inc., 200 F.Supp.2d 756 (E.D. Mich. 2002) and 186 F.Supp.2d 787 (E.D. Mich. 2002)
Minnis v. McDonnell Douglas Technical Services Co., 162 F.Supp.2d 718 (E.D. Mich. 2001)
Advanced Plastics Corp. v. White Consol. Industries, Inc., 828 F.Supp. 484 (E.D. Mich. 1993)
Sullivan Industries, Inc. v. Double Seal Glass Co., Inc., 192 Mich.App. 333, 480 N.W.2d 623 (1991)
Pijanowski v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 635 F.Supp. 1435 (E.D. Mich. 1986)
Seminars and Speeches
2000 Enforcing Non-compete and Confidentiality Agreements, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
2000 Drafting and Enforcing Non-compete Agreements and Other Restrictive Covenants, State Bar of Michigan
1999 Non-competes, Trade Secrets and Confidential Information, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
Professional Associations
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, Judicial Candidate Evaluation Committee
American Bar Association
Federal Bar Association, Detroit Chapter
State Bar of Michigan
Catholic Lawyers Society of Metropolitan Detroit, Past President and Director
Awards
Named 2006 Michigan Super Lawyer by Law & Politics.
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