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Mr. Martin's practice includes complex commercial matters, employment disputes, environmental claims, public utility regulation, administrative law, and appellate law. Mr. Martin has successfully represented clients in Michigan's Circuit Courts, Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court, in federal courts, and in various alternative dispute resolution forums.
Experience
Mr. Martin's experience includes representation of:
employers, in matters involving claims of discrimination, wrongful discharge, violations of Whistleblowers' Protection Act, breach of contract, non-competition agreements, and trade secrets;
private companies, in a wide range of matters, including complex commercial disputes, fraud, tortious interference, breach of contract, antitrust practices, environmental contamination, breach of warranty; and
public utility companies, in matters involving regulatory compliance, franchise and local government consent requirements, and issues relating to rates.
Significant Decisions
City of Taylor v Detroit Edison Co., 475 Mich 109 (2006), declaring local government's attempted regulation of public utilities outside local government's constitutional authority (counsel for public utility company filing as amicus in support of Detroit Edison)
Cluley v Lansing Board of Water & Light, 2006 WL 551351, per curiam opinion of the Michigan Court of Appeals, affirming trial court's order granting defendant employer summary disposition of claims for sex discrimination under the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, tortious interference with a contract, and breach of contract
Publications
16 Products Liability 3, "A Year in Review: State and Federal Product Liability Decisions of 2004," American Bar Association's Committee on Products Liability Litigation, Summer 2005 (co-authored with Eric C. Lund and Sarah E. Heineman)
Professional Associations
Federal Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan
Grand Rapids Bar Association
Civic and Cultural Involvements
Board Member - David D. Hunting Branch of the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids
Mentor - YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids
Member - Saint Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church
Awards
Excellence in Trial Advocacy - International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2004.
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