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PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS
Member of litigation team for Ford Motor Company in pending litigation against an exclusive supplier to Ford with claimed damages in excess of $5 billion.
Experience in defending public school systems against discrimination claims on the premise of age, race and national origin.
Experience defending various public school districts in Unfair Labor Practice charges in the Michigan Employment Relations Commission and in bargaining with their respective unions.
Experience in complex business and commercial litigation matters including contract, business torts, and priority disputes.
Well versed in canon law and church property disputes as they relate to an alleged diversion from the original institution's tenets of faith.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
Ameritech Publishing, Inc.
Bank of America
The Episcopal Diocese of Michigan
Fifth Third Bank
Ford Motor Company
Hamtramck Public Schools
HSBC Mortgage Services
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA
Magna Powertrain, Inc.
Pontiac School District
The PrivateBank
Redford Union School District
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Accounts Receivables and Collectibles
Automotive
Business Torts
Condemnation and Land Use and/or Real Estate
Schools & Educational Institutions
Uniform Commercial Code
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Winner of 2005 Research, Writing, and Advocacy Oral Argument Competition (1/293)
Dean Charles H. King Scholar
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, Committee on Constitution and Canon Law Revisions
Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, Wayne County Chapter
American Bar Association, Litigation and Young Lawyers Divisions
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Detroit Golf Club Community Homeowners' Association, Board Member
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Michigan State Law Review, 2006 Mich. St. L. Rev. 813 Cross Fire: Judicial Intervention in Church Property Disputes after Rasmussen v. Bunyan
"On-site Recordings and Digital Evidence," ICLE's Hot Topics In Evidence, May, 2008, co-author
Reviewing Author, Michigan Civil Procedure (ICLE)
EDUCATION
Rice University, B.A. 2002
Michigan State University College of Law, J.D. 2007 (summa cum laude)
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