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Mr. Damren has experience in all aspects of civil and criminal practice. He began his career as a trial prosecutor in Detroit, first with Wayne County and then with the United States Attorney's Office. Since entering private practice in 1981, Mr. Damren has counseled and represented privately and publicly held entities in civil and criminal litigation, business planning and transactional work.
Experience
Complex Business Litigation
Intra-Entity Disputes involving shareholders, directors, officers, partners, trustees, beneficiaries, members, and managers
Business Formation, Reorganization and Relations, including acquisitions, contracts, fiduciary obligations, financing and real estate
Corporate Governance, Internal Investigations, Compliance and White Collar Criminal Defense
Arbitrator, Facilitator, Mediator and Case Evaluator
Significant Decisions
Dwayne B. et al. v Governor Granholm, U.S. District Court Lexis 60412 (2007)
Oakland County Bd. of Co. Rd. Comm'rs v Mich Prop & Cas Guar Ass'n, 456 Mich 590 (1998)
Valassis v Samelson, 142 FRD 118 (ED Mich, 1992)
Briarwood v Faber, 163 Mich App 784 (1987)
Nogueras v Maisel & Associates of Michigan, 242 Mich App 71 (1985)
Publications
2007 Journal of Business and Securities Law - 97, "Ethical Issues"
2007 Chapter 18 in The Handbook of Fraud and Fraud Deterrence, "Discovery and Preventing Fraud in Business Formation and Dissolution," John Wiley & Sons
2006 Michigan Bar Journal (October) 44, "A Proposal to Amend the Rules of Professional Conduct Prohibiting Thompson-Styled Waiver Requests"
2003 11 The Court Legacy, The Historical Society for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan 1, "The Keith Case"
2002 37 New England Law Rev. 1, "Searching for a Calculus of Diversity--Teaching Tolerance"
2002 47 Journal of Legal Pluralism 83, "Restorative Justice, Prison and the Native Sense of Justice"
2000 35 New England Law Rev 1, "Stare Decisis: The Maker of Customs"
1999 6 Texas Wesleyan Law Review 71, "The Theory of 'Involuntary' Contracts: The Judicial Rewriting of Unreasonable Covenants Not To Compete"
1998 1998 Det. College of Law at Michigan State University Law Rev. 63, "The Utilization of Syllogisms in Contemporary Legal Analysis - Law, Logic and the Boolean Universe"
1996 15 Law and Philosophy 271, "A Meeting of the Minds -- The Greater Illusion"
Professional Associations
Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association, 1992-present
Panel Chairman, Attorney Discipline Board, Michigan State Bar, 1995-present
2006-7 State Bar of Michigan Task Force on Attorney Client Privilege
Oakland Circuit Court Mediator, Master and Case Evaluator, 1983-present
Wayne Circuit Court Mediator and Case Evaluator, 1996-present
Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation, 1994-present
Trustee, Historical Society for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2003-present
Awards
Named National Super Lawyer, Corporate Counsel Edition
Named Michigan Super Lawyer by Law & Politics
Listed in The Best Lawyers In America in both the categories of Arbitration and Commercial Litigation.
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