Areas of Practice Emphasis

Representative Clients

  • Kmart Corporation
  • La-Z-Boy Incorporated
  • LaFarge Corporation
  • The Meade Group
  • JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  • CVS/Caremark (formerly CVS Corporation)
  • The American National Red Cross

Prominent Assignments

  • Experienced in real estate development, financing and leasing, including land use, zoning and development permits.
  • Represented national retailers (Kmart Corporation, Builders Square, La-Z-Boy development, financing, leasing and disposition of real property, including multiproperty and multistate transactions.
  • Represented Lafarge Midwest in the relocation and construction of its Detroit Terminal.

Education

  • Law clerk, Hon. Ralph M. Freeman, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Michigan, 1980-1982
  • J.D. (magna cum laude), University of Detroit School of Law, 1980
  • A.M.L.S. in Library Science, University of Michigan, 1973
  • B.A. in History and English, University of Michigan, 1972

Admitted to Practice

  • Michigan, 1980
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1980
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 1980
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1980

Professional and Community Involvement

  • Member, State Bar of Michigan (Real Property Section, Zoning and Land Use Committee)
  • Board of Directors, Lighthouse of Oakland County - Unity Park 1996-1998
  • Steering Committee Member, Drive to Beat Breast Cancer, Beaumont Hospital, 2004 - 2007
  • Board of Directors, Sharing & Caring, Beaumont Hospital, 2007-present