Areas of Practice Emphasis

• Corporate
• Corporate Finance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity
• Real Estate
• Gaming

Representative Clients

• The Anderson Group, LLC and related companies
• The Athena Group LLC
• Magna International Inc.
• Peninsula Capital Partners and related Funds
• Seligman Western Enterprises and related companies
• Telemus Capital Partners
• Wind Point Partners and related Funds

Prominent Assignments

• Counsel to various parties in merger and acquisition transactions in a variety of industries
  
• Counsel to private capital funds in numerous venture capital, LBO, recapitalization, and mezzanine finance transactions
  
• Counsel to issuer in connection with private capital investments
  
• Counsel to borrowers in connection with various financing transactions, including secured borrowing, real estate finance, debt restructuring, sale/leaseback transactions, and off-balance sheet equipment lease financing
• Counsel to automotive suppliers in connection with establishment of minority joint venture
  
• Counsel to OEM in joint ventures and other equity arrangements with suppliers
  

Education

• J.D. (magna cum laude; Order of the Coif), Wayne State University Law School, 1984
• B.B.A. (with distinction), University of Michigan, 1981

Admitted to Practice

• Michigan, 1984
• Illinois, 1990
• Colorado, 1994
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1984

Professional and Community Involvement

• Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC Management Group
• Member, State Bar of Michigan
• Member, National Association of Women Business Owners
• Member, Commercial Real Estate Women

Acknowledgements

• Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America 2007, 2008
• Selected for inclusion in Michigan Super Lawyers 2006, 2007, 2008

• Link to Best Lawyers in America 2008
• Link to Michigan Super Lawyers 2007