Areas of Practice Emphasis

  • Immigration
  • Administrative and Business Litigation
  • Health Law/Medical Practice

Representative Clients

  • Comau, Inc.
  • Health Emergency Medical Services, Inc.
  • JATCO USA, Inc.
  • Niles America Group
  • Samuel, Son & Co., Ltd.
  • Shinsho American Group
  • Sanyo Automotive U.S.A., Inc.
  • Stanley Electric Group
  • Sumitomo Electric Group
  • Unipres North America Corporation

Prominent Assignments

  • All aspects of the international movement of personnel, including inbound and outbound work-authorized visas in nonimmigrant (temporary) and immigrant (permanent or green card) status
  • Immigration consequences of mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructuring, including strategic planning, due diligence, and maintaining post transaction work authorizations of foreign nationals
  • Employment eligibility and employer sanctions, including Forms I-9 audits and the defense of employer sanction investigations and charges
  • Physician practice and medical service
  • Medical Control Authorities
  • Corporate and business law, regulatory and administrative proceedings, and commercial and warranty litigation matters for business clients

Education

  • J.D., University of Arizona College of Law, 1974
  • B.A. (with honors) Michigan State University, 1969

Admitted to Practice

  • Michigan, 1975

Professional and Community Involvement

  • State Bar of Michigan
  • American Bar Association
  • American Immigration Lawyers Association, Michigan Chapter
  • American Health Lawyers Association

Professional Recognition

  • Best Lawyers in America, Immigration, 2008 (13 years running)
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated

Attorney Recognitions