Areas of Practice Emphasis

Representative Clients

  • Air Quality Specialist, Inc.
  • Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd.
  • Audio To Go, Inc.
  • Clear!Blue Holdings, LLC
  • Home Quarters Real Estate Group, LLC
  • Huron Valley Physicians Association
  • Kuvata, Inc.
  • MRM Incorporated
  • V.I.O., Inc.

Prominent Assignments

  • Counsel to various publicly-traded and closely-held parties in connection with their mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, divestitures, spin-offs, and recapitalizations
  • Counsel to numerous corporate and partnership clients in connection with corporate governance, commercial contracting, regulatory, licensing and employment matters
  • Counsel to various parties in connection with their domestic and international joint ventures and strategic alliances
  • Counsel to private companies, directors, officers, and shareholders in private placement of securities, securities law reporting and compliance matters, fiduciary obligations, shareholder meetings, and shareholder reporting
  • Counsel to start-up companies and equity owners in formation, private placements, and venture capital financing

Education

  • J.D. (magna cum laude) with concentration in Taxation, Michigan State University - Detroit College of Law, 1996
    - Law Review
    - Tax Moot Court
    - Jurisprudence Awards, Gift and Estate Tax and Criminal Law
  • B.A. in Economics (with distinction), University of Michigan, 1993

Admitted to Practice

  • State of Michigan, 1996
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1996
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 1997
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1998
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 2000

Professional and Community Involvement

  • Member, State Bar of Michigan
  • Member, 2004-05 Board of Directors, Corporate Partner Committee, National Association of Women Business Owners
  • Member, Legal Issues Council of the Original Equipment Suppliers Association