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Bar
Membership
State
Bar of Michigan (1989)
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1991)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (1989)
United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan (1991)
Professional
Activities
Winner
of the 2001 Distinguished Brief Award, sponsored by the Thomas M. Cooley
Law Review and awarded to the three most scholarly briefs submitted to the
Michigan Supreme Court in a given term.
Negligence
Section of the State Bar of Michigan
Oakland County Bar Association
Volunteer Mediator for 46th District Court
Participant in Detroit Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Program
Macomb County Bar Association
Michigan Defense Trial Counsel
Publications
The
Malpractice Statute of Limitations: Judicial Interpretation Run Amok,
Laches (Oakland County Bar Association Monthly Publication),
February 1994
Selected
Reported Cases
In
re Chmura (After Remand),
464
Mich. 58 (2001) (rejecting Judicial Tenure Commission’s recommendation
of discipline, and declaring that judge’s campaign literature was
literally or substantially true and/or communicated mere rhetorical
hyperbole protected by the First Amendment).
Alterman v. Provizer, 195
Mich App 422 (1992) (summary disposition in favor of client in legal
malpractice case affirmed)
St.
Paul Insurance v. American Home, 444 Mich 560 (1994) (successfully
resolved coverage dispute in favor of client -- excess insurer)
In
re Chmura, 461 Mich 517 (2000) (declared canon pertaining to
judicial campaign conduct unconstitutional).
Education
Wayne
State University (J.D. 1989)
Wayne State University (B.A., with distinction, 1986)
Community
Activities
Participant
in public school career day.
Active Volunteer at Clinton Township Trinity Lutheran Church and School.
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