Areas of Practice Emphasis

Representative Clients

  • Borders Group, Inc.
  • Carhartt, Inc.
  • Dearborn Bancorp, Inc.
  • King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Kmart Corporation
  • Kuhlman Corporation
  • Nuveen Bond Funds
  • Semco Energy, Inc.
  • Wolohan Lumber Co.

Prominent Assignments

  • SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance, including the preparation and review of registration statements, proxy statements for mergers and annual meetings, tender offers, and SEC annual and quarterly reports
  • Counsel to companies on going private transactions and associated issues
  • Counsel to various parties in numerous mergers or acquisitions in the banking, real estate, automotive, and manufacturing industries
  • Counsel to issuers or underwriters in voluminous registered public offerings
  • Counsel to a bank in its initial organization and capitalization, the organization of its bank holding company, and public offerings
  • Counsel to both issuers and target companies in tender offer transactions
  • Serve as general counsel to various corporations

Education

  • LL.B., University of Virginia, 1958
  • B.A., Michigan State University and Denison University, 1955

Admitted to Practice

  • Michigan, 1959

Professional and Community Involvement

  • Past Chairman, Business Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan
  • Attorney Discipline Board?Chairman of Panel
  • Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers

Attorney Recognitions