Edward H. Pappas
Member and Client Service Director
epappas(at)dickinsonwright.com
Phone: 248.433.7228
Fax: 248.433.7274
Areas of Practice Emphasis
- Commercial & Business Litigation
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Trade Secrets and Non-Competes
- Shareholder Disputes
- Real Estate Litigation
Representative Clients
- Crown Cork & Seal Company
- Ford Motor Company
- GKN Sinter Metals
- Jervis B. Webb Company
- Publishers Clearing House
- The Dow Chemical Company
Prominent Assignments
- Obtained a no cause for action (zero damages) arbitration award in defense of a one hundred twenty million dollar Breach of Contract / Business Tort case
- Obtained summary judgment in a trade secret/non-compete case, where judgment was upheld in the Michigan Court of Appeals in the first reported Michigan decision on inevitable disclosure of trade secrets
- Obtained injunctive relief putting an end to a corporate raid of a competitor's key employees
- Obtained permanent injunctive relief after trial enjoining an unauthorized retailer from diverting products from an authorized distribution network, and recovered actual attorney fees
- Successfully represented several clients in corporate, partnership and shareholder disputes
- Obtained a favorable decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit overturning an unfavorable decision of the lower Federal court (handled by different counsel) in a major real estate dispute
- Obtained summary judgment in an Eighty Million Dollar lender liability lawsuit filed in Federal Court
- Successfully defended a credit reporting company (jury verdict) against a claim that it violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act
Education
- J.D. (cum laude), University of Michigan Law School, 1973
- B.B.A. in Business Administration, University of Michigan, 1969
Admitted to Practice
- Michigan, 1973
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 2002
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1994
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1983
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2007
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1983
Professional and Community Involvement
- Commissioner, Board of Commissioners, State Bar of Michigan, 1999-present; Executive Committee, 2003-present; Treasurer, 2004-2005; Secretary, 2005-2006; Vice President, 2006-2007
- President, Oakland County Bar Association, 1997-1998 (Board of Directors, 1990-1998; Distinguished Service Award, 1993)
- Mediator and Facilitator, Oakland County Circuit Court, 1983-present
- American Arbitration Association Roster of Neutral Commercial Litigation Arbitrators
- Fellow, American College of Civil Trial Mediators
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
- Master, Oakland County Bar Association's Inn of Court
- Board of Trustees, Oakland Mediation Center, 1992-1996
- Board of Trustees, Oakland Livingston Legal Aid, 1982-1990 (President, 1985-1987)
- State Bar of Michigan President- Elect, 2007-2008
Publications and Presentations
- Michigan Business Torts (ICLE), co-author, First Edition, 2001; Supplements, 1993, 1995, 1997; Second Edition, 2003
- Trade Secrets: Protection and Remedies (BNA), co-author, June, 2007
- Michigan Law of Damages (ICLE), co-author of chapter
- Michigan Causes of Action Formbook (ICLE), co-editor and contributing author, September 1989
- Frequent speaker, seminars on business torts, commercial litigation, arbitration and mediation
Firm Management
- Director: Commercial & Business Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust, and Construction Practices 1999-2008
- Client Service Director, 2008-present
