Areas of Practice Emphasis

• Corporate
• Securities
• Corporate Finance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity
• Corporate Governance
• Emerging Business

Representative Clients

• Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd.
• American Dealer Enterprise Group, LLC
• Clear!Blue Holdings
• Continental Capital Realty
• H.E.L.P. Financial Corporation
• HMA Capital Partners
• Huron Valley Physicians Association
• Longstock, LLC
• MRM Incorporated
• V.I.O., Inc.

Prominent Assignments

• Counsel to various issuers in connection with their initial and secondary public offerings
• Counsel to numerous issuers in connection with their domestic and offshore private equity and debt placements
• Counsel to various publicly-traded and closely-held parties in connection with their mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, divestitures, spinoffs, and recapitalizations
• Counsel to multiple borrowers in connection with their senior debt, mezzanine debt, venture capital, and MESBIC financings
• Counsel to several management groups in connection with their leveraged buyout transactions
• Counsel to borrowers in connection with their asset securitization, sale-leaseback, and off-balance sheet equipment leasing transactions
• Counsel to numerous corporate and partnership clients in a general counsel capacity, including corporate governance, employment, licensing, commercial contracting, antitrust, and regulatory matters
• Counsel to various parties in connection with their domestic and international joint ventures and strategic alliances
• Counsel to registered broker-dealers and investment advisors and sponsors of private equity funds, derivative securities, and foreign currency option products

Education

• LL.M. in Securities Regulation, Georgetown University Law Center, 1990
• J.D. (Law Review), John Marshall Law School, 1983
• M.S.A. in Accountancy (with honors), DePaul University, 1979
• B.A. (with honors), DePaul University, 1977

Admitted to Practice

• Colorado, 1983
• District of Columbia, 1988
• Michigan, 1990

Professional and Community Involvement

• Member, Michigan, Colorado, and District of Columbia Bar Associations
• Member, Association for Corporate Growth
• Adjunct Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School, 1992-2000

Publications and Presentations

• Author, "Raising Private Capital for Early Stage Businesses: Online Offerings, Angel Networks and Matching Services," Washtenaw County Legal News, August 11, 2005
• Author, "Validity Challenges to SEC Rule 14e-3," The John Marshall Law Review, Vol. 23:3, 1990
• Author, "Expanding Antifraud Protection: The Pledge of Stock under Sections 17(a) and 10(b) of the Securities Acts," The John Marshall Law Review, Vol. 15:2, 1982
• Author of articles for OTC Stock Journal, Corporate Detroit, and The Entrepreneur Network, 1991-1997
• Featured speaker, several local network and syndicated business television programs
• Panelist/moderator, various emerging business roundtables, ICLE and other commercial seminars

Events and Seminars

• Attorneys Address Legal Essentials for Emerging Businesses at Entrepreneur's Network Breakfast