Areas of Practice Emphasis

• Commercial & Business Litigation
• Insurance Litigation and Counseling
• Product Liability Litigation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Automotive Supply Chain Litigation

Representative Clients

• AIG/American General
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Minnesota
• Ford Motor Company
• Gateway, Inc.
• Gerber Life Insurance Co.
• Johnson Controls, Inc.
• Prudential Residential Services
• AT&T Inc.

Prominent Assignments

• Experienced trial lawyer with many first-chair trial, arbitration, and injunctive hearing successes
• Regional defense counsel for AIG/American General Life and Disability Insurance Group
• Experienced in the defense of class action litigation

Education

• J.D. (cum laude), University of Michigan Law School, 1992
• B.A. in Economics (with distinction), University of Michigan, 1989

Admitted to Practice

• Michigan, 1992
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1992
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 1992
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 2000
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, 2007
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1998

Professional and Community Involvement

• State Bar of Michigan (Litigation Section Council Member)
• Federal Bar Association, Detroit Chapter
• Defense Research Institute (DRI): Insurance and Business Litigation Committees; Michigan Liaison to Life, Health, and Disability Committee
• Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
• American Inns of Court, Master of the Bench
• Case Evaluator for Oakland County Circuit Court, Commercial Litigation panel
• Case Evaluator for Wayne County Circuit Court

Publications and Presentations

• "The Dog ate my Insurance Policy: Enforcing Exclusions in the Face of Missing (or Never Received) Contract Documents", DRI Life, Health, and Disability Committe Newsletter, Summer 2005.
• ICLE Ultimate Trial Notebook, "Demonstrative Evidence" Chapter, May, 2006.
• ICLE "Ultimate Trial Notebook" Seminar, Speaker on Demonstrative Evidence.
• Introduction Evidence at Trial, contributing author of chapters on "Spoliation of Evidence," "Entire Statement," and "Compilations and Summaries," 2007.