PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS

Drafting of motions, briefs and opinion memoranda in diverse areas of general and commercial litigation matters.

Hearing practice before the Michigan Public Service Commission related to regulatory affairs n of Divorce Arbitration Institute, 1995 and 1996.

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS

• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
• CenturyTel, Inc.
• MGM Grand
• AT&T Inc.
• CNA Insurance Company

AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS

• Commercial & Business Litigation
• Gaming
• Insurance
• Labor & Employment Relations

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

• Associate Member, American Inns of Court, Michigan State University Chapter
• Ingham County Bar Association
• Michigan Bar Association
• Michigan Defense Trial Counsel
• Defense Research Institute

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

• "Advanced Workplace Investigations" seminar, Speaker
• Dickinson Wright Insurance Industry Update (quarterly publication highlighting case law and regulatory developments), Associate Editor
• Michigan Gaming Law Chapter, Scheduled for Publication, Co-Author
• Labor and Employment Law Seminars, Speaker

EDUCATION

Michigan State University, James Madison College, B.A. 2000 (with honors)

Wayne State University Law School, J.D. 2003 (magna cum laude)