Areas of Practice Emphasis

• Commercial & Business Litigation
• Construction
• Patent Litigation

Representative Clients

• Ford Motor Company
• Magna Powertrain, Inc.
• Walter Toebe Construction Company
• L. D'Agostini & Sons, Inc.
• J. McFall & Associates
• ArvinMeritor Inc.
• AT&T Mobility LLC
• Electrical Systems Inc. (ESI)

Prominent Assignments

• Law Clerk, The Honorable Patrick J. Duggan, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1999-2001
  
• Regularly counsels clients concerning day-to-day construction questions.
• Litigation and arbitration of various construction claims and disputes involving delay, impact, and differing site condition claims.
• Litigation of wide variety of complex business and commercial matters, including contract, business tort disputes, and intellectual property disputes.
• Chairperson of Dickinson Wright's Construction Law Task Force

Education

• J.D. (summa cum laude), University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, 1999
  - Law Review
  - Moot Court
• B.S.E.E., Kettering University, 1993
• Construction Industry Technician (CIT) designation through the National Association of Women in Construction, in conjunction with Clemson University, 2006

Admitted to Practice

• Michigan, 1999
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2000

Professional and Community Involvement

• Member, State Bar of Michigan
• Member, National Association of Women in Construction
  - NAWIC - Detroit Board of Directors 2006-2007
  - NAWIC - Detroit Membership Chair 2006-2007
  - NAWIC - Chapter 183 New Leader Award Recipient, 2007
• Member, Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association, Forum on Construction
• Executive Planning Committee Member, 3rd Annual Building Connections Event, Supporting the Detroit Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, 2007
• Introducing Evidence at Trial, 3rd Ed., ICLE, contributing author
• Cumulative Impact Claims, Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, Co-Presenter, Breakfast Roundtable.