Areas of Practice Emphasis

Representative Clients

  • Ford Motor Company
  • Hospice of Michigan
  • AT&T Inc.
  • Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Inc.
  • Trinity Health Care Corporation
  • MAG Industrial Automation Systems, Inc.
  • Usui International

Prominent Assignments

  • Primary responsibility for all wage and hour and employee health and safety matters for all firm clients
  • Primary counsel to Japanese employers doing business in the United States for employment law and employment relations issues
  • Trial counsel for numerous companies on employment matters, including FLSA, FMLA and OSHA

Education

  • J.D., University of Michigan, 1988
  • B.A. (magna cum laude), Albion College, 1985

Admitted to Practice

  • Michigan, 1988
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1988
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 1993
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1993

Professional and Community Involvement

  • Adjunct professor of law, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, 1993-2001

Publications and Presentations

  • Michigan Public Employer Labor Relations Association, Residency Requirements in Public Employment
  • Lorman Education Services, Wage and Hour Issues
  • Dickinson Wright Employment Law Seminar, Wage and Hour, FMLA, and Employee Leave Issues

Acknowledgements

  • Best Lawyers in America - Employment and Labor Law, 2006

Attorney Recognitions