Peter H. Ellsworth

Member

Lansing Office

pellsworth(at)dickinsonwright.com

Phone: 517.487.4710

Fax: 517.487.4700

Areas of Practice Emphasis

Representative Clients

  • MGM Grand
  • Michigan Funeral Directors Association
  • Michigan Municipal Electric Association
  • Michigan Public Power Agency
  • Michigan South Central Power Agency
  • Insurance Institute of Michigan
  • Michigan Republican Party
  • Traverse City Light and Power
  • William Beaumont Hospital

Prominent Assignments

  • Lead counsel for Republican Party in legislative and congressional reapportionment litigation
  • Lead counsel for Republican interests in 2004 Presidential voting rights litigation
  • Lead counsel for MGM Grand Detroit casino selection litigation
  • Lead counsel for Detroit Downtown Development Authority defending a $50 million state grant for the new Tiger Stadium
  • Lead counsel for City of Alma regarding its establishment of a city-owned electric utility
  • Special counsel to the University of Michigan Board of Regents regarding its most recent presidential search
  • Practice expertise:
    -State administrative law and litigation
    -Public utility regulation
    -Hospital and health care regulation (including certificate of need litigation)
    -Gaming
    -Insurance
    -Elections and campaign finance
    -Administrative litigation and judicial appeals
    -Commercial regulatory matters

Education

  • J.D., University of Virginia, 1972
  • B.A. (with high honors), Michigan State University, 1969

Admitted to Practice

  • Virginia, 1972
  • Michigan, 1973
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Professional and Community Involvement

  • Legal counsel to Governor Milliken
  • Member, Michigan Civil Service Commission (Past Chairman) (1991-1996)
  • Member, State Bar of Michigan
  • Member, Virginia State Bar Association
  • Member, Ingham County Bar Association
  • Adjunct professor, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 1984-1986 (State Constitutional Law)
  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America