Craig W. Hammond
Member
chammond(at)dickinsonwright.com
Phone: 248.433.7256
Fax: 248.433.7274
Areas of Practice Emphasis
- Banking & Financial Services
- Municipal Law & Finance
- Senior Living Services
- Energy and Sustainability
Representative Clients
- Citizens Bank
- EDC's of Farmington Hills and Waterford Township
- EDC's of Genesee, Jackson, and Saginaw Counties
- Fifth Third Bank
- JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA
- LaSalle Bank Midwest, NA
- Lawrence Technological University
- Michigan Strategic Fund
- National City Bank
- Presbyterian Villages of Michigan
Prominent Assignments
- Bond counsel to Michigan Strategic Fund, local EDC's and underwriter's counsel on numerous private activity bond transaction benefiting manufacturing, health care facilities, educational facilities, cultural facilities, senior living and assisted living facilities, and solid waste disposal facilities
- Bond counsel to Michigan State Housing Development Authority for senior housing project in West Bloomfield, Michigan
- Counsel to JPMorgan Chase Bank on numerous private activity bond financings
- Counsel to Michigan Opera Theatre for Detroit Opera House bond financing
- Counsel to Detroit Public Television and Detroit Youth Foundation for bond financing of new headquarters
- Bond counsel on solid waste disposal facility financings for cogeneration facilities, biofuel facilities and industrial recycling facilities
- Bond counsel for senior congregate care facility financings for Canterbury Health Care, Inc.
- Counsel to Lawrence Technological University and Roeper School for bond financings of campus improvements
- Bond counsel for Presbyterian Villages of Michigan financing through Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority and other governmental issues
- Counsel to lenders in connection with credit enhancement for bond financings throughout the state of Michigan, including projects for Detroit Catholic Central High School, Detroit Science Center, De La Salle Collegiate High School, and YMCA Metropolitan Detroit
Education
- J.D. (cum laude), University of Michigan, 1988
- B.A. (cum laude), Williams College, 1985
Admitted to Practice
- Michigan, 1988
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1988
Professional and Community Involvement
- Member, State Bar Association
- Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
