Areas of Practice Emphasis

• Commercial & Business Litigation
• Insurance

Representative Clients

• Aetna Life Insurance Company
• AIG/American General
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina
• Companion Life Insurance Company
• Continental Insurance Company
• Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Ford Motor Company
• Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
• Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada

Prominent Assignments

• Insurance Litigation expertise includes ERISA, Life, Health and Disability matters
• First chair jury trial experience

Education

• J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1998
• A.B. in Psychology, University of Michigan, 1990

Admitted to Practice

• Michigan, 2001
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2005
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 2001
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 2001
• New York, 1999
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1999
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1999

Professional and Community Involvement

• State Bar of Michigan, Insurance and Indemnity Law Committee member
• Oakland County Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute, Life, Health and Disability Committee member
• Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan chapter
• Member, Dickinson Wright, PLLC Insurance Industry Task Force, New Lawyers Committee

Publications and Presentations

• Introducing Evidence at Trial, 3rd ed., (Institute of Continuing Legal Education), contributing editor, 2007
• Presenter, Leadership Oakland "Law Day"