PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS

Chairman, Dickinson Wright PLLC, 2002-2009

Chairman, Board of Directors, Detroit Regional Chamber, 2006-2007

President, American Bar Association, 2003-2004

Mayor of Detroit, 1994-2001 - President, National League of Cities

Associate Justice, Michigan Supreme Court, 1986-1990

AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Appellate Litigation
• Commercial & Business Litigation
• Corporate
• Employee Benefits
• Labor & Employment Relations

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

• Listed in Michigan Super Lawyers 2009
• Listed in Best Lawyers in America

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

• American Bar Association: - President, 2003-2004 - Member, Board of Governors, 1999-2002
• National Bar Association:
  - President, 1983-1984
  - Life Member
• Former President, Wolverine Bar Association, 1979-1980
• Detroit Bar Association:
  - Member, Board of Directors, 1973-1975
  - Chairman, Young Lawyers Section, 1973-1975
• State Bar of Michigan: President, 1984-1985

AWARDS

• Named among "100 Most Influential Black Americans," Ebony magazine, May 1984
• Named one of the "25 Most Dynamic Mayors in America" by Newsweek magazine, November 1996
• Named "Most Respected Judge in Michigan," Michigan Lawyers Weekly, April 1990
• Named among "100 Most Powerful Attorneys in the United States," National Law Journal, April 1985
• Named "Public Official of the Year," Governing magazine, November 2000

EDUCATION

Western Michigan University, B.S. 1965

Detroit College of Law, J.D. 1970