PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS

Represented clients in high profile employment litigation covered by the media including The New York Times and 20/20

Tried jury cases defending wrongful termination, race discrimination, disability discrimination, sex discrimination, and religious discrimination claims

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS

• AT&T Inc.
• Borders Group, Inc.
• Carhartt, Inc.
• Central Transport
• Ford Motor Company
• Lawrence Technological University
• Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.
• Magna International, Inc
• Delta Airlines, Inc.
• University of Michigan

AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Labor & Employment Relations

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

• Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
• Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Labor and Employment, since 2003
• Listed in Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers, Labor & Employment since 2004
• Listed in the Top 100 Michigan Super Lawyers, 2006-2009
• Named one of the Nation's Top 100 Management Employment Law Attorneys, 2009, by Human Resource Executive Magazine and Lawdragon

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

• Treasurer, State Bar of Michigan, Labor and Employment Law Section
• Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association, Panel of Employment Arbitrators
• Member, American Employment Law Council
• Member, ICLE Labor and Employment Law Advisory Board
• Member, EEOC Mediation Program Advisory Board
• Member, CPR Employment Law Committee

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Grosse Pointe Board of Education, 1990-1998, President, 1993- 1994, 1996-1998

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Lindemann and Grossman, Employment Discrimination Law , 4th Ed., Chapter Chair
• Lindemann and Grossman, Employment Discrimination Law, 2002 Cumulative Supplement, Contributing Author
• Employment Litigation in Michigan, Second Edition (ICLE), "Discrimination Claims," Chapter Author
• Michigan Bar Journal, "The Constructive Discharge Doctrine in Michigan: A Need for Clarification," Co-author
• Labor and Employment Lawnotes, "Garg: Abolishment of the Continuing Violations Doctrine Under Michigan Law" (Summer 2005), Co-author
• Labor and Employment Lawnotes. "Debtor's Failure to Disclose Potential Employment Claim May Bar Later Pursuit of that Claim" (Fall 2006), Co-Author
• EEOC Training Institute, 2009, Panel Member
• ICLE 34th Annual Labor & Employment Law Institute, 2009, Presenter
• Lorman Educational Services, "Advanced Workplace Investigations in Michigan," Presenter
• Michigan College and University Personnel Association, "Whistleblower Cases," Presenter

EDUCATION

Kalamazoo College, B.A. 1970

University of Michigan School of Law, J.D. 1973 (cum laude)