Bruce L. Sendek is a shareholder based in Butzel Long's Detroit office and serves as Chair of the firm's Litigation Department. Mr. Sendek represents corporations and individuals in complex disputes involving a wide range of corporate and commercial matters. He regularly appears before the federal and state courts, as well as arbitration tribunals. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America and Detroit Business Top Lawyers. Mr. Sendek has an "AV" peer review rating in Martindale Hubbell. He is an honors graduate of Notre Dame Law School (J.D., 1977) where he served as an Associate Editor of the Law Review. Mr. Sendek represents a broad spectrum of clients, both as plaintiffs and defendants, in cases involving commercial contract disputes and business litigation, including acquisitions and other business sale transactions, automotive supply chain disputes, sales commissions disputes, non-compete agreements, trade secrets, as well as franchise terminations, construction litigation, environmental claims, real estate matters, securities litigation, class action litigation, antitrust, violations of civil RICO and financial institution matters. Mr. Sendek has extensive trial and appellate experience in both federal and state courts. He has successfully arbitrated and mediated many commercial disputes. Experience · Obtained jury verdict in favor of defendants in a $5 million lawsuit brought by a major hospital/health care system in connection with an acquisition of client's optometric centers. · Successfully defended jury trial in Oakland County defending multi-million-dollar fraud claim arising out of the purchase of our client's manufacturing company. · Recovered a $1.6 million award in an international arbitration dispute for our client, an English aerospace/automotive corporation, in a claim against a prior property owner for reimbursement of environmental clean-up expenses at a Superfund Site. · Obtained a $7.25 million settlement for German automotive corporation in connection with acquisition of a piston manufacturing company. · Successfully arbitrated breach of supply contract between aerospace supplier and aircraft manufacturer. · Successfully defended fraud, RICO and breach of contract claims, in federal court, brought by NASCAR racing promoter against sponsor. All claims were dismissed against our client. · Obtained jury verdict and substantial economic award, with attorney fees and costs, on behalf of shopping center owner in a commercial lease dispute with anchor tenant. · Obtained jury verdict and substantial economic award, with attorney fees and costs, on behalf of a nickel metals supplier in a breach of supply contract dispute. · Successfully defended electrical component manufacturer in action brought by neighboring manufacturing facility alleging substantial injury to its business due to toxic emissions. · Successfully defended waste management company against breach of contract claims brought by minority landfill owners. The case involved a complicated mix of contract and environmental issues. · Successfully prosecuted indemnification action in Kansas federal court on behalf of aerospace manufacturer against prior owner for environmental clean-up costs. · Successfully defended landscape company in breach of contract action brought by commercial developer. · Obtained jury verdict that denied substantial claim for liquidated damages in breach of contract claim against non-profit entity. · Successful defense of wrongful termination claim on behalf of major waste management company tried before a Wayne County jury. The jury came back with a de minimis award, with a near total win for our client. · Successfully defended small English paintball distributor against multi-million-dollar breach of contract claim brought in federal court by the major U.S. soft gel manufacturing company. · Obtained injunction against medical professional for opening competing optometric center in breach of non compete agreement. · Successfully handled Michigan Supreme Court appeal concerning enforceability of common law arbitration agreements. · Obtained dismissal following bench trial of wholesale food distributor's breach of contract claim against chain of retail grocery stores. · Represented a private equity investor in a complicated effort to purchase a major OEM's glass manufacturing operations in North America News Media Releases 11.28.11, 68 Butzel Long attorneys named to DBusiness magazine's Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit 2012 12.02.10, Sixty-four Butzel Long attorneys named to DBusiness magazine's Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit 2011 09.09.10, Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 09.09.09, Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2010: Forty-nine attorneys recognized in national listing 10.22.08, Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 10.04.07, Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 News in brief 10.04.11, Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 Memberships American Bar Association State Bar of Michigan Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Recognitions The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, 2003-2012 DBusiness Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit, Appellate Law; Business Litigation, 2011 DBusiness Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit, Commercial Litigation, 2011-2012 |