Practice Areas - Eminent Domain
- Intellectual Property
- Medical Malpractice
- Products Liability
| - Wrongful Death
- Insurance Coverage
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Mediation
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| University | Grand Valley State University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1977 |
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| Law School | Thomas M. Cooley Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1981 |
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| Admitted | 1981, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Third Circuits |
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| Memberships | Grand Rapids, Federal (Regional Director, 1985-1989) and American (Member, Task Force on Environmental Insurance Coverage Litigation; Co-Chair, Insurance Coverage Committee, 1992-1996; Co-Chair, Special Committee on Rewards, Section of Litigation; Co-Chair, Advertising Injury and Intellectual Property Subcommittee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Standing Committee on Professionalism); Defense Research Institute; American Judicature Society; International Society of Primerus Law Firms; International Right of Way Association. |
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| Born | Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 31, 1949 |
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| Biography | Recipient, Distinguished Student Award, 1981. Faculty: ICLE, University of Michigan Law; ICLE Advocacy Institute, Spring, Summer and Fall programs, 1990—. Faculty and Steering Committee Member, Hillman Advocacy Program, 1991—. Lecturer, National CLE Programs on environmental coverage and trial advocacy issues. Co-Author: "How to Use Video in Litigation," Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1986. Contributing Author, "Women Trial Lawyers: How They Succeed in Practice and in the Courtroom," Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1986. Author: "Life Is A Nonstop Event," Baker Book House, 1996; "Marriage Is A Balance Beam," Baker Book House, 1997. Special Attorney to United States Attorney General, 1997-1999. Selected by her peers as a "Michigan Super Lawyer" and selected to be included in the 2009- Edition of The Best Lawyers in America (R). Fellow: Michigan State Bar Foundation. (Also Of Counsel to Meyers & McConnell at Los Angeles, California) |
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| ISLN | 908902543 |
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