John R. Trentacosta is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP and is a member and former co-chair of the Automotive Industry Team as well as a member of the Distribution & Franchise, Commercial Transactions & Business Counseling, and International Practices. He is also a member of the firm's Energy Industry Team. Mr. Trentacosta is actively involved in drafting contracts commonly used in the automotive industry. He is also extensively involved in litigating disputes involving automotive concerns, particularly supplier-manufacturer disputes. Mr. Trentacosta has over 30 years of commercial, contract and computer litigation experience. Having published two books in this area, he is recognized as one of Michigan's leading experts in Article Two of the Uniform Commercial Code involving commercial transactions. In 2010, he was named a BTI Client Service All-Star, an elite group of attorneys nominated solely and exclusively by clients in BTI's independent study as delivering the absolute best in client service. Mr. Trentacosta has been Peer Review Rated as AV® Preeminent™, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system and was selected for inclusion in the 2006 - 2011 Michigan Super Lawyers® lists. Mr. Trentacosta is listed in the 2006 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business and was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2010 - 2012 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® in the field of commercial litigation. He was named one of the 25 Leaders in the Law by Michigan Lawyers Weekly and also was named to DBusiness magazine's 2011 list of Top Lawyers in the areas of commercial law and commercial litigation. A respected and widely published author, Mr. Trentacosta was editor and contributing author of Michigan Contract Law (Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1998), co-author and general editor of Michigan Legal Forms-Uniform Commercial Code (Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1995). He twice co-authored the "Annual Survey of Michigan Law, Commercial Transactions and Contracts," published in The Wayne Law Review. He has also published numerous articles on UCC issues and commercial litigation appearing in Michigan Bar Journal and The Michigan Business Law Journal. Mr. Trentacosta has also co-authored "IP Tug of War" which was published in the May 2011 issue of Inside Supply Management. Mr. Trentacosta is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and has served as chairperson (1995-96) and council member (1990-95) of the Business Law Section. He has served as chairperson of the UCC Committee (1987-98) and council member of the Computer Law Section since 1997. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, Business Law and Litigation Sections. A 1980 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, Mr. Trentacosta received his undergraduate degree in finance from Michigan State University with high honors in 1977. |