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Michael F. Smith

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Michael F. Smith

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Butzel Long,
A Professional Corporation

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Suite 300
Washington, District of Columbia  20006


Telephone: 202-454-2888
http://www.butzel.com



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Practice AreasAppellate Litigation; Labor and Employment Law and related Litigation
 
EducationUniversity of Michigan, J.D., 1994, Georgetown University, B.S., cum laude, 1986; Northwestern University, M.S., 1987
 
Admitted1995, Michigan, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1996, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court
 
MembershipsOakland County, Macomb County and American (Member, Section on Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member: Appellate Practice Section; Labor and Employment Section); Defense Research Institute; Incorporated Society of Irish-American Lawyers.
 
BornDetroit, Michigan, 1964
 
BiographyAuthor, "Maximizing Effectiveness: Factual Statements," 46 For The Defense 68 (December 2004); "Intracorporate Immunity Under 42 USC 1985(3)," 16 Michigan Defense Quarterly 13 (Spring 2000); Co-Author: "Employment Law in Michigan—An Employer's Guide," Ch. 9, "Employee Privacy on the Job," Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1997; "Photo Finished: Calling Into Question Michigan's Roadside Driver's License Confiscation Law," 74 Mich. Bar Journal 410, 1995; "ADA and Workers' Compensation," State Bar of Michigan Workers' Compensation Law Section, Spring Seminar, 1995.(Resident)
 
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Supreme Court Offers Guidance to Employers Faced with the Dilemma of Potential Competing Discrimination Claims
Michael F. Smith, July 13, 2009
Resolving a thorny issue faced by employers finding themselves threatened with a discrimination claim regardless of what action they take, the Supreme Court today held that an employer that acts in a race-conscious fashion to avoid being sued under a disparate-impact theory, must have something...


 

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