Michael J. Lavoie is a 1975 honors graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Burkina Faso (then Upper Volta) from 1975-77. He received his law degree with honors from the University of Detroit in 1980. After law school, he became an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Detroit where he rose to become Assistant Chief of the Criminal Division. He joined Butzel Long in private practice in 1986. Today Mr. Lavoie is a leading member of Butzel Long's business litigation practice group. He practices in the areas of products liability defense, commercial, environmental, construction litigation, and criminal white collar defense. He has also conducted numerous internal corporate investigations and designed and implemented a variety of compliance programs. He has extensive experience representing companies in the automobile manufacturing and supply industries, the construction industry, the waste management industry, and numerous small to medium size businesses. Mr. Lavoie has served for several years as President of the Historical Society for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Mr. Lavoie has also served for many years as a board member and officer of the Pontiac Alumni Foundation engaged in youth mentoring and related activities. Mr. Lavoie is also the President of Friends of Burkina Faso, a national association of former Peace Corps volunteers who served in Burkina Faso. Recent awards include the 2007 Frances R. Avadenka Memorial Award of Oakland County Bar Association, the 2008 State Bar of Michigan Champion of Justice Award and the 2010 Leon Hubbard Community Service Award. Mr. Lavoie has been appointed to the Michigan Community Service Commission by Gov. Rick Snyder. Experience · Successfully concluded an internal investigation · Internal investigation and report regarding a University's response to campus murder · Engineered Thermo Plastics Company Litigation · Robotics Company Litigation News Media Releases 11.28.11, 68 Butzel Long attorneys named to DBusiness magazine's Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit 2012 11.02.11, Butzel Long attorney Michael J. Lavoie appointed to Michigan Community Service Commission 12.02.10, Sixty-four Butzel Long attorneys named to DBusiness magazine's Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit 2011 10.25.10, Forty-two Butzel Long attorneys named to the 2010 Michigan Super Lawyers list 09.29.10, Butzel Long attorney Michael J. Lavoie to receive award from the Oakland County Bar Association on October 21 11.09.09, Forty-Nine Butzel Long attorneys named to Super Lawyers 2009 listing 09.16.08, Butzel Long attorney Michael J. Lavoie to receive State Bar of Michigan's Champion of Justice Award 07.31.07, Michael J. Lavoie is co-recipient of OCBA Frances R. Avadenka Memorial Award 07.11.07, Butzel Long Completes Major Clery Act Internal Investigation and Publishes Nationally Cited Report Memberships State Bar of Michigan U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Historical Society - President Michigan Community Service Commission Pontiac Alumni Foundation - Board Member, Officer, Youth Mentor Former Peace Corps Volunteer - Africa Development Projects Recognitions Oakland County Bar Association - 2010 Recipient of the Leon Hubbard Community Service Award State Bar of Michigan - 2008 Champion of Justice Award Oakland County Bar Association - 2007 Frances R. Avadenka Memorial Award Michigan Super Lawyers, Business Litigation, 2006-2011 DBusiness Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit, Commercial Litigation; White-Collar Criminal Defense, 2011-2012 |