Minority Partners in Majority/Corporate Law Firms Online Directory View Partners Alphabetically - By Specialty - By Location - By Firm Name: Maurice G. Jenkins Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC Address: 500 Woodward Avenue Suite 4000 Detroit, MI 48226-3425 Phone Number: 313-223-3785 Email: mjenkins@dickinsonwright.com Specialty Areas: Labor and employment litigation; NLRB election and LILP Charge proceedings; Collective Bargaining Negotiations; Preventative counseling on employment matters; Internal Investigations of environment al harassment complaints and systemic discrimination claims; Internal Inve stigations of environmental harassment complaints and systemic discriminati on claims; Drafting employee handbooks, contracts, policies; Alternative dispute resolution, including mediations, arbitrations, and facilitations; Federal and state administrative proceedings involving labor, employment, and discrimination matters. Licenses: Michigan Education and Honors: B.A. degree, Accounting, Michigan State University, 1976; J.D. degree (cum laude), Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University, 1981; Certificate, Executive Education Program, "Mergers and Acquisitions," University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, 2001 Professional Background: Former Chief Labor Counsel, General Motors Corporation, responsible for all NLRB matters throughout United States, including unfair labor practices, union avoidance and collective bargaining negotiations support. Achieved high success rate in defending interests of client; Developed corporate ADA compliance program for General Motors; Litigated significant number of discrimination and wrongful termination cases including pre-complaint investigation, discovery, trial, and appeals; Author, ICLE Michigan Employment Law Manual chapter Employer Records, Reports and Deposits (1997); Contributing Editor, Developing Labor Law (BNA); Author, ABA-BNA Employment Discrimination Law, Chapter on "Summary Judgment in Age Discrimination Cases."; Panelist, ABA-CLE Video Seminar on Depositions in Sexual Harassment Cases; Faculty member, ABA Instituteon Age Discrimination Litigation; Served as Mock Trial Counsel at 1994 ABA Annual Meeting Presidential Showcase Litigating Sexual Harassment Claims.; Former General Counsel, General Motors Minority Dealers Association; Litigated multi-plaintiff reduction in force cases for Ameritech; Panelist in various ABA/CLE programs regarding employment litigation. Major Clients: SBC Global Communications/Ameritech; Ford Motor Company ; Intermet Corporation; Webasto Sunroofs, Inc.; Magna International, Inc.; Target Stores; Delphi Automotive; Marshall Fields; Public Service/Community Affairs: Trustee, MSU-DCL Board of Trustees; Former Member, University Liggett School Board of Trustees; Commissioner, by appointment of Mayor Dennis W. Archer, City of Detroit Civil Service Commission; Member, Labor and Employment Sections of State Bar of Michigan and American Bar Association; Recipient of the 1997 YMCA Minority Achievers Award; Volunteer and Mentor YMCA Detroit; Former Director, Board of Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services; Member, President's Club, MSU-DCL Alumni Association. Board Memberships and/or Corporate Directorships: Member, State Bar of Michigan Committee on Judicial Qualifications; Member, Michigan Supreme Court Committee on Model Standard Civil Jury Instructions (MSJI); Member MSJI Sub-Committee re Sexual Harassment Cases.   View Partners Alphabetically - By Specialty - By Location - By Firm