| Specialty
Areas: |
General
Commercial Litigation; Products Liability Litigation; Toxic
Torts Defense; Class Action Litigation; Constitutional and Civil
Rights Law; Construction Law; Railroad Defense Litigation |
| Licenses: |
Michigan |
| Education
and Honors: |
B.A.
degree (cum laude) Villanova University, 1989; Officer, United
States Marine Corps, 1989-1997; J.D. degree, University of Notre
Dame Law School; Navy Achievement Medal; Southwest Asia Service
Medal w/Star; Joint Meritorious Unit Award; Humanitarian Service
Medal; National Defense Medal; Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
w/ 2 Stars; New York State Conspicuous Service Award |
| Professional
Background: |
Pfizer/Specialty
Minerals, Inc. litigation team; MG Industries litigation team;
Glidden v. Perrigo/NBD litigation team; Budget Rent-A-Car Civil
Rights Class Action (E.D. Mich.); Tower Automotive v. UNOVA
Industrial Automation Systems, Inc. |
| Major
Clients: |
E.I. du
Pont Nemours and Company; MG Industries; Pfizer/Specialty
Minerals, Inc.; Smith & Wesson; Bank ONe, NA; Dow Chemical;
Wells Fargo, N.A.; UNOVA Industrial Automation Systems, Inc.;
Budget Rent-A-Car
|
| Public
Service/Community Affairs: |
Veterans
of Foreign Wars; Ave Maria Law School Board of Visitors |
| Board
Memberships and/or Corporate Directorships: |
Defense
Research Institute; Former Board Member of Grand Rapids Housing
Appeals Board |