Minority Partners in Majority/Corporate Law Firms Online Directory View Partners Alphabetically - By Specialty - By Location - By Firm Name: Kester K. So Law Firm: Dickinson Wright PLLC Address: 215 South Washington Square Suite 200 Lansing, MI 48933 Phone Number: 517-371-1730 Email: kso@dickinsonwright.com Specialty Areas: Public finance; Underwriters counsel; Entergy and utility law; Administrative law; Finance litigation Licenses: Michigan Education and Honors: A.B. degree (with high distinction), the University of Michigan, 1977; J.D. degree, the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1980; Admitted to practice in the State of Michigan and in the United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Michigan ; Honors include Regents Alumni Scholar, 1973; James B. Angell Scholar, 1976; class honors, University of Michigan 1975, 1976 and 1977; and Review Editor, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, 1979-1980; Externto Justice Marc Poche, California Court of Appeals, First District, Division Four, 1980 Professional Background: Served as bond counsel for a large long-term financing for Michigan Public Power Agency, a joint action agency; Bond counsel to the State Building Authority; developed the Commercial Paper Program as an interim financing mechanism; Bond counsel to the Michigan Underground Storage Tank Financial Assurance Authority; eveloped the Commercial Paper Program as an interim financing mechanism.; Counsel to the Michigan PublicPower Agency, Michigan Municipal Electric Association and various municipal electric utilities; Argued before the Supreme Court in favor of the constitutionality of new TIFA legislation; Counsel to cogeneration clients in one of the largest consolidated cases before the Michigan Public Service Commission. Major Clients: State of Michigan; Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority; City of Lansing; City of Detroit; Michigan Public Power Agency; Michigan Municipal Electric Association; State Building Authority; Michigan Underground Storage Tank Financial Assurance Authority; Numerous Other State Agencies and Local Units of Government; Goldman Sachs & Co.; JP Morgan & Co.; Merrill Lynch & Co.; Bear Stearns & Co.; First of Michigan Public Service/Community Affairs:   Board Memberships and/or Corporate Directorships:   View Partners Alphabetically - By Specialty - By Location - By Firm