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Areas
of Practice
- Utility
Law
- Administrative
and Governmental Law (Department Chairman)
- Communications
Law
- Litigation
and Appellate Practice
Education
- Wayne
State University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1976)
- Michigan
State University (B.S., cum laude, 1972)
Bar
and Court Admissions
- State
Bar of Michigan (1976)
- District
of Columbia Bar (1988)
- U.S.
District Court, Eastern (1976) and Western (1978) Districts of
Michigan
- U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1977)
- U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1979)
- U.S.
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1982)
- Supreme
Court of the United States (1979)
- Registered
Lobbyist Agent since 1980
Professional
Associations
- American
Bar Association
- Public Utility, Communications and
Transportation Law Section
(1984-present)
- Committees on Energy Law, Cable
Television and Communications
- Administrative Law and Regulatory
Practice Section (1978 - present)
- State
Bar of Michigan
- Public Utility Law Committee
(Chairman 1985-1986)
- Administrative Law Section (State
Council, 1983-1990; State
Chairperson, 1988-1989)
- Representative Assembly
(Delegate, 1985-1988)
- Administrative Rule-making Committee
(State Chairman, 1982-1984)
- District
of Columbia Bar Association
- Administrative Law & Agency
Practice Section
- Ingham
County Bar Association
- President (1985-1986)
- Chairman, Administrative Law
Section (1989-1997)
- State
Capital Law Firm Group
- Chairman of Board of Directors
(1998-1999)
- Chairman, Public Utility, Energy and
Communications Section
(1994-present)
- Board of Directors (1993-present)
- Michigan Representative (1989-present)
- Tri-County
Council of Bar Leaders (Chairman, 1986)
- Michigan
Society of Association Executives (1990-present)
- National
Resource Center for State Laws and Regulations, Board of Directors
(1993-present); Chairman (1998-1999)
Community
Activities and Organizations
- Governor
John Engler's Legal Transition Team (1990-1991)
- Michigan
State University President's Club (1980-present)
- Ingham
County Energy Commission (1977-1980; Chairman, 1978-1980)
- State
Senator William Sederburg's Environment and Energy Advisory
Group
(1979-1980)
- Hearing
Officer, City of East Lansing (1985)
- Lecturer
and Author for The Institute of Continuing Legal Education, The
State
Bar of Michigan, The Thomas M. Cooley Law School and other
groups.
- Downtown
Coaches Club (1979-present; Board of Directors, 1981-1988;
President, 1987; Honorary Life Member)
- Chairman,
MSU Debate Team Benefactors (1989-present)
- Lansing
Regional Chamber of Commerce (1980-present; Board of Directors,
Executive Committee, Vice President for Governmental Affairs)
- Michigan
Chamber of Commerce (1987-present)
- East
Lansing Educational Foundation (Board of Directors, 1990-1992)
- Friends
of Michigan History, Inc. (Board of Directors, 1988-1992)
- Close-Up
Program, Ingham Intermediate School District (Advisory Council,
1986-1992)
- Impression
5 Science Center (Board of Directors, 1991-1997)
- The
Hundred Club of Lansing (1984-present)
- Boy
Scouts of America (Coordinator, Law Explorers Post, 1981; Council
Executive Board, 1996-present)
- Michigan
Commission on Professional and Occupational Licensure (1981-1983)
- Michigan
Audubon Society (1980-present, State Board of Directors, 1991-1993)
- Regional
Finance Chairman, Abraham for U.S. Senate
- Michigan
State University Alumni Association (1985-present; Life Member
since 1988; National Board of Directors, 1992-1995)
- Rotary
Club of Lansing (1990-present); Board of Directors (1995-1997)
- Abraham
for U.S. Senate, Regional Finance Chairman (1993-present)
Honors
and Distinctions
- Listed
in The Best Lawyers in America
- Small
Business Advocate of the Year, Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce
(1991)
- Listed
in Martindale-Hubbell, Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
- Life
Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation and American Bar Foundation
- Recipient,
Governor's Minuteman Award, Greater Michigan Foundation (1990)
- Distinguished
Service Award, Michigan Association for Deaf, Hearing and
Speech Services (1989)
- Named
to Lansing State Journal's Sesquicentennial List of 150
Achievers (1987)
- "Michigan’s
Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year," State Bar of Michigan
(1985-1986)
- Recipient,
Resolution of Tribute from Michigan Senate (1986)
- Executive
Editor, Wayne Law Review (1975-1976)
- Listed
in Who's Who in American Law and Who's Who in America
- Distinguished
Service Award, Administrative Law Section, State Bar of Michigan
(1989)
- John
W. Cummiskey Award (for pro bono services) State Bar of Michigan
(1990)
- George
Washington Honor Medal (National Citizenship Award), Freedoms
Foundation at Valley Forge (1990)
- Distinguished
Volunteer Award, Voluntary Action Center (1990)
- Fellow,
American Bar Foundation
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