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Areas
of Practice
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Civil Litigation (Department Chairman)
- Commercial
Litigation
- Intellectual
Property Litigation
- Patents
- Copyrights
- Service Marks
- Trademarks
- Trade Dress
- Trade Secrets -
Government, Election and Campaign Finance Law
Education
- Thomas
M. Cooley Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1986)
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Western Michigan University (post graduate study, public
administration)
- University
of Vermont (B.A., 1975)
Bar
and Court Admissions
- State
Bar of Michigan
- The
Florida Bar
- The
District of Columbia Bar
- U.S.
Supreme Court
- U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits
- U.S.
District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan
- U.S.
District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida
- U.S.
District Court, District of Colorado
Professional
Associations
- American
Bar Association
- Federal
Bar Association
- Antitrust,
Franchising and Trade Regulation Council of the State Bar of Michigan
(Chair, Legislative Committee, 1994)
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Michigan Trial Lawyers Association
Other
Professional Experience
-
Arbitrator, U.S. District Court for the Western District of
Michigan
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Certified Mediator, Genesee, Ingham and Oakland County Circuit
Courts
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Case Evaluator, U.S. District Court for the Western District of
Michigan, and the Clinton, Gratiot, and Ingham County Circuit Courts
- Advisor to
Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm (2002-present)
- Legal
Counsel to the Granholm for Governor Committee, Granholm-Cherry Inaugural Committee, Governor's
Residence Foundation, Great Lakes Great Hopes Scholarship Fund,
and One Michigan Foundation
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Legal Counsel to Kerry/Edwards Michigan Campaign (2004)
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Steering Committee, Dean for America Michigan Campaign
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Political
Advisor to U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (2000)
- Political
Advisor to Congressman Howard Wolpe (1994)
- Political
Advisor to U.S. Senator Carl Levin (1990)
- Deputy
Director and Co-General Counsel, Dukakis/Bentsen Campaign
(Michigan 1988)
- Deputy
Director, Carter/Mondale Campaign (Missouri 1976)
- Political/Media
Consultant (1976-1984)
- Research
Aide to U.S. Senator Patrick J. Leahy (1975)
- Radio
and Newspaper Journalist (1974-1975)
Honors
and Distinctions
- Listed
in Who's Who in American Law
- Thomas
M. Cooley Law Review
- American
Jurisprudence Award in Torts, Legal Research/Writing, and Antitrust
Law
Teaching
Experience
- Adjunct
Professor of Law, "Florida Court Practice," Thomas M.
Cooley Law School (1988-1995)
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