Nathaniel Abbate Jr.
Of Counsel
nabbate(at)dickinsonwright.com
Phone: 248.433.7539
Fax: 248.433.7274
Areas of Practice Emphasis
Representative Clients
- Lauren Hills Subdivision Association
- Dixon Tool Company, Ltd
- Pointe of the Woods Condominium Association
Prominent Assignments
- Experienced in the following areas:
- Real estate law and litigation
- Condominium law
- Construction law and litigation
- Appellate law - Served as legal consultant to investigative reporting team at the Detroit News, 1980-81, on series, The Poor and Their Right to Appeal, which won the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Journalism and the ABA�s Silver Gavel Award
Education
- J.D., University of Detroit School of Law, 1980
- Law Review: Executive Editor, 1979-1980; Associate Editor, 1978-1979
- Clarence Monroe Burton Scholar, 1979-1980 - B.A. in Journalism, Michigan State University, 1972
- Staff Writer, Michigan State News, 1970-1972
Admitted to Practice
- Michigan, 1980
- Florida, 1981 (retired)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1984
Professional and Community Involvement
- State Bar of Michigan, Real Property Law Section
Publications and Presentations
- Michigan Real Property Review and CAI’s Common Ground, contributor
