Nathaniel Abbate Jr.

Of Counsel

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Bloomfield Hills Office

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