Areas of Practice Emphasis

• Appellate Litigation
• Commercial & Business Litigation
• Bankruptcy

Representative Clients

• Ford Motor Company
• J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
• LaSalle Bank Midwest, N.A.
• E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company

Prominent Assignments

• Law Clerk for Justice Robert P. Young, Jr., Michigan Supreme Court (2003-05)

Education

• J.D. (magna cum laude), University of Michigan Law School, 2003
  - Order of the Coif
  - Contributing Editor, U of M Law Review (2002-03)
  - Semifinalist, Campbell Moot Court (2003)
  - Associate Editor, U of M Law Review (2001-02)
• Master of Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School, 1999
• B.A. in Religion (summa cum laude) Ohio Wesleyan University, 1996
  - Phi Beta Kappa
  - Founder's Award for Expository Writing (1996)

Admitted to Practice

• Michigan, 2003
• Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2005
• District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2006

Professional and Community Involvement

• Member, State Bar of Michigan

Publications and Presentations

• "Note, Revenue Bonds and Religious Education: The Constitutionality of Conduit Financing Involving Pervasively Sectarian Institutions," 100 Michigan Law Review, 1108 (2003)
• "Advanced Workplace Investigations" Seminar, Speaker
• Co-authour of The Nuts and Bolts of Bankruptcy Appeals, 87 Mich B J 30 (July 2008)