Areas of Practice Emphasis

• Telecommunications
• Energy & Public Utilities
• Regulatory & Administrative Law
• Appellate Litigation

Representative Clients

• AT&T
• Constellation New Energy
• GATX Corporation
• National Energy Marketers Association
• T-Mobile USA, Inc.
• TIAA-CREF

Prominent Assignments

• Litigated numerous state and federal cases before the Michigan Public Service Commission and the utility commissions of the other five Great Lakes states, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and all levels of state and federal courts including the Michigan Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court
• Experience encompasses telecommunications, electricity, natural gas, education, and finance fields
  
• Extensive experience on legislative matters in Michigan relating to telecommunications and other regulated industries, including the providing of expert testimony
• Previous positions:
  - Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Matters, Ameritech Corporation
  - General Counsel, Michigan Bell Telephone Company
  - Assistant Attorney General, State of Michigan

Education

• J.D. (with honors), National Law Center, George Washington University, 1977 - Editor, Law Review
• B.A. degree (with high honors), Michigan State University, 1974

Admitted to Practice

• Michigan, 1980
• Illinois, 1977
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 1998
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1999
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1977
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th, 6th, 7th, & D.C. Circuits

Professional and Community Involvement

• Member, State Bar of Michigan (Administrative Law Section)
• Member, American Bar Association (Public Utility Section)
• Adjunct Professor, Communications Program, Michigan State University
• Martindale-Hubbell Rating: A/V
• Life member, NAACP
• Member, Plymouth Township Compensation Commission
• Life member, Plymouth Historical Society
• Vice-president, Michigan Historical Commission
• Board Member, Michigan Historical Center Foundation
• Board Member, Historical Society of Michigan

Publications and Presentations

• The Importance of Earnest Rulemaking, State Bar of Michigan Administrative Law Journal, Summer 2007, vol. 29, p. 1
• Telecommunications Law, Point-Counterpoint (with Craig A. Anderson), Michigan Bar Journal, November 1998, vol. 77, no. 11, p. 1186
• The "Administrative Procedure Improvements Act of 1991", State Bar of Michigan Administrative Law Quarterly, fall 1992, vol. 4, p. 1
• A New Era of Video Competition in Michigan, (with Michael A. Holmes), Michigan Bar Journal, August 2008, vol. 87, no. 8, p. 30
  
  

Lansing Office

• Phone: 517-487-4763
  Fax: 517-487-4700
  215 S. Washington Square, Suite 200
  Lansing, MI 48933-1816