Areas of Practice Emphasis

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

Representative Clients

• AT&T of Michigan
• BCN Services, Inc.
• CenturyTel, Inc.
• Citibank, N.A.
• National Energy Marketers Association
• Constellation New Energy, Inc.
• T-Mobile Central, LLC

Prominent Assignments

• Commercial and Regulatory Litigation: drafting of pleadings and oral advocacy for numerous corporate clients, advising on business practices, drafting and review of commercial contracts and lease agreements.
• Trial Preparation: preparation of fact witnesses and expert witnesses for administrative hearings and trials, discovery requests and production, taking of depositions of fact witnesses and expert witnesses, representation and defense of witnesses.
  
• Telecommunications Law: representation of telecommunications companies in matters arising out of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the Michigan Telecommunications Act, including complaint cases, as well as contract cases and cost/rate cases.
• Energy Law: representation of corporate entities in numerous rate cases and complaint cases before the Michigan Public Service Commission as well as state courts and appellate courts.
• Appellate Litigation: drafting of appellate pleadings in state and federal courts, delivery of oral arguments before state and federal courts.
• Alternative Dispute Resolution: participation in mediations and arbitrations, including arbitrations under the AAA's Commercial Arbitration Rules.
• Administrative and Legislative Representation
  
• Telecommunications Law
  
• Energy Law

Education

• J.D. (cum laude), University of Michigan Law School, 1996
• B.A. in Political Science (with distinction), University of Michigan, 1993

Admitted to Practice

• State of Michigan, 1997
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
• State of Indiana, 2008
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana

Professional and Community Involvement

• Member, Washtenaw County Bar Association (Sections of: Administrative Law, Civil Litigation Law, Corporate and Business Law)
• Member, State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections of: Administrative Law, Appellate Practice, Litigation Law)
• Law Clerk to the Honorable Peter D. O'Connell, State of Michigan Court of Appeals, 1997-1998
• Admitted to practice in the State of Michigan, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan