Areas of Practice Emphasis

• Corporate
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Governance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Securities

Representative Clients

• Borders Group, Inc.
• Carhartt, Inc.
• Dearborn Bancorp, Inc.
• King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Kmart Corporation
• Kuhlman Corporation
• Nuveen Bond Funds
• Semco Energy, Inc.
• Wolohan Lumber Co.

Prominent Assignments

• SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance, including the preparation and review of registration statements, proxy statements for mergers and annual meetings, tender offers, and SEC annual and quarterly reports
• Counsel to companies on going private transactions and associated issues
• Counsel to various parties in numerous mergers or acquisitions in the banking, real estate, automotive, and manufacturing industries
• Counsel to issuers or underwriters in voluminous registered public offerings
• Counsel to a bank in its initial organization and capitalization, the organization of its bank holding company, and public offerings
• Counsel to both issuers and target companies in tender offer transactions
• Serve as general counsel to various corporations

Education

• LL.B., University of Virginia, 1958
• B.A., Michigan State University and Denison University, 1955

Admitted to Practice

• Michigan, 1959

Professional and Community Involvement

• Past Chairman, Business Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan
• Attorney Discipline Board - Chairman of Panel
• Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers

• Link to Best Lawyers in America