Areas of Practice Emphasis

• Intellectual Property

Representative Clients

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC
• General Electric Transportation Systems
• Buck Diesel Engines, Inc.

Prominent Assignments

• Managed global patent procurement for one of the "Detroit Three" automotive manufacturers
• Handled employment discrimination litigation in Wayne County, Mi.
• Automotive-related environmental practice before US EPA, including rulemaking, enforcement, and defect reporting.

Education

• University of Detroit, B.S.M.E., cum laude, 1971
• University of Detroit, M.M.E., 1971
• University of Detroit, J.D., 1976

Admitted to Practice

• Michigan, 1976
• Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1976
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1976
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1980

Professional and Community Involvement

• Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association