Admitted
1985, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
Law School
The Thomas M. Cooley Law School, J.D., summa cum laude, 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
Grand Valley State University, Seidman School of Business, B.B.A., with honors, 1981
Memberships
Grand Rapids (Chairperson, Environmental Law Section, 1999) and American (Member: Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section; Litigation Section; OSHA Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member: Environmental Law Section; Litigation Section; Labor Section); American Indoor Air Quality Association West Michigan (Member, Board of Directors 2002); Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce (Member, Environmental Affairs Committee; Chairman, Environmental Audit Privilege Task Force; Member, Clean Corporate Citizen Task Force); Air and Waste Management Association of West Michigan (Member, Board of Directors, 1997-1998); West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum; Catholic Lawyers Association of West Michigan (President, 1992-1994); Grand Valley State University Alumni Association, (President, 1993-1997).
Biographical
Member, Thomas M. Cooley Law Review, 1984-1985. Law Clerk to Justice Thomas Giles Kavanagh, Michigan Supreme Court, 1984. Associate, 1985-1993 and Principal, 1993—, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. Special Assistant to Michigan Attorney General for Eminent Domain Litigation, including Condemnation of Contaminated Property. Author: Hazards Could Hurt Your Company, Hot Points, December 1996; Environmental Audits Made Easier, Hot Points, July 1996; Environmental Audit Privilege Legislation, Grand Rapids Business Update, January 1996; Annual Update of Michigan Environmental Law for Martindale-Hubbell Michigan Law Digest; Changes in Cleanup Law Will Significantly Affect Business and Real Estate Transactions, Grand Rapids Business Update, May 1995; New Cleanup Law Could Boost Redevelopment of Environmentally Challenged Property, Hot Points, April 1995. Lecturer: Brownfield Redevelopment, Grand Rapids Bar Association, Real Property Section, January 1997; Preventing Corporate--and Personal--Liability for Workplace Safety Hazards, Council on Education in Management Personnel Law Update 1996; Economic Development: Using the DDA, EDC, LDFA and Recent TIFA Brownfield Legislation, Michigan Municipal League Annual Meeting, September 1996; Coordinating Environmental Programs for Profit, Michigan Chamber of Commerce Introductory Course in ISO 14000 Environmental Management System Standards, June 1996; Environmental Audit Privilege and Policy, Air and Waste Management Association, West Michigan Chapter Technical Conference, June 1996; Environmental Regulatory Compliance Auditing, Techna Corporation and General Motors Corporation Seminar, May 1996; The Environmental Audit Privilege and Immunity Law, Grand Rapids Bar Association Environmental Law Section, January 1996; Testimony Regarding Senate Bill 728: Audit Privilege Legislation, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Public Hearing, January 1996; Redevelopment Contaminated Property: New Michigan Environmental Response Act, Michigan Asso