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Kelly A. Allen
Bloomfield Hills
A partner in the firm, Kelly A. Allen specializes in all facets of liquor licensing, including business formation, lease and land purchase negotiations, liquor license acquisition and transfers, and violations. She represents clients in complex and challenging situations before many municipalities and the Michigan Liquor Control Commission. Ms. Allen is a past president of the Oakland County Bar Association and...View Full Bio
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Derk W. Beckerleg
Secrest Wardle PC, Troy
Derk W. Beckerleg is an executive partner with the firm and has specialized in municipal law for 40 years, representing numerous Michigan municipalities in such matters as property tax appeals, zoning, and condemnation, as well as the drafting of ordinances, resolutions, and contracts. Currently, he represents the cities of Auburn Hills and Bloomfield Hills as their city attorney, the Village...View Full Bio
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Joseph W. Colaianne
Clark Hill PLC, Lansing
Joseph W. Colaianne counsels public and private clients in connection with complex public infrastructure projects, including financing, transactional, real estate, regulatory compliance, and governance. He has over 30 years of experience in municipal and public sector law. Currently, Mr Colaianne is the general counsel for the Four Lakes Task Force, a Michigan nonprofit organization that was appointed by Midland and...View Full Bio
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George B. Davis
Davis & Davis Law Offices PLC, Grand Rapids
George B. Davis is a partner at his firm. He specializes in municipal and environmental law matters on behalf of public clients throughout the state, with particular emphasis on matters regarding the Clean Water Act, permits under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, industrial pretreatment programs, stormwater regulations, and wetlands. Mr. Davis’s statewide-recognized expertise includes the review and drafting of...View Full Bio
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Scott R. Eldridge
Miller Canfield PLC, Lansing
Scott R. Eldridge focuses his practice on management-side labor and employment law, governmental litigation, and commercial litigation. He represents colleges and universities, municipalities, nonprofits, public bodies, government contractors, and commercial enterprises in state court, federal court, and administrative tribunals, as well as in the Michigan appellate courts. Mr. Eldridge is a member of the Labor and Employment Law Section of...View Full Bio
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George M. Elworth
Assistant Attorney General, Lansing
George M. Elworth works on legal issues at the intersection of state and local government. As a member of the attorney general's staff in the State Operations Division, he reviews proposed city and village charters, charter amendments, and the ballot language for such proposals. He has been an assistant attorney general since 1974, following four years as an associate at...View Full Bio
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William K. Fahey
Fahey Schultz Burzych Rhodes PLC, Okemos
William K. Fahey works with Michigan's largest public utilities and more than 150 local governments across Michigan, concentrating in complex appeals, public projects, intergovernmental cooperation, and zoning and planning. He regularly teaches statewide seminars addressing state and local government legal issues and has served as an adjunct professor at Cooley Law School. Mr. Fahey writes and edits a monthly e-letter...View Full Bio
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Thomas H. Fancher
Saginaw
Thomas H. Fancher was city attorney for Saginaw, Michigan, from 1996 to 2011. In 2011 he left and began his own municipal law consulting practice. Mr. Fancher is active in the Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys and has been a speaker at several of its events. He is the president of Legal Services of Eastern Michigan and has been a...View Full Bio
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Ann D. Fillingham
Dykema, Lansing
Ann D. Fillingham's principal areas of practice include public and structured finance, infrastructure finance, and transactional work for financial institutions. She has served as bond counsel and underwriter's counsel on many county, municipal, school, and local authority bond issues and many conduit transactions for acute care and continuing care facilities and economic development projects. Ms. Fillingham also works extensively with...View Full Bio
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Michael E. Fisher
Chief Assistant City Attorney, Livonia
As chief assistant city attorney for the city of Livonia, Michael E. Fisher was co-lead counsel for the three dozen or so municipalities who were defendants in "Bull Transport et al v Wayne County," a class action brought by the trucking industry to thwart municipal enforcement of truck weight limits. He also appeared on Livonia's behalf in "Lott v City...View Full Bio
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Gary W. Francis
General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights
Gary W. Francis is associate general counsel for employment and labor law. He provides counsel to the corporation on all employee relations matters to ensure compliance with all employment and labor laws, including Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Employee...View Full Bio
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Lisa J. Hamameh
Rosati Schultz Joppich & Amtsbuechler PC, Farmington Hills
Lisa J. Hamameh is a shareholder with her firm, where she practices public entity law, particularly municipal law and land use and zoning. Ms. Hamameh has been recognized by Michigan Super Lawyers for 13 consecutive years. In 2011 and 2012 she was recognized as a Rising Star and from 2013 to 2023 she was listed as a Super Lawyer for...View Full Bio
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Steven P. Joppich
Rosati Schultz Joppich & Amtsbuechler PC, Farmington Hills
Steven P. Joppich is a shareholder of the firm and currently serves as city attorney for the city of Farmington Hills and as township attorney for Independence Township. He also serves as general counsel to the Oakland Township Parks and Recreation Commission and assists in providing general counsel representation to the cities of Novi and Farmington. He also serves as...View Full Bio
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Ronald C. Liscombe
Miller Canfield PLC, Detroit
Ronald C. Liscombe assists public sector clients with a range of issues, including public finance and governance matters. He has deep knowledge of state and local government, having worked in a variety of policy and program management roles before joining the firm. Mr. Liscombe is able to counsel and provide direction to public entities to develop innovative and effective strategies...View Full Bio
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Jason C. Long
Williams Williams Rattner & Plunkett PC, Birmingham
Jason C. Long has been practicing in the areas of eminent domain, condemnation, property tax, and other real estate and appellate litigation for more than 20 years. He is experienced with a variety of property types ranging from single-family homes to office complexes to sophisticated industrial facilities and has represented both property owners and governmental agencies in tax and other...View Full Bio
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Steven D. Mann
Miller Canfield PLC, Detroit
Steven D. Mann focuses his practice on serving the needs of public agencies. He serves as bond counsel, helping clients understand the options available for financing public improvements such as water and sewer projects, building and facilities improvements, street and drainage improvements, and economic development initiatives. Mr. Mann specializes in all facets of tax increment financing, election law, the preparation...View Full Bio
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Michael P. McGee
Miller Canfield PLC, Detroit
Michael P. McGee has served as bond counsel and underwriter's counsel for hundreds of transactions in various areas including economic development, transit, and transportation. In addition, he has negotiated complex intergovernmental agreements for a wide variety of clients, including a major economic development project for the southeast Michigan region and related legislation. Over the past 25 years, Mr. McGee has...View Full Bio
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Patrick F. McGow
Miller Canfield PLC, Detroit
Patrick F. McGow focuses his practice on municipal law, advising cities, counties, townships, villages, and authorities on a broad range of infrastructure financing and related legal matters. In addition to serving as bond counsel in financing transactions, he advises his clients on special assessments, elections, millage and ballot proposals, state and federal tax issues, and other finance matters. Mr. McGow...View Full Bio
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Courtney L. Nichols
Plunkett Cooney PC, Bloomfield Hills
Courtney L. Nichols is a shareholder and serves as the coleader of the firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group. Ms. Nichols represents employers in workforce-related litigation, including disputes involving allegations of wrongful termination, discrimination, and whistleblower claims. She also represents and advises employers on issues pertaining to various state and federal statutes, including the Family and Medical Leave Act, the...View Full Bio
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Jerome P. Pesick
Williams Williams Rattner & Plunkett PC, Birmingham
Jerome P. Pesick is a shareholder of the firm. His practice areas include eminent domain, condemnation, land use, and property taxation. During his more than 40 years in practice, Mr. Pesick has successfully tried and settled hundreds of condemnation cases throughout Michigan. He has also regularly represented clients in major property tax appeal cases involving all types of business properties...View Full Bio
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Carol A. Rosati
Rosati Schultz Joppich & Amtsbuechler PC, Farmington Hills
Carol A. Rosati, the managing shareholder of the firm, practices in the areas of municipal law and zoning and land use litigation. She is a past chair of the State Bar of Michigan's Government Law Section (formerly the Public Corporation Law Section), where she served as a council member from 1990 until 2023. Ms. Rosati was the recipient of the...View Full Bio
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Thomas R. Schultz
Rosati Schultz Joppich & Amtsbuechler PC, Farmington Hills
Thomas R. Schultz has practiced in the area of municipal law for 20 years, providing general and special counsel legal services to local governmental agencies. In this capacity, he renders advice on a wide variety of matters, including ordinance drafting, compliance with Open Meetings Act and Freedom of Information Act requirements, property taxation and special assessments, and the acquisition of...View Full Bio
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Jeffrey V. H. Sluggett
Bloom Sluggett PC, Grand Rapids
Jeffrey V. H. Sluggett devotes his practice entirely to municipal law. He currently serves as city attorney for Coopersville, Kentwood, Ionia, Cedar Springs, and Walker; as township attorney for Alpine, Martin, North Plains, Thornapple, and Wright Townships; and as village attorney for the villages of Howard City, Lakeview, Nashville, Pierson, and Sand Lake. A significant portion of his practice involves...View Full Bio
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Jarrod T. Smith
Dykema, Lansing
Jarrod T. Smith is the leader of the firm's public finance team and practices out of the firm's Lansing office. Before his current role, Mr. Smith was an assistant attorney general with the Michigan Attorney General's Office for over 12 years. During his time as an assistant attorney general, he acted as an issuer's counsel to the state of Michigan...View Full Bio
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Scott J. Steiner
Rhoades McKee PC, Grand Rapids
Scott J. Steiner practices in the areas of agriculture industry services, environmental and natural resources law, and real estate law. He is a past president of the Grand Rapids Bar Association Environmental Law Section and also a member of its Real Property Section, a past chair of the State Bar of Michigan (SBM) Water Law Committee and Environmental Litigation and...View Full Bio
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James E. Tamm
Kerr Russell, Detroit
James E. Tamm has represented municipalities throughout the state of Michigan in the areas of municipal law, land use planning, and civil rights. An active member and past chair of the Government Law Section of the State Bar of Association, he has frequently been a speaker on behalf of the Michigan Municipal League and the Michigan Township Association. Mr. Tamm...View Full Bio
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Christopher M. Trebilcock
Clark Hill PLC, Detroit
Christopher M. Trebilcock, deputy leader of the firm's Labor and Employment Group, represents clients in federal and state employment and labor litigation, including oral arguments before the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Michigan Court of Appeals. He also manages arbitrations and administrative proceedings at the state and federal level, conducts collective bargaining negotiations, and advises clients on...View Full Bio
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Eric D. Williams
Eric D Williams Attorney at Law, Big Rapids
In addition to his private law practice, Eric D. Williams is the city attorney for Big Rapids, Michigan, and general counsel for Morton Township and the villages of Marion, Luther, Leroy, Tustin, and Morley. He has prosecuted municipal cases involving misdemeanors and civil infractions for over 29 years, with 4 years as the assistant prosecutor of Mecosta County and over...View Full Bio
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