Represented insured owners and insured lenders on behalf of the country’s largest title insurance underwriters to review and resolve more than 400 real estate title related lawsuits and title insurance claims throughout the state
Represents the country’s largest real estate property tax processing company and its customers in defense of property tax foreclosure actions and tax sales
Commercial Litigation
Represented mortgage company in defense of multi-million-dollar negligence lawsuit against homeowners for alleged well water contamination (Genesee County Circuit Court – 2008)
Represented software developer in defense of fraud, conversion, and breach of contract lawsuit by former employer for alleged misappropriation of software and trade secrets (Ingham County Circuit Court – 2022)
Represented real estate broker and agent in breach of contract and fraud lawsuit against former client for failure to pay $100,000+ real estate commission (Ingham County Circuit Court – 2021)
Represented industrial press repair company in negligence lawsuit against crane company following crane collapse at industrial press repair facility (Ingham County Circuit Court – 2020)
Represented machining and fabrication company in breach of contract dispute against manufacturing supplier and customer (Eaton County Circuit Court – 2018)
Represented award-winning international chocolatier in breach of contract dispute against customer related to alleged breach of consulting agreement (Calhoun County – 2024)
Represented regional civil engineering and land surveying company in breach of contract lawsuit against municipal defendant (Gladwin County Circuit Court – 2019)
Represented municipal fire departments in fraud and breach of contract lawsuits against fire department apparatus refurbishment company (Eaton County Circuit Court – 2018)
Represented paperware manufacturing company in breach of contract and breach of warranties lawsuit against paper supplier (St. Joseph County Circuit Court – 2012)
Insurance Litigation
Represented national title insurance company in defense of forgery/fraud and breach of contract lawsuit (Wayne County Circuit Court – 2024)
Represented regional insurance company against former agent for misappropriation of company property and breach of non-competition agreement (Oakland County Circuit Court – 2019)
Represented national title insurance company in defense of breach of contract lawsuit related to denial of coverage (Wayne County Circuit Court – 2024)
Represented regional insurance company in declaratory judgment lawsuit regarding distribution of insurance proceeds and employee benefits (Eaton County Circuit Court – 2019)
Represented national title insurance company in defense of breach of contact lawsuit and appraisal dispute regarding loss payment to insured owner (Allegan County Circuit Court – 2019)
Business Sales and Acquisitions
Represented seller in $4M+ sale of waste collection and disposal business (Ingham County – 2020)
Represented purchaser in $2M+ acquisition of car wash business (Ingham County – 2021)
Represented purchaser in $1.2M+ acquisition of real estate company (Ingham County – 2022)
Represented purchaser in $1M+ acquisition of excavating business (Ingham County – 2023)
Represented purchaser in $600,000 acquisition of pretzel and smoothie shop franchises (Ingham County – 2024)
Real Estate Purchases and Sales
Represents mid-Michigan’s largest residential real estate brokerage and its clients with residential real estate transactional matters
Represented seller of $1M+ house on Torch Lake (Antrim County – 2023)
Represented seller of $675,000 house on Missaukee Lake (Missaukee County – 2024)
Represented seller of $550,000 house on Grand Traverse Bay (Leelanau County – 2023)
Represented buyer of $400,000 house on Wamplers Lake (Jackson County – 2020)
Oil and Gas Insurance Defense Litigation
Represented oil and gas company (Michigan’s largest oil producer) in defense of wrongful death lawsuit related to an explosion at a natural gas well site (Jackson County Circuit Court – 2019)
Represented oil and gas company in defense of wrongful death and personal injury lawsuits related to explosion at natural gas well site (Missaukee County Circuit Court – 2023)
Represented oil and gas company in defense of personal injury lawsuit related to explosion at natural gas well site (Osceola County – 2024)
Represented oil and gas company in wrongful death lawsuit related to automobile accident (U.S District Court – Eastern District of Michigan – 2023)
Corporate Services
Corporate legal counsel for more than 25 Michigan-based companies
Probate and Estate Litigation
Represented successor personal representative of decedent’s estate and obtained a $695,000 judgment against former personal representative for breach of fiduciary duties (Ingham County Probate Court – 2024)
Receiverships
Represented creditor in receivership action following borrower’s default on an $84M+ loan secured by nine manufactured housing communities located in nine different counties throughout Michigan (Livingston County Circuit Court – 2015)
Represented creditor in receivership action following borrower’s default on $9.5M loan secured by a student housing complex near Central Michigan University (Isabella County Circuit Court – 2014)
Represented creditor in receivership action supplementary to $530,000 judgment when debtor owned and derived income from 23 rental properties in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (Oakland County Circuit Court – 2015)
Represented creditor in receivership action following borrower’s default on a $150,000 loan secured by six properties in Ingham and Jackson Counties (Ingham County Circuit Court – 2021)
Zoning, Land Use, and Development
Represented developer in zoning variance approval for small-box retail store in the City of Williamston (Ingham County – 2024)
Represented property owner in appeal of a special use permit that was granted for a manufacturing operation on adjacent property (Kent County – 2024)
Appeals
Represented clients in more than 40 appeals before the Michigan Court of Appeals
