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Practice Areas:
- Personal Injury
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Catastrophic Injury
- No-Fault Insurance Claims
- Wrongful Death
- Truck Accidents
- Pedestrian Accidents
- Bicycle Accidents
- Boat and Recreational Accidents
- Drunk Driver Accidents
- Slip and Fall Incidents
- Premises Liability
- Negligence
- Workers’ Compensation Claims
- Social Security Disability
- Insurance Denials
Education
- University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, Ohio
- J.D. - 1984
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- M.S. - 1980
- Major: Criminal Justice
- Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
- B.S. - 1977
- Major: Political Science
Past Positions
- Plunkett & Cooney PC, Associate, 1984 to 1990
Honors
- American Jurisprudence Awards, Torts I, Property II, Business Law
- Dean’s Honor, Highest Class Rank, Employment Law
- Super Lawyers
- Top 100 Michigan Trial Lawyers, by the National Trial Lawyers Association
- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated, Highest Ethical Standards and Legal Abilities, Martindale-Hubbell
Fraternities or Sororities
- Phi Kappa Phi
Professional Associations
- Washtenaw County Bar Association, Member
- Washtenaw County Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- International Association of Holistic Lawyers, Member
- Bredell and Bredell Arrive Alive Foundation, Founder
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Member
- Michigan Association for Justice
- Cambridge Who's Who
- Washtenaw County Case Evaluation Committee, Member
- Michigan Association for Justice, Member
Bar Admissions
- Michigan, 1984
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1984
Published Works
- The Supreme Court's Warrantless Seizure of Fourth Amendment Rights: U.S. v. Ross, 14 University of Toledo Law Review 1
- Improving the Linkages Between Community Mental Health and the Police (Comment), 10 Journal of Police Science and Administration 1
- Improving the Linkages Between Domestic Violence Referral Agencies and the Police, 10 Journal of Criminal Justice 6