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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