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Senior member in the law firm of Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, P.L.L.C. and Chairman of its Management Committee; Chairman of firm's Litigation Department. Practice is primarily in the area of business litigation (commercial and complex litigation, construction, securities, intellectual property litigation, employment litigation, class action litigation, professional malpractice defense).
Member, State Bar of Michigan (admitted May 23, 1972); Admitted to practice before United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, United States Federal Court of Appeals, United States Court of Claims and various United States district courts.
Bar Admissions
Michigan, 1972
Education
J.D., 1971, University of Detroit School of Law, Summa Cum Laude
B.S., 1968, University of Detroit, Magna Cum Laude
Honors, Awards and Professional Affiliations
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and Professional Malpractice Law
Recognized in Chambers USA, Client's Guide to America's Leading Lawyers, for Commercial Litigation
Recognized in Michigan Super Lawyers -- Business Litigation
Honored by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as one of twenty Women in the Law for 2010
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1989 to present. Regent -- 2001-2005 and member of its Committee of Federal Rules of Evidence, 1990 to 1998 and on Publications Committee, 1993 to present, Chairman, 1998-2000, and Complex Litigation Committee, 1995 to present
Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2003 to present
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Fellow, Michigan Bar Foundation
Kappa Beta Pi Honors Sorority
Historical Society of the United States District Court for the Eastern District, 1993 to present; President, 1995-1997; Trustee 1993 to 2008
Historical Society of the United States Supreme Court, member, 1993 to present, State Chairman 1994 to 1997
Member and Counsel, Board of Accounting of State of Michigan by gubernatorial appointment, 1977-1986
Administrative Committee (Grievance Committee) of State Board of Accountancy, 1977-1986
Trustee, Detroit Bar Association Foundation, 1996 to present, President-elect, 2001
Member, American Law Institute
Leadership Detroit graduate, 1988
The Detroit Club, Director 1998 to Present, Vice-President, 2000-2001, President 2001-2002
Member, Board of Directors and Co-Chairman of Civil Litigation Committee, Federal Bar Association
Member and Vice-Chairman, Advisory Committee on Local Rules of the United States District Court by appointment of U.S. district court judges, 1984-1991
Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association (including Complex Litigation Panel)
Faculty, U.S. District Court Trial Advocacy Program, 1987 to present
Faculty, ICLE Trial Advocacy Program, Ann Arbor
Lecturer on business litigation, Detroit Bar Association, ICLE, Lorman Business Center, Inc.
Lecturer on employment litigation, American Corporate Counsel Association, 1988
Coordinator, First Annual Torts Law Seminar, ICLE, 1990; Faculty, 1994 Business Tort Seminar ICLE
Panelist, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution
Completed week long course in ADR Training at Harvard Law School, 1999
Mediator, Oakland Circuit Court
Member, ADR Section, Michigan Bar Association
Member, Oakland Circuit Court Committee, 1992
Member, American Judicature Society
Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation
Fellow, American Bar Association
Wayne County, Michigan Task Force on Competitiveness, Co-Chairman (Legal Committee)
Wayne County, Michigan Highland Park Task Force, Chairman (Public Safety Committee)
Representative Publications
"Coping With Multi-Plaintiff Employment Litigation", co-authored with Sandra J. Defebaugh (Michigan Consolidated Gas Company), published in Journal of American Corporate Counsel Association, Spring, 1989
"Commercial Torts", Chapter of Michigan Torts, 1992 (updated 1993, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004) (rewrote chapter, 2000)
Past Employment Positions
State of Michigan, Board of Accountancy, Member and Counsel, 1977 - 1986
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