Timothy H. Howlett
Attorney Profile
Top Rated Employment & Labor Attorney in Detroit, MI
- Employment & Labor (50%),
- Employment Litigation: Defense (50%)
Mr. Howlett is a member in Dickinson Wright's Detroit office. He is the Labor & Employment Practice Leader and has practiced labor and employment law for more than 40 years.
Mr. Howlett focuses his practice on labor and employment counseling and litigation. He has counseled clients on high-level executive employment contracts and separation agreements; plant closings; significant workforce reductions; investigations; employee discipline; and day-to-day labor and employment issues.
Mr. Howlett has extensive experience in representing employers in litigation and appellate matters. He has tried jury cases, defending wrongful termination, race discrimination, diability discrimination, sex discrimination, due process and religious discrimination claims. He has defended employers in numerous whistleblower cases. Mr. Howlett has also handled dozens of arbitrations.
Mr. Howlett has also been lead counsel in more than 30 appeals in state and federal court.
Mr. Howlett received a BA from Kalamazoo College and a J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan. He is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and a former Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. Mr. Howlett was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the State Bar of Michigan's Labor and Employment Law Section in 2018.
Certificates and Credentials
Top Lists
- Top 100: 2017 Michigan Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2016 Michigan Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2016 Michigan Business Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2015 Michigan Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2014 Michigan Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2010 Michigan Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2009 Michigan Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2008 Michigan Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2007 Michigan Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2006 Michigan Super Lawyers
About Timothy Howlett
Admitted: 1973, Michigan
Professional Webpage: http://www.dickinson-wright.com/ourpeople/pages/person.aspx?...
Honors/Awards:
- State Bar of Michigan Labor and Employment Law Section Distinguished Service Award 2018; Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation; Fellow, Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Foundation; Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Labor and Employment since 2003; Listed in Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers, Labor & Employment since 2004; Listed in the Top 100 Michigan Super Lawyers, 2006-2010,2014-2015;Listed in Michigan Super Lawyers since 2006; Named one of the Nation's Top 100 Management Employment Law Attorneys, 2009 and 2010, by Human Resource Executive Magazine and Lawdragon.
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Chair, State Bar of Michigan, Labor and Employment Law Section (2011-2013); Member, State Bar of Michigan Labor and Employment Law Council (2005-2014); Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association, Panel of Employment Arbitrators; Member, ICLE Labor and Employment Law Advisory Board; Member, EEOC Mediation Program Advisory Board; Member, CPR Employment Law Committee; Member, United States Law Firm Group Labor and Employment Law Committee; Case Evaluator, Wayne County Mediation Tribunal, Employment Panel; Master, Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Inn of Court Program
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Grosse Pointe Board of Education, 1990-1998, President, 1993-1994, 1996-1998; Appointed by Chief Judge of Eastern District of Michigan to Merit Selection Panel for Selection of U.S. Magistrate in 2010
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Lindemann and Grossman, Employment Discrimination Law , 4th Ed., Chapter Chair; Lindemann and Grossman, Employment Discrimination Law, 2002 Cumulative Supplement, Contributing Author; Employment Litigation in Michigan, Third Edition (ICLE), "Discrimination Claims," Chapter Author; Michigan Bar Journal, "Mandatory Arbitration of Employment Claims: An Update," Co-author; Michigan Bar Journal, "The Constructive Discharge Doctrine in Michigan: A Need for Clarification," Co-author; Labor and Employment Lawnotes, "Garg: Abolishment of the Continuing Violations Doctrine Under Michigan Law", Co-author; Labor and Employment Lawnotes. "Debtor's Failure to Disclose Potential Employment Claim May Bar Later Pursuit of that Claim", Co-author; Labor and Employment Lawnotes, An Update on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, Co-author; EEOC Training Institute, 2009, Panel Member; ICLE, Conducting a Discrimination or Harassment Investigation, 2014; ICLE Annual Labor & Employment Law Institute, Speaker, 2010 and 2011.
Representative Clients:
- Carhartt, Inc.; Central Transport; Delta Air Lines, Inc.; Domino's Pizza LLC; Greektown Casino; Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.; Magna International Inc; Nestle' USA, Inc.; University of Michigan.
Educational Background:
- Kalamazoo College, B.A. 1970; University of Michigan School of Law, J.D. 1973 (cum laude).
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Last Updated: 3/31/2020