Top Rated Employment & Labor Attorney in Detroit, MI

Honors and 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 and 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).