2006 - 2007
Pepper Hamilton
Practiced within the firm’s Corporate and Securities and Real Estate Practice Groups – concentration includes the areas of general corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, estate planning, franchising, real estate, employment, entertainment law, technology, and commercial transactions. Drafted and reviewed contracts, licenses, easements, purchase agreements, leases, powers of attorney, foreclosure documents, entity formation documents (including nonprofit and 501(c)(3) applications) and other documents related to business planning and contract negotiation. Provided startup, emerging, established and growing companies with the resources to navigate through project financing, licensing agreements, HR and intellectual property concerns, as well as state and federal regulatory compliance. Advised and counseled clients in real estate transactions whether the client is buying, selling, financing, developing, or managing real estate. Guided companies involved in technology issues such as privacy, trademark, copyright, right of publicity, licensing agreements, IP protection, security, e-commerce and software licensing compliance.
2003 - 2006
Raymond & Prokop
Legal and tax advisory services firm, practicing in corporate and commercial law, securities, banking and lending, real estate, commercial litigation, tax law, employee benefits plans, trusts, estates, health care, computer law, labor and employment.
2000 - 2003
J.D. (2003)
Activities: Law Review, Moot Court, American Inns of Court, Student Bar Association Treasurer and 1L Representative, and Left (off) Wing for the UDM School of Law Hockey Team
Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
Evictions, Housing Discrimination, Landlord Rights, Rent Control, Tenants' Rights
Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
issued by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education and the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan