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Education


BA, Michigan State University (James Madison College), 1971, with high honors- Phi Beta Kappa

JD, Wayne State University Law School, 1974, Magna Cum Laude

Positions Held:

• Intern to Michigan Civil Rights Commission, Health and Welfare Unit
• Intern to State of Michigan House of Representatives Judiciary Committee
• Law Clerk to the late Hon. Wade H. McCree, Jr., Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Hearing Referee for the Michigan Civil Rights Commission (1986 to Present)
• Associate, Kelman, Loria, Downing, Schneider & Simpson (1976-81)
• Partner, Kelman, Loria, Will, Harvey & Thompson (1982-Present)
• Member, Michigan State Bar, Michigan Trial Lawyers (sustaining)
• Lecturer to Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Michigan Trial Lawyers as well as community based organizations (labor unions and United Fund seminar presentations)
• Honors Convocation Secretary, Vice-President, Detroit Chapter Phi Beta Kappa
• Administration and Personnel Trustee (and numerous other positions) to First Unitarian-Universalist Church of Detroit

Areas of Specialization:

• Workers Compensation and Social Security Disability