REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS:

• Won $4.1 million in Texas state court for four real estate developers against the Clear Lake City Water Authority for breach of contract, including a reversal in the Texas Supreme Court of an adverse court of appeals opinion.
• Won a $1 million jury verdict in Michigan state court for our client against his former employers for intentional infliction of emotional distress.
• Obtained a $2.1 million award in an NASD arbitration for our client on his breach of contract claim against his former employers, Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation and The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company.
• Won a $1.1 million NASD arbitration for our client against his former employers for breach of contract.
• Won a $1 million jury verdict in Texas state court for an industrial maintenance company against a business broker for breach of contract and deceptive trade practices.
• Persuaded a federal court in Dallas to enter summary judgment for a defendant preferred provider organization on breach of contract and ERISA claims totaling $750,000.
• Settled, a week before trial in Texas state court, a multimillion dollar breach of contract and fraud case against a real estate developer client on highly favorable terms (made possible by earlier favorable rulings on motions for partial summary judgment).

EDUCATION:

University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1986, magna cum laude
Honors:
Order of the Coif
Michigan Law Review, Associate Editor

University of Missouri-Kansas City, M.B.A., 1983
Honors:
Beta Gamma Sigma
University of Kansas, B.A., English, with honors, 1978