His practice includes representing clients in commercial and construction litigation and advising clients regarding compliance and fraud issues, contracts, employment issues, joint ventures, corporate issues including formation and succession issues, and tax exempt legal issues. He has personally argued before the United States Supreme Court. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Michigan State University, and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Wayne State University School of Law. He is a frequent author and speaker and he has authored several law review articles.

• Board of Trustees and Vice President of the Long Lake Foundation
• Conflict Resolution Service Quality Assurance Committee
• Vice President and Board Member of Cypress Harbour Condominium Owners Association

• American Bar Association
  - Health Care Section
  - Forum on the Construction Industry
  - Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
• State Bar of Michigan
  - Health Care Law Section
  - Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
  - Business Law Section
• American Health Lawyers Association
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association: On National Roster of Neutral Arbitrators for both Commercial Arbitration and Construction Arbitration
• Arbitrator for International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution
• Dispute Resolver and Arbitrator in the American Health Lawyers Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Service
• Mediator for the American Arbitration Association
• Facilitative Mediator for the 6th, 13th, 17th, 19th, 20th, 28th, 46th and 57th Judicial Circuit Courts of Michigan
• Facilitative Mediator for the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
• Certified Mediator with the Conflict Resolution Service
• Case Evaluator in the United States District Court of the Western District of Michigan and in the 13th, 19th, 28th, 46th and 51st Judicial Circuit Courts of Michigan
• Arbitrator in the United States District Court of the Western District of Michigan
• Arbitrator for the National Arbitration Forum
• National Health Lawyer's Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Service, Dispute Resolver
• Member of the Quality Assurance Committee for the Conflict Resolution Service
• Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association
  - Board of Governors from 1989-1994
  - Secretary from 1989-1992
  - President from 1992-1993

• Physician / Hospital Joint Ventures for the American Health Lawyers Association, February 12, 2004, Hollywood, Florida
• Mediation and Arbitration of Medical Malpractice Claims for the Annual Meeting of the Association for Conflict Resolution, September 29, 2005, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Legal Issues Facing Owners of Ambulatory Surgery Centers for the Annual Meeting of the Michigan Ambulatory Surgery Association, September 19, 2008, Mackinaw Island, Michigan
• Mediation and Arbitration of Construction Disputes, September 23, 2005 in Traverse City, Michigan
• Management of Medical Records, June 15, 2005, Lansing, Michigan
• Billing and Collections for Healthcare Practices, November 8, 2005, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Medical Records Law in Michigan, December 6, 2005, Detroit, Michigan
• “Joint Ventures in the Wake of St. David’s”
  - Journal of Health Law
  - Winter 2004
  - Volume 37, No. 1
• “Physician/Hospital Joint Ventures in the Wake of St. David’s”
  - American Health Lawyers Association
  - Members Briefing for the Physician Organizations Practice Group
  - October of 2002
• “Buyer Beware When Purchasing a Medical Practice”
  - Michigan Health Law Report
  - Summer of 2002
• “The Captive Medical Malpractice Insurance Company Alternative”
  - Annals of Health Law
  - Volume 5, 1996