Overview
Steve is a past chairman of the firm’s Litigation and Trial Practice Team. He is a trial and appellate advocate with a focus in the areas of complex commercial litigation; partnership, shareholder and LLC disputes; personal injury; real estate; employment claims; and trademark and unfair competition. Steve represents and advises independent studios and film makers in the entertainment industry, and professional race car drivers in the motorsports industry. He is a certified facilitative mediator and is trained in advanced alternative dispute resolution.
Leadership
Honors & Recognitions
Benchmark Litigation©, top 50 trial attorneys in Michigan
Best Lawyers in America® since 2007
Leading Lawyers: ADR Law - Commercial Litigation; Arts, Entertainment & Sports Law; Commercial Litigation
Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
Michigan State Bar Foundation, fellow
Professional Affiliations
Federal Bar Association
Grand Rapids Bar Association
Hellenic Bar Association of Michigan
Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, life member
State Bar of Michigan
Community Involvement
Compass College of Cinematic Arts, Advisory Board
News & Publications
News
Practice Areas
Industries
Education
University of Toledo School of Law
Toledo, Ohio
J.D., magna cum laude, 1982
Class Valedictorian
University of Toledo Law Review, Editor
Order of the Coif, Most Outstanding Oral Advocate, Moot Court Competition
Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo, Michigan
B.A., Political Science, 1978
Bar Admissions
- Michigan
Court Admissions
- All Michigan state courts
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio