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DanielP.Dalton

CurriculumVitiateNovember5,2016

Dalton&TomichPLC

719GriswoldStreet,Suite270Detroit,Michigan48226

(o)3138596000(m)2482292329

ddalton@daltontomich.comwww.daltontomich.com

www.attorneysforlanduse.com

As a founding member of the law, Dalton & Tomich, PLC, the leading national law firmrepresenting clients in the area of land use and zoning litigation, Daniel Dalton hassuccessfully litigated cases in California, Colorado Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,Minnesota,Mississippi,Missouri,NewJersey,PennsylvaniaandTexas.InOctober2012,heachievedthelargestjuryverdicttodateinareligiouslandusecaseaclientintheSouthernDistrictofCalifornia.

1.CourtAdmissions.

A.UnitedStatesSupremeCourt:

September1,1995–Clerk,SupremeCourtoftheU.S.,ATTN:AdmissionsOffice,OneFirstStreet,NE,Washington,DC20543

B.UnitedStatesCourtofAppeals

6thCircuitCourtofAppeals(MI):November8,1993-540PotterStewartStreet,100EastFifthStreet,Cincinnati,Ohio45202

9thCircuitCourtofAppeals(CA):July14,2009–OfficeoftheClerk,U.S.CourtofAppealsfortheNinthCircuit,P.O.Box193939,SanFrancisco,CA94119-3939

11thCircuitCourtofAppeals(GA),February2,2015–OfficeoftheClerk,U.S.CourtofAppealsfortheEleventhCircuit,96PoplarStreet,N.W.Atlanta,GA30303.

C. UnitedStatesDistrictCourts

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,EasternDistrictofMI:December9,1992–U.S.DistrictCourt,Clerk'sOffice,231W.LafayetteBlvd.,Detroit,MI48226

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UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,WesternDistrictofMichigan:March26,2008–Clerk,U.S.DistrictCourt,399FederalBuilding,110MichiganSt.,N.W.,GrandRapids,MI49503

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,CentralDistrictofIllinois:April15,2008–Clerk,U.S.DistrictCourt,151U.S.Courthouse,600E.MonroeStreet,Springfield,IL62701

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,WesternDistrictofTexas:July28,2008–U.S.DistrictClerk'sOffice,800FranklinAve.,Room380,Waco,Texas76701

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,EasternDistrictofPennsylvania:May8,2009–ProHacVice–Clerk,U.S.DistrictCourt,601MarketStreet,Room2609,Philadelphia,PA19106-1717

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,DistrictofColorado:June11,2010–U.S.DistrictCourtClerk,AlfredA.ArrajCourthouse,90119thStreetDenver,CO80294

UnitedStatesBankruptcyCourt,EasternDistrictofMichigan:February25,2011–Clerk,USBankruptcyCourt,EasternDistrictofMichigan,211WestFortStreet,Detroit,Michigan48226

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,SouthernDistrictofCalifornia:June23,201–ProHacVice–Clerk,U.S.DistrictCourt,SouthernDistrictofCalifornia.221WestBroadway,SanDiego,CA92101

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,EasternDistrictofCalifornia:August16,2012–ProHacVice–Clerk,U.S.DistrictCourt,EasternDistrictofCalifornia,501IStreet,Room4-200,Sacramento,CA95814

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,SouthernDistrictofMississippi:April17,2013–ProHacVice–Clerk,U.S.DistrictCourt,WilliamM.ColmerFederalBuilding&UnitedStatesCourthouse,701NorthMainStreet,Suite200,Hattiesburg,MS39401

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,MiddleDistrictofFlorida:November1,2013–ProHacVice–Clerk,USDistrictCourt,MiddleDistrictofFlorida,JacksonvilleDivisionBryanSimpsonU.S.Courthouse,300NorthHoganStreet,Jacksonville,Florida32202

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,NorthernDistrictIndiana:May8,2014–Clerk,U.S.DistrictCourt,NorthernDistrictOfIndiana,SouthBendDivision,204SMainSt,SouthBend,IN46601

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UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,NewJersey,NewarkDivision:January14,2015,admittedProHacVice.MartinLutherKingBuilding&U.S.Courthouse,50WalnutStreet,Newark,NewJersey07101

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,EasternDistrictMissouri:March10,2015,admittedProHacVice.ClerkofCourt,111South10thStreetSt.Louis,MO63102

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,WesternDistrictPennsylvania:September16,2015,admittedProHacVice.ClerkofCourt,700GrantStreet,Pittsburgh,PA15219

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,NorthernDistrictofWestVirginia,November10,2015,admittedProHacVice,ClerkoftheCourt,1125ChaplineStreet,Wheeling,WV,26003

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,NorthernDistrictofCalifornia,February26,2016,admittedProHacVice,ClerkoftheCourt,450GoldenGateStreet,SanFrancisco,CA94102-3489.

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,DistrictofMassachusetts,BostonDivision:June10,2016,admittedProHacVice.ClerkoftheCourt,1CourthouseWay,Boston,MA.02210.

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,NorthernDistrictofIllinois,admittedProHacViceJuly13,2016;DirksenFederalBuilding,219SouthDearbornStreet,Chicago,Illinois60604

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,EasternDistrictofTexas,admittedOctober13,2016;PaulBrownUnitedStatesCourthouse,101EastPecanStreet,Room216,Sherman,Texas75090.

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,NorthernDistrictofTexas,admittedOctober20,2016;UnitedStatesDistrictCourthouse,501West10thStreet,Room310,FortWorth,Texas76102.

UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,EasternDistrictofWisconsin,admittedNovember4,2016;UnitedStatesDistrictCourthouse,517EastWisconsinAve.Room362,Milwaukee,Wisconsin53202.

D. StateCourt

Michigan:StateBarofMichigan,Bar.No.P44056.AdmittedNovember13,1990;MichiganSupremeCourtClerk’sOffice,925W.OttawaStreet,Lansing,MI48915

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Indiana:StateBarofIndiana,ProHacViceTemporaryAdmission,November11,2014,IndianaSupremeCourt,217StateHouse,Indianapolis,Indiana46204

WestVirginia,StateBarofWestVirginia,ProHacVice,November10,2015;2000DeitrickBlvd.,Charleston,WV25311

OregonLandUseBoardofAppeals,ProHacVice,DepartmentofStateLandBuildings,775SummerStreetNE,Suite330,Salem,Oregon97301-1283.October31,2016

2. Employment.

A. Overview. Foramajorityofhis25yearsofpracticinglaw,DanielDalton’smainpracticearea iswiththeareaof landuseandzoning law,withanemphasisonlitigation under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act(“RLUIPA”)42U.S.C.2000cc.

B. 2010–present.AsafoundingmemberofDalton&TomichPLC,Dandevelopedanationwidepractice in landuseandzoninganda financial servicespractice inDetroit,Michigan.Danservesasbothgeneralcounselandasatrialattorneynotonlyinlandusemattersbutalsofinancialandbankinglawandbusinesslaw.

C. 2002–2010. FoundingmemberofTomkiwDalton,plc,Primarily landuseand

zoning, financial services and both general counsel and as a trial attorney forsmallbusinesses.

D. 1992–2002.HiredasanassociateattorneyatthelawfirmofJohnsonRosati,PC

in1992andadvancedtobecomepartnerin2000.Whilewiththefirm,defendedlocal communities in thestateofMichiganwithina self-insurancepool in landuseandzoningmatters.

E. 1990–1992.LawclerkfortheChiefJusticeoftheMichiganSupremeCourt,the

HonorableDorothyComstockRiley.

3. Awards

A. HonoraryOrderofKentuckyColonels,2016.

B. OneoftheTop25inAttorneyinMichigan,MichiganLawyersWeekly2010

C. TopOnepercentofallLandUseattorneysintheUnitedStates,2016.

D. TopFivePercentofallLandUseAttorneysintheUnitedStates;2011

E. MartindaleHubble:AVratingsince2000

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B. MichiganSuperLawyer:ZoningandLandUse2009throughpresent;CorporationCounsel2010throughpresent.

C. dBusiness/HOURmagazine,TopLawyer2009throughpresent

D. Avvolegalranking–10(highestranking)

E. LifeMemberofNationalRegistryofWho’sWhoofAmericanLawyers,No.

125584,published,January2000.

F. AdmittedtotheAmericanRegistryofDistinguishedProfessionals,July2014

4. Membershipsandprofessionalaffiliations:

A. AmericanBarFoundation,lifememberB. TheAmericanBarAssociation:

a. The State & Local Government Law Section, former Council member,

currentChairReligiousLandUseb. TheLitigationsection,Condemnationcommittee

c. TheAppellatesection

d. TheFirstAmendmentsection

e. TheBusinesslawsection,Bankingcommittee

C. AmericanPlanningAssociation/MichiganPlanningAssociation

D. AllianceDefendingFreedom,allyattorney.

a. BronzeAwardrecipient2012

b. SilverAwardrecipient2015

E. CityofPlymouth,Michigan

a. CityCommission,ElectedNovember2013;Re-elected2015

b. ZoningBoardofAppeals1990-1994;2012-2013

c. PlanningCommission:1994-1996

d. EconomicDevelopmentCorporation,BoardofDirectors,1997-2013.

e. BrownfieldRedevelopmentCorporation,1997-present

F. DetroitAthleticClub

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a. FinanceCommittee,2013-2016

b. CommunityDevelopment,2009-2010G. FINRA,neutralarbitratorH. LeadershipDetroit,

a. GraduateofClassXVI(2004-2005)

I. MichiganBarAssociation

a. ClientProtectionFund,BoardofDirectors2006-2009

b. RealEstatesection,member

K. FederalBarAssociation

L. CabriniClinic,Detroit,Michigan,

a. BoardofDirectors,2009–2016

b. BoardChair,2013–2016

M. TheMOREprogram,

a. Secretary2009-2014

b. MemberoftheBoardofDirectors2009-2014

N. UniversityofDetroitSchoolofLaw,

a. DeansAdvisoryBoardofDirectors,2011-present

O. PlymouthFirstUnitedMethodistChurch,

a. BoardofTrustees2011-2014

b. ChairoftheBoardofTrustees2012-2014

c. EndowmentCommittee,Chair2016

5. Publications:

a. Book

i. Daniel P. Dalton, Litigating Religious Land Use Cases, (published bytheAmericanBarAssociation,August2014)

ii. DanielP.Dalton,LitigatingReligiousLandUseCases,SecondEdition(publishedbytheAmericanBarAssociation,September2016)

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b. Bookchapterauthor.

i. DanielP.Dalton,RuralLandUseIssuesinMichiganinNBIPublications,RuralLandUseIssuesinMichigan(2004)

ii. Daniel P. Dalton, Fundamental Zoning and Land Use Actions in NBIPublications,PracticalGuidetoZoningandLandUseLawinMichigan(2004)

iii. DanielP.Dalton,UnderstandingtheDevelopmentandtheUtilizationof

theMasterPlan inNBIPublications,LandUseLaw:CurrentIssuesinSubdivision,AnnexationandZoning(2006)

iv. DanielP.Dalton,TheReligiousLandUseandInstitutionalizedPersons

Act Update in, At the Cutting Edge 2008, American Bar Association(DwightMerriamed.2008)

v. DanielP.Dalton,TopTenTipsofLitigatingReligiousLandUsecases,in

RLUIPAReader:ReligiousLandUses,ZoningandtheCourts,AmericanPlanningAssociation,AmericanBarAssociation(MichaelGiaimoandLoraLuceroed.2009)

vi. DanielP.Dalton,Defining“AppropriateRelief”undertheReligiousLand

UseandInstitutionalizedPersonsAct: theAvailabilityofDamagesandInjunctive Relief with RLUIPA, in 2010 Zoning and Planning LawHandbook,WestPub.(PatriciaSalkined.2010)

vii. DanielP.Dalton,TheReligiousLandUseandInstitutionalizedPersons

Act–RecentDevelopmentsinAttheCuttingEdge2010,AmericanBarAssociation,(DwightMerriamed.2010)

viii. Daniel P. Dalton, chapter author, History of Eminent Domain¸ in

Eminent Domain: AHandbook of Condemnation Law, American BarAssociation (William Scheiderich, Cynthia Fraser&David Callies ed.2011)

ix. DanielP.Dalton,TheReligiousLandUseandInstitutionalizedPersons

Act–RecentDevelopmentsinAttheCuttingEdge2011,AmericanBarAssociation,(DwightMerriamed.2011)

x. DanielP.Dalton,TheReligiousLandUseandInstitutionalizedPersons

Act:RecentDevelopmentsinRLUIPA’sLandUseJurisprudencein,AttheCutting Edge 2012, American Bar Association, (Dwight Merriam ed.2012)

c. LawReview

i. Daniel P. Dalton, Defining the Limited Public Purpose Figure, 70 U.Det.MercyL.Rev.Vol.1.47(1992)

ii. DanielP.Dalton,TheCostofExtradition:WhopaystheExpensesofa

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Fugitive Injure in the Court of his Arrest? ABA State and Local LawNews, Vol. 19, No. 3 (1996), reprinted in Public Corporation LawQuarterly,MichiganBarAss.April1996No.1.

iii. Daniel P. Dalton, The Balance Between the ADA and Public Transit

Concerns: Seat Belts vs. Civil Rights, 35 Urb. Law Vol. 4, p. 703(2003)

iv. Daniel P. Dalton, Downtown Development Guide: How to Establish

and Finance a DDA, State Bar ofMichigan, Public Corporations LawQuarterly,Spring2005No.1

v. DanielP.Dalton,AHistoryofEminentDomain,StateBarofMichigan,

PublicCorporationsQuarterly,Fall2006No.3

vi. Daniel P. Dalton and BrettMiller. The Ever Expanding Scope of theAmericanswithDisabilityAct;WhetherTitleIIoftheADAappliestoZoningIssues,38Urb.LawVol.3,p.613(2006)republishedinZoningandLandLawReport,Vol.29,No.10

vii. DanielP.Dalton,TheReligiousLandUseandInstitutionalizedPersons

ActUpdate,40Urb.LawVol.3,p.603

viii. Daniel P. Dalton, Religious Land Uses, Zoning and the Courts 2008,AmericanPlanningAssociation,PlanningandEnvironmentalLaw,July2009Vol.51,No.7.p.3.

ix. Daniel P. Dalton, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies and the

Religious Land use and Institutionalized Persons Act, Zoning andPlanningLawReport,WestPub.,Vol.31,No.7p.1

x. Daniel P. Dalton, Defining “Appropriate Relief” under the Religious

Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act: the Availability ofDamagesandInjunctiveReliefwithRLUIPA,Vol.2,Issue2,Alb.L.Rev.604(2009).

xi. DanielP.Dalton,TheReligiousLandUseandInstitutionalizedPersons

Act–RecentDevelopments,42Urb.LawVol.3,p.561(2010)

xii. DanielP.Dalton,TheReligiousLandUseandInstitutionalizedPersonsAct–RecentDevelopments,43Urb.LawVol.3,p.853(2011)

xiii. DanielP.Dalton,TheReligiousLandUseandInstitutionalizedPersons

Act: Recent Developments in RLUIPA’s Land Use Jurisprudence, 44Urb.LawVol.3,p.647(2012)

xiv. DanielP.Dalton,TheReligiousLandUseandInstitutionalizedPersons

Act-RecentDecisionsandDevelopments,45Urb.LawVol.3,p.741(2013).

xv. DanielP.Dalton,RecentDevelopmentsinRLUIPAandReligiousLand

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Use-,46Urb.LawVol.4,p.849(2014).

xvi. DanielP.Dalton,TheReligiousLandUseandInstitutionalizedPersonsAct-RecentDecisionsandDevelopments,47Urb.LawVol.3,p.420(2015).

xvii. Daniel P. Dalton, Equal Terms and the Religious Land use and

InstitutionalizedPersonsAct,ZoningandPlanningLawReport,WestPub.,Vol.__,No.__p.__(2016)

d. Magazinecontributor–legalupdates

i. ChurchSolutions:October2008andAugust2009

ii. ChurchExecutive: July 2008, January2009;May2010;August 2010;October 2010; January 2011; July 2011; September 2011; January2012;January2013;May2013.

iii. IslamicHorizons,DanielP.Dalton,MosqueBuildersHaveRights,p.30;

July/August2013.

iv. MichiganAssociationofPlannersMagazine,DanielP.Dalton,BridgingtheCulturalGapwithReligiousEntities,p.9;May/June2012

v. DetroiterMagazine;Daniel P. Dalton,Managing Collections: How to

CollectOutstandingDebtsinaToughEconomy,p.12(January2009)

vi. MichiganBanker,DanielP.Dalton,GuidingBanksThroughMichigan,NationalEconomicChanges,p.22,,Vol.23,No.12(December2011)

e. PublicationsQuoted

i. ChristianityToday,p.16;August2010

ii. TheWallStreetJournal,p.A-13;December9,2011

iii. USAToday,p.7A,July11,2011

iv. DetroitFreePress,2007throughpresent.

v. DetroitNews,2007throughpresent.

vi. CrainsDetroit:2007throughpresent.

f. SpeakingEngagements

1. October3,2008,“GodandtheLandSymposium”–theEdwinL.CrawfordMemorialLectureSeries,AlbanyLawSchool,Albany,NewYork.

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2. April26,2009,AmericanPlanningAssociationNationalPlanningConference,Minneapolis,Minnesota;“Religion,ZoningandtheCourts.”

3. September30,2009,MichiganPlanningAssociation,Annual

Conference,Mt.Pleasant,MI.,“ReligiousLandUseandZoning.”

4. April30,2010,"ReligiousLandUseUpdate,2010,"AmericanBarAssociation,ContinuingLegalEducationpresentation

5. March11,2010:ABAStateandLocalLawSpringmeeting,Miami,

FloridaHotTopicsinLandUse

6. October1,2010,ABAStateandLocalLawFallmeeting,Providence,RhodeIsland:LandUseRoundtable

7. January24,2011:St.ClairCommunityCollege,TheConstitutionand

PropertyRights.

8. January27,2011;AmericanPlanningAssociationwebinar,Religion,ZoningandtheCourts:anOverviewofRLUIPA

9. March8,2011:NewYorkUniversity,SchoolofLaw,ASymposiumofReligiousLandUseExperts

10. February22,2011:AllianceDefenseFundwebinar,LitigatingReligiousLandUseCasesonbehalfofReligiousEntities

11. April5,2011:StaffordLegalEducationseries,ReligiousLandUse

Claims–StrategiesforLocalGovernmentstoAvoidorDefendRLUIPALitigation

12. May13,2011:MichiganAssociationofPlanners,LansingMichigan

andLegalUpdate.PaethCaseStudy,LessonsLearned

13. September16,2011:LeadershipMacomb,MichiganLandUseandZoning

14. October20,2011:UniversityofDetroitLawSchool,BestPracticesin

LawFirmOperations

15. November11,2011:SeventhDayAdventistAnnualMeeting,SantaFe,NewMexico,ReligiousGovernanceandLandUse

16. November15,2011:InternationalMunicipal;LawyersAssociation

webinar:SixfactpatternsofSubstantialBurden

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17. January30,2012:CityofHamtramck,Michigan;CityCouncil,PlanningCommissionandZoningBoardofAppealspresentation:UnderstandingZoningandReligiousLandUse

18. April19,2012:MichiganBarAssociation,YoungLawyers:Starting

andoperatingalawfirm

19. April20,2012:AmericanBarAssociation,StateandLocalLawConferenceinWashingtonD.C.ReligiousLandUse&InstitutionalizedPersonsActyearinreview

20. April21,2012:ChurchofGod,StateofMichiganState

Conference.HotTopicsinthelawforReligiousLeaders

21. May2,2012:MidlandCountyBarAssociation,LawDaypresentingspeaker:ProtectingReligiousLiberty

22. June27,2012:AllianceDefendingFreedom,Naples,Florida;Religious

LandUse

23. October17,2012:MichiganPlanningAssociation,MichiganLandUseandZoning

24. November7,2012:Addressingcontractualclaims,Universityof

DetroitMercySchoolofLaw

25. November12,2012:InternationalMunicipalLawyersAssociation:teleconferenceseries.ReligiousLandUsedebates

26. May3,2013,ABAStateandLocalLawSection,SpringMeeting,

Nashville,TN.RLUIPAupdate

27. May7,2013,ADFwebinar:Scottsdale,AZ.ProtectingChurchesfromPre-textualZoningOrdinances

28. May3,2013,ABAStateandLocalLawSection,SpringMeeting,

Nashville,TN.TheReligiousLandUseupdate.

29. June5,2013,FederalBarAssociation,webinar:ReligiousExercisefreeofSubstantialBurdeninLandUseandBeyond

30. September19,2013,LeadershipMacomb,GovernmentDay.LandUse

andZoningRegulations

31. July1,2014,Audiosolutionzwebinar,UnderstandingLandDevelopmentandRegulation

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32. August5,2014,Audiosolutionzwebinar,LandUseLawPrimer:

VariancesandZoningBoardsofAppeals

33. August13,2014,REALTORSwebseminar,TheDevelopmentandRegulationsoftheuseofLand

34. September9,2014,Audiosolutionzwebinar,Understandingthe

DevelopmentandRegulationsoftheUseofLand:PlannedUnitDevelopmentsandappearingbeforePlanningCommissions

35. October7,2014,Audiosolutionzwebinar,Understandingthe

DevelopmentandRegulationsoftheUseofLand:Litigatinglandusecases

36. October9,2014,MichiganPlanningAssociationAnnualConference,

RegulationofDonationBinsinMichigan

37. November4,2014,Audiosolutionzwebinar,UnderstandingtheDevelopmentandRegulationsoftheUseofLand:RiparianRightsandtheRighttoFarmAct

38. November16,2014,webinarpaneldiscussion:AmericanBar

Association,LitigatingReligiousLandUseCases

39. December2,2014,Audiosolutionzwebinar,UnderstandingtheDevelopmentandRegulationsoftheUseofLand:CEQA,theCaliforniaEnvironmentalQualityAct

40. December15,2014,webinarpaneldiscussion,International

MunicipalLawyersAssociation,LandUseIMLAWebinar

41. February14,2015,WayneLawSchool,SmallBusinessLegalAcademy

42. April5,2015,AmericanBarAssociation,MidyearMeeting,Religion,ZoningandtheCourts:applicationoftheReligiousLandUseActtoMunicipalPlanning

43. October8,2015,MichiganPlanningAssociation,AnnualMeeting:

Reedv.GilbertanditsimpactonMunicipalSignCodes

44. October22,2015,AmericanPlanningAssociation,webinarpaneldiscussion,PlanningforReligiousUsesundertheReligiousLandUseandInstitutionalizedPersonsAct

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45. November4,2015,Audiosolutionzwebinar,UnderstandingtheDevelopmentandRegulationsoftheUseofLand:PlannedunitDevelopmentsandappearingbeforePlanningCommissions

46. March12,2016,REALTORSLandInstitute,NationalLandConference,

Dallas,Texas.LandDevelopment,RiparianRights.

47. March22,2016,MichiganMunicipalLeague,AnnualConferenceinLansing,Michigan.SignageRegulationafterReedv.Gilbert.

48. May2,2016,UnitedStatesDepartmentofJusticeRLUIPARoundtable,

Detroit,Michigan.

49. August5,2016,TheAmericanPlanningAssociationCLE,webinar;ReligiousLandUseupdateforPlanners

50. September9,2016,ABAState&LocalLawSection,PlanningLawyers

Webinar,RLUIPAupdate

51. October19,2016,LeadershipMacomb,GovernmentDay:ThePowerofLandUseandZoning.

52. November29,2016,ABAwebinar;LitigatingReligiousLandUseCases,

webinarintandemwithbook.

53. January25-28,2017,ALI-CLEEminentDomainUpdate:LitigatingReligiousLandUsecasesinlightofthethreatofEminentDomain,SanDiego,CA.

7. Notablecasesandclients:

Summit Church v. Randolph County Development Authority (WV); Life Church,Green BayWisconsin (WS); Hope Rising Community Church v. Penn Hills, (PA).;North JerseyVineyardChurchv. SouthHackensack (NJ).;ChurchofOurSaviorv.JacksonvilleBeach,(FL);PlanetAidv.CityofSt.Johns(MI);St.VincentDePaul v.A.T.R.S (MI); Lighthouse RescueMission v. City of Hattiesburg (MS); Academy ofOurLadyofPeacev.SanDiego,(CA);SalvationTempleChurchv.CityofHazelPark(MI);Paethv.WorthTownship,(MI);ACMECv.WestPikeland,(PA);HouseWhereJesus Shines v. Bellmead, (TX); Lighthouse Church of God v. Southfield, (MI);CarlinvilleSouthernBaptistChurchv.CityofCarlinville, (IL);NorthridgeChurch,Plymouth Township (MI); Grace Church of the Roaring Fork Valley v. PitkenCounty, (CO); Celebration Church v. City of Muskegon (MI); Triumph Church,Detroit, (MI); Valley Family Church, Portage, (MI); Real Life Ministries, Adrian,(MI).

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6. Education

a. UniversityofDetroitSchoolofLaw,Detroit,MichiganJurisDoctorawardedin1990London,EnglandLawProgram,January1989-May1989

§ Awards:

o AlineFelton-BerkleyScholar,1989-1990o AmericanJurisprudenceBookAwards:

§ Sales,1989§ ConstitutionalLaw,1990

§ Achievements:

o Editor,MichiganBusinessLawJournal,1989o MootCourtBoardofDirectors,1988-1989o BestOralAdvocate,MootCourtCompetition,1988o Who'sWhoAmongAmericanLawStudents,1990

b. WesternMichiganUniversity,

CollegeofArtsandScience,1983-1986(B.S.awarded12/86) Major:PoliticalScience

Minor:PhilosophyAchievements:

o HonorsGraduate,thesis;TheFreedomofAssembly

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