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DanielP.Dalton
CurriculumVitiateNovember5,2016
Dalton&TomichPLC
719GriswoldStreet,Suite270Detroit,Michigan48226
(o)3138596000(m)2482292329
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