$490 Million Dollars, Global Sexual Abuse Settlement
$380 Million Dollars, Global Abuse Settlement
$350 Million Dollars, Global Sexual Abuse Settlement
$141 Million Dollars, Class Action Settlement
$70 Million Dollars, Global Abuse Settlement
$37 Million Dollars, Global Abuse Settlement
UCC
Hello Farms Licensing MI, LLC v. GR Vending MI, LLC, No. 21-CV-10499 (E.D. Mich. Jan., 2025). Won $37.2 Million jury verdict against a publicly traded cannabis company after a two-week trial in UCC Article 2 case.
MikeSpot LLC v. GPM Empire, LLC, No. 23-CV-11603, 2025 WL 841610, at *4 (E.D. Mich. Mar. 18, 2025) (summary judgment for marathon oil in Sherman Act vertical price fixing claims and related supply agreement claims).
Dicastal N. Am., Inc. v. Markowitz Metals Grp., LLC, 633 F. Supp. 3d 999 (W.D. Mich. Sept. 30, 2022) (prevailed on summary judgment for major aluminum trader against world’s largest wheel maker for tens of millions of pounds of scrap aluminum, obtaining dismissal of $5 Million contract claims and favorable money judgment for client on counterclaim).
Donald J. Ulrich Assocs., Inc. v. Bill Forge Priv. Ltd., No. 17-CV-10174, 2019 WL 1098511, at *6 (E.D. Mich. Mar. 8, 2019) (multimillion dollar settlement for plaintiff in automotive supply dispute against Mahindra subsidiary).
Intellectual Property
Mitchell, Lewis & Staver, Co. v. Valley Farms Supply, LLC, No. 1:21-CV-555, 2025 WL 703778 (W.D. Mich. Mar. 5, 2025) (prevailed on summary judgment as plaintiff on claim under the Stored Communications Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2701(a), including based on Defendants’ assertion under the Fifth Amendment and obtained dismissal of trade secret claims by opponents).
Presidio, Inc. v. People Driven Tech., Inc., 686 F. Supp. 3d 652 (S.D. Ohio 2023) (prevailed on summary judgment for 14 employees of value-added reseller in a $100 million contract and trade secret claim arising out of a $250 million acquisition of Netech corporation by Presidio).
Attitude Wellness, LLC v. Vill. of Pinckney, 606 F. Supp. 3d 624, 634 (E.D. Mich. 2022) (prevailed in 3-day evidentiary hearing for the exclusive cannabis license in Livingston County, Michigan. Decision cited by federal courts in Illinois, California, Washington and by the Michigan Court of Appeals as a landmark ruling for establishing discretionary limitations for municipalities when awarding cannabis licenses).
Class Actions
Parker v. Battle Creek Pizza, Inc., 95 F.4th 1009, 1018 (6th Cir. 2024) (reversed summary judgment loss on interlocutory appeal and national issue of first impression in federal appeals for proper reimbursement rate of use of vehicles by employees).
Hogan v. Wayne Cnty., No. 362259, 2024 WL 2790297 (Mich. Ct. App. May 30, 2024) (defeated class certification of 15,000-member putative class case based on constitutional torts claims and over $100 Million in exposure).
Melton et al, v. Belle Tire Distributors, Inc., Wayne County, Michigan Case No. 16-009952-CZ (lead counsel for large after-market distributor in $135 million bet-the-company putative class action for alleged fraudulent sales of over 300,000 tires, obtaining denial of certification, for sales of all tires for all-wheel and four-wheel drive vehicles).
Amir v. AmGuard Ins. Co., Amir v. AmGuard Ins. Co., 606 F. Supp. 3d 653, 667 (E.D. Mich. 2022) (prevailed on summary judgment and denial of certification for insurer in putative class action against civil RICO claim from sales of tens of thousands of insurance policies).
Nessel v. Chemguard, Inc., No. 1:20-CV-1080, 2021 WL 744683, at *4 (W.D. Mich. Jan. 6, 2021) (defeated motion to avoid MDL consolidation by State of Michigan for international chemical manufacturer).
Lea Graham v. Word Enterprises Perry, LLC, No. 18-CV-10167, 2019 WL 2959169 (E.D. Mich. June 18, 2019) (prevailed in dismissal of 100 of 102 claims for the leading franchisee of Hungry Howie’s on interplay of Federal Arbitration Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act. Cited by the Harvard Law Review, “Collective Actions-Fair Labor Standards Act – Seventh Circuit Holds That Arbitration-Bound Employees Cannot Be Given Notice of Collective Action Proceeding Under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Bigger v. Facebook, Inc.,” 947, 133 Harv. L. Rev. 2601, 2610 (2020)).
Smith Living Tr. v. Erickson Ret. Communities, 326 Mich. App. 366, 370, 928 N.W.2d 227, 232 (2018) (prevailed on summary judgment and affirmed on appeal in putative class action for thousands of alleged fraudulent real estate transactions for senior care living facility with more than $150 Million in exposure).
Real Estate and Banking Trials
Taieb v. Pharmaco, Inc., Oakland County, Michigan Case No. 20-181736-CB (first chaired a seven-day jury trial in April 2022 to a no cause of action for publicly traded Canadian company against claims of breach of contract, economic duress, and promissory estoppel arising from a business sale).
PNC Bank, Nat’l Ass’n v. Legal Advoc., P.C., 841 F. App’x 755, 756 (6th Cir. 2020) (obtained $2.1 million judgment on issue of first impression regarding date of claim accrual and restarting of limitations period, affirmed in . Collected entire balance and legal fees, including dismissal of Chapter 11 cases in California and Michigan and obtained appointment of a receiver over operating debtor law firm and all assets of guarantor. 2022 WL 4096866 (E.D. Mich. Sept. 7, 2022) and 2022 WL 10447611 (E.D. Mich. Oct. 18, 2022).
Laurels of Lake Orion, LLC v. First Nat’l Orion Loan, LLC, No. 19-11543, 2020 WL 1866095, at *6 (E.D. Mich. Apr. 14, 2020) (defeated $8 million claim on summary judgment and awarded attorney fees’ on counterclaim in complex construction loan dispute)
Berkadia Commercial Mortgage, LLC v. Kings Lane Limited Dividend Housing Limited Association, No. 11-CV-15251 (E.D. Mich. April 27, 2015) (reversed denial by HUD of $14 million government loan guaranty and related tax credits).
