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John Mucha III

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John Mucha III is a Member of Dawda PLC. He concentrates his practice in the areas of general civil litigation, automotive supply chain matters, real estate matters, land use planning, and business disputes, including commercial, construction, real property, tort, and business confidential information matters.

John has considerable experience representing businesses and property owners in a broad range of matters, including general business litigation, including breach of contract disputes, automotive supply chain matters and contract negotiation, and claims involving the sale and leasing of real property. He has also litigated and successfully resolved land contamination matters as well as cases involving personal injury, property damage, and other torts. John has assisted both employers and executives with confidentiality and noncompete issues, including the drafting of various types of employment-related agreements. His litigation expertise encompasses all phases of the litigation process, from initial pleading and discovery stages to trials, appeals, and the negotiation of settlements. John also serves as a Discovery Mediator for the Oakland County (Michigan) Circuit Court.

With respect to land use, zoning, and planning matters, John has successfully guided owners, developers, and retailers through the applicable governmental approval processes. He has also successfully litigated land use disputes in both administrative hearings and in court.

John has also successfully argued cases before the Michigan Court of Appeals and the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and he is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Michigan. He has served as the Chair of the State Bar of Michigan Litigation Section, the President of the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel (MDTC), and as an elected representative to the State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly.

John earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan in 1987, where he also received a special award for writing and advocacy, and where he served as Contributing Editor of the Michigan Journal of Law Reform. He also earned a Master of Public Policy degree in 1979 and a B.A., with distinction, in 1977, from the University of Michigan. John is a frequent contributor to legal journals and publications and is also an active member of Rotary International, having served as the President of the Birmingham (Michigan) Rotary Club and having been awarded a District Governor’s citation for leading special projects.

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John Mucha III

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Associations

State Bar of Michigan Litigation Section Past Chair
Oakland County Bar Association Member
Construction Association of Michigan, Member
State Bar of Michigan, Member of Labor & Employment Law, Real Property, Negligence Law and ADR Sections
American Bar Association Litigation, Member of Labor & Employment Law, Construction, Tort & Insurance Practice Sections
Michigan Defense Trial Counsel Secretary – Board of Directors
Defense Research Institute, Member
International Council of Shopping Centers, Member
Birmingham (Michigan) Rotary Club, Member President, 2004; Secretary and Past President, Endowment Fund
State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly (6th Circuit), 2010-2014
Henry Ford Hospice Council of Advisors, Member

Classes/Seminars

ICSC, Roundtable Speaker 2025, “The ABCs of Appealing a Land Use Decision”
Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2014, “Deposition Techniques and Skills” Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2000, “The Name of the Game is Damages” National Business Institute, 2013, “Business Contracts A to Z”
National Business Institute, 2009, “Update on New Developments in Application of Rules of Evidence”
National Business Institute, 2008, “Practical Guide to Zoning and Land Use Law” University of Michigan Law School, 2014, Professional Responsibility Trainer
University of Michigan Law School, Moot Court Judge

Education

ICLE General Civil Mediation Training, 2025
The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, 1987 J.D. Law Review: University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform Contributing Editor
The University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy, Ann Arbor, 1979 Master of Public Policy Studies
The University of Michigan College of Literature, Ann Arbor, Science and Arts, 1977 B.A. Honors: With Distinction

Bar Admissions

Michigan, 1987
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1987

Honors And Awards

Recipient, State Bar of Michigan, Litigation Section “Litigation Excellence Award”, 2025
Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© – Commercial Litigation, Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation – Real Estate, 2020–2026
One of 30 attorneys selected to the “Leaders in the Law” Class of 2018 – Michigan Lawyers Weekly
Top Lawyer: Commercial Law – DBusiness, 2020
Top Lawyer: Litigation – Construction – DBusiness, 2020
Top Lawyer: Construction Law, Land Use & Zoning, Litigation – Commercial – DBusiness, 2010, 2014, 2016-2019, 2026
Named to Michigan Super Lawyers Top 100 list – 2015–2021, 2024 Selected to Michigan Super Lawyers list – 2010-2021, 2024, 2025
Named to Michigan Business Super Lawyers Top 50 list – 2016-2018
Listed in Leading Lawyers: Commercial Litigation, Employment Law: Management, Land Use, Zoning & Condemnation Law, and Real Estate Law: Commercial – Since 2017
AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated – LexisNexis/Martindale-Hubbell® – Since 1999
AVVO Rated Top Lawyer – since 2017

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James J. Vlasic

Editor — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:11:32 +0000

James J. Vlasic concentrates his practice in the areas of business planning and organization, and business and trust litigation. James acts as a manager of Villco Management, LLC, a manager of diversified investment companies. He also serves as a director of Vlasic Development, LLC, a real estate development company with offices in southeast Michigan and Colorado.

Over the past 41 years, James has handled legal cases involving construction, secured transactions, commercial mortgage foreclosures, business fraud, mergers, corporate and partnership disputes, buying and selling of aircraft, transportation equipment, and insurance.

James is a former member of the Board of Directors at Thomas M. Cooley Law School and former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Cranbrook Educational Community.

Before joining Dawda, Mann, Mulcahy & Sadler, PLC, he was a Member of Bodman, PLC, and prior to that, a shareholder at Sommers Schwartz, P.C., where he served on the Board of Directors and on its executive committee for eight years.

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James J. Vlasic

Of Counsel

248.642.8591

jvlasic@dawdalaw.com

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Education

University of Michigan, Dearborn, M.B.A
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Taxation, LL.M.
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, Lansing, J.D. Honors: Cum Laude
Yale University, New Haven, Conn., B.A.

Publications

Common-Law Arbitration in Michigan Since “Wold,” Michigan Lawyers Weekly October 24, 2011
Limitations on Transfer of Limited Liability Company Membership Interests, The Michigan Business Law Journal Spring 2011
Debate Rages: Draft Arbitration Awards or Not?, Michigan Lawyers Weekly February 8, 2010
Med-Arb – Can you Afford the Risk?, The ADR Newsletter January 2008
Towards a Litigator’s Philosophy of ADR, The ADR Newsletter March 2006

Bar Admissions

Florida
Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
U.S. Tax Court

Honors and Awards

AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated – LexisNexis/Martindale-Hubbell® for Highest Level of Professional Excellence; Endorsed for High Ethical Standing
Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America©, Corporate Law: 2023-2026, Commercial Litigation: 2026
Top Lawyer: Business Law, Business Litigation – DBusiness, 2010

Speaking Engagements

Webcast, Best Practices for Mediation Summaries, 2015 Panel
What Other ADR Tools are in the Litigator’s Toolbox?, Advanced Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Institute – 2014
Panel, Promoting Early Facilitation and Mediation: A Panel Discussion, Advanced Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Institute – 2013
Lecture, Med-Arb – A Cautionary Tale: It Ain’t as Easy (Or as Ethical) as it Looks!, Advanced Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Institute – 2008
Lecture, How Litigators Maximize the Benefit of ADR, Optimizing Process Choices and Timing Advanced Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Institute – 2006

Associations

Cooley Law School Adjunct Professor of Business Planning
American Bar Association
State Bar of Florida
State Bar of Michigan

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Paul A. Bringer

Editor — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 08:54:28 +0000

Paul A. Bringer is Of Counsel at Dawda PLC. He has spent the past 25 years at the firm concentrating his practice on transactional real estate and estate planning. Paul also has prior experience as a land developer.

Paul serves as an advisor to developers and lenders involved in transactional real estate matters as well as entity structure and estate planning matters.

Paul’s responsibilities include development of strategies to achieve client goals and the implementation of those strategies, including all aspects of the negotiation and documentation of those transactions.

He has received numerous awards throughout his career, including being recognized by The Best Lawyers in America as one of the best lawyers in real estate law three years in a row, and has been honored by DBusiness Magazine as a top real estate lawyer in Metro Detroit in 2010. In addition, Paul has taught numerous classes and seminars on real estate law complexities.

Paul earned his B.B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1972, then went on to earn his J.D. at Michigan State University.

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Paul A. Bringer

Of Counsel

248.642.7175

pbringer@dawdalaw.com

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Education

Michigan State University Detroit College of Law East Lansing, 1977, J.D.
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, 1973, B.B.A.

Associations

American Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan

Bar Admissions

Michigan, 1977

Classes/Seminars

Taught Lecturer, “The Use of the Land Contract in Commercial Transactions”, State Bar of Michigan, Real Property Law Section

Honors and Awards

Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© – Real Estate Law, 2020-2026
Listed in Leading Lawyer: Real Estate Law: Commercial & Finance – Since 2017
AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated – LexisNexis/Martindale-Hubbell®
Top Lawyer: Real Estate – DBusiness, 2010

Fraternities

Beta Gamma Sigma

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Susan J. Sadler

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Susan J. Sadler is a founding Member of Dawda PLC. She is the head of the Environmental, Energy, and Sustainability practice group. She concentrates her legal practice on a broad spectrum of environmental issues.

Since the early 1980s, she has provided counsel on compliance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Wetland Regulations, Endangered Species Act, and state environmental statutes and permitting requirements.

An experienced counselor, Susan frequently defends corporations in administrative proceedings and environmental litigation brought by citizens groups, Attorneys General Offices, and the Federal Justice Department. Her legal expertise includes representing corporations in toxic tort litigation brought by individuals claiming damage and physical injury from exposure to chemicals, and representing individuals, corporations, municipalities, and business entities in all aspects of environmental regulations. She also has experience in negotiating settlements with insurance carriers regarding pollution claims.

Susan is LEED-AP accredited and is one of the few attorneys with this distinction.

Susan is an active member of the American Bar Association’s Litigation and Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental law sections, and past Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s Solid and Hazardous Waste Committee. She is a Board Member of the Great Lakes Center for Legal Studies.

A frequent author, Susan has made significant contributions to the Detroit College of Law Review, the first and second edition of The RCRA Practice Manual (published by the American Bar Association), and Environmental Law for Contractors. She also is a lecturer for the American Bar Association and State Bar of Michigan, and has been a faculty member of the Law Institute Program of the Defense Research Institute.

Susan earned her J.D. from the University of Toledo in 1980 and a B.A. from Albion College in 1977.

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Susan J. Sadler

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Education

University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, Ohio, 1980 J.D
Albion College, Albion, 1977 B.A.

Associations

State Bar of Michigan Environmental & Negligence Law Sections Member
State Bar of Michigan, Environmental Law Section Past Chair 2022-2023
American Bar Association Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental Law Section Member
American Bar Association, 1990–1993 Solid Waste & Hazardous Waste Committee Past Vice-Chair
Legal Institute of the Great Lakes Advisory Board Member

Published Works

The RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) and Update (Contributing Author), American Bar Association
“The Environmental Justice Initiative and Its Impact on Corporations,” LakeLinks for the Legal Institute of the Great Lakes, Winter 1998-1999
“Got Green?,” Michigan State Bar Journal, October 2009
Environmental, Energy and Resources Law – ABA – A Year in Review, contributing writer, multiple years

Honors and Awards

Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© – Environmental Law: 2010-2026, Litigation – Environmental: 2011-2026, Litigation – Real Estate: 2013-2014, 2019-2026
Top Lawyer: Environmental Law – DBusiness, 2010-2020, 2026
Top Lawyer: Energy Law – DBusiness, 2010-2019
One of 30 attorneys selected to the “Women in the Law” Class of 2017 – Michigan Lawyers Weekly
Named “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America© – Detroit area, Environmental Law: 2017, Litigation – Environmental: 2015, 2018
Selected to Michigan Super Lawyers list – 2006-2021, 2024, 2025
Listed in Leading Lawyer: Energy Law, Environmental Law – Since 2014
AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated – LexisNexis/Martindale-Hubbell®
Selected to be featured in Crain’s Detroit Business as one of 20 best lawyers – 2009

Bar Admissions

Michigan, 1981

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Todd A. Schafer

Editor — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:20:24 +0000

Todd A. Schafer is a Senior Attorney at Dawda PLC. He concentrates his practice primarily in the area of real estate law.

Todd has extensive experience representing developers, owners, and tenants in property acquisition and disposition and in retail, office, industrial, and warehouse leasing transactions throughout the United States. His experience includes negotiating and drafting purchase, sale, lease, development, and financing agreements, as well as assisting clients with due diligence matters. Todd also regularly works with a client’s consultants, engineers, and surveyors to anticipate and resolve legal concerns related to title, land use, and environmental matters.

Todd earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan in 1992, where he was a contributing editor to the Michigan Journal of International Law and served as a judge on the Court of Common Pleas (Central Student Judiciary). He earned his B.A., with highest distinction, from the University of Michigan in 1989.

He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and the State Bar of Illinois. Todd also serves as a member of the Executive, Finance, and Audit committees of Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit.

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Todd A. Schafer

Senior Attorney

248.642.8684

tschafer@dawdalaw.com

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Education

University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, 1992 J.D. Honors: Cum Laude
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,1989 A.B. Honors: With Highest Distinction Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Bar Admissions

Michigan, 1992
Illinois, 1993

Published Work

“Commercial Tenant Lease Issues Due to COVID-19”, State Bar of Michigan Real Property Law Section e-Newsletter, April 2021
“The Recording of Instruments: Some Pitfalls for the Unwary”, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Vol. 12, No. 38, July 27, 1998

Honors and Awards

Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© – Real Estate Law, 2019-2026
Top Lawyer by DBusiness in 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2026
Listed in Leading Lawyer: Real Estate Law: Commercial & Finance – Since 2017
AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated – LexisNexis/Martindale-Hubbell®
Selected to Michigan Super Lawyers list – 2007, 2025

Associations

State Bar of Michigan Real Property & Business Law Sections Member
Oakland County Bar Association Member
Illinois State Bar Association Member
American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate, Trust & Business Law Sections Member

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Glenn G. Ross

Editor — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:44:31 +0000

Glenn G. Ross, a Member of Dawda PLC, focuses his practice in the areas of estate planning, business planning, estate administration, and related tax law.

Glenn’s expertise in these areas is extensive, emphasizing sound, practical advice, and creativity. He tailors his planning advice to each client’s specific situation to obtain the client’s goals and objectives, considering business succession concerns, family dynamics, the impact on the family now and in the future, and the tax consequences of the planning options available. He advises clients in planning both simple and complex estates, using wills, powers of attorney, patient advocate designations, lifetime gifting, various revocable and irrevocable trusts, charitable giving, family limited liability companies, shareholder agreements, and other various estate planning options and techniques.

Glenn also has considerable experience in post-death administration matters, including the administration of estates and trusts, and related tax advice. He assists family members to help them understand the administration process, the documents involved, and post-death estate planning opportunities.

Glenn advises fiduciaries in their responsibilities and duties in the administration of probate and trust estates, both related to tax issues and carrying out the terms of the estate plan. As part of his practice, he also ensures that the various required filings and tax returns are properly prepared and filed with the appropriate authorities on a timely basis.

Glenn’s knowledge of tax law is an integral part of his estate planning expertise. He advises clients on estate, gift, and generation skipping tax issues and related income tax issues.

He earned his J.D. from Wayne State University in 1985 and his LL.M. in taxation from Wayne State University in 1990. He received his B.S. from Oakland University in 1982.

Glenn is active in the legal community and is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the American Bar Association and the Oakland County Bar Association. He also speaks on estate planning and tax matters to both professional and layman groups. He has also received a Certificate of Completion in the areas of probate and estate planning issued by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education and the probate and estate planning section of the State Bar of Michigan.

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Glenn G. Ross

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Education

Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, 1990 LL.M. Taxation
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, 1985 J.D
Oakland University, Rochester, 1982 B.S.

Associations

State Bar of Michigan Probate, Estate Planning & Taxation Sections Member
Oakland County Bar Association Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Sections Member American Bar Association Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Sections Member

Honors and Awards

DBusiness Top lawyers for 2021 and 2022
Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© – Trusts and Estates, 2020–2026
Top Lawyer: Tax Law – DBusiness, 2019, 2020
Top Lawyer: Trusts and Estates – DBusiness, 2016-2024, 2026
Listed in Leading Lawyer: Tax Law-Individual; Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law – 2019–2021
Selected to Michigan Super Lawyers list – 2017-2021, 2024, 2025 Peer Review Rated – LexisNexis/Martindale-Hubbell®

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Tyler D. Tennent

Editor — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:32:06 +0000

Tyler D. Tennent is a Member of and General Counsel to Dawda PLC. He concentrates his practice in the areas of land use, real estate development, environmental, corporate, and related litigation.

Tyler is land use and environmental counsel to several international, national, and local real estate development companies. His practice involves land use entitlement approvals and environmental development strategies for developers. He also regularly advises clients regarding zoning approvals, land use permitting options, natural resource approvals, liability protections, defending environmental enforcement actions matters, and complex land use entitlement issues such as multi use developments, planned developments, and solar projects. He frequently assists clients with the development and operation of brownfield properties, the attainment of local, state, and national use permits, the securing of tax and financial incentives, the minimization of environmental risks associated with managing hazardous wastes, sustainable practices (LEED trained) and, with the drafting of contracts and corporate policies to avoid liability exposure. He handles cases that involve the transactional effects of environmental liability and advises corporations on the implementation of environmental audit and compliance programs. Tyler has significant litigation expertise representing parties in commercial, land use, and environmental litigation, including local, state, and federal administrative appellate actions and regulatory proceedings.

Additionally, he is counsel to governmental authorities for economic development, brownfield, complex land development matters. Some of the public corporations he has represented include land banks, brownfield authorities, and other economic development entities.

Tyler earned his J.D. in 1984 from Michigan State University College of Law and his B.A. from Michigan State University in 1981.

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Tyler D. Tennent

Member

248.642.4248

ttennent@dawdalaw.com

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Education

Michigan State University College of Law, East Lansing, J.D. 1984
Michigan State University, East Lansing, B.A. 1981

Associations

American Bar Association
American Planning Association
Challenge Detroit (Member of Board)
Michigan Planning Association
Oakland County Bar Association
Oakland County Fellow Foundation
State Bar of Michigan

Published Works

“Clean Air Permits, Special State Report – Michigan. Clean Air Permits: Managers Guide to the 1990 Clean Air Act” Thomson Publishing
“Secured Creditors Face Expanded Liability Under CERCLA,” Michigan Environmental Law Journal Vol. 9:3
“Asset Purchases and Successor Liability Under CERCLA,” 6 Mich. L. W. 1329 “Opinions of Third Parties: An Environmental Perspective,” ABA National Institute on Third Party Legal Opinions
“New Developments Under the Clean Air Act,” 6 Mich. L.W. 1615
“Avoiding an Environmental Surprise: Steps Which the Consumer/Real Estate Purchaser Should Take to Avoid Environmental Liability,” Loyola Consumer Law Reporter, Vol. IV, No. 3

Presentations

“Special Zoning Issues: Wind Turbines;” National Business Institute, October 2008 “Opinions of Third Parties: An Environmental Perspective,” ABA National Institute on Third Party Legal Opinions
“New Developments Under the Clean Air Act,” 6 Mich. L.W. 1615
“Avoiding an Environmental Surprise: Steps Which the Consumer/Real Estate Purchaser Should Take to Avoid Environmental Liability,” Loyola Consumer Law Reporter, Vol. IV, No. 3

Bar Admission

Michigan, 1984
U.S. Federal Courts, 1984

Honors and Awards

Chambers USA: Michigan Real Estate Zoning/Land Use, Band 1 – 2020- 2022 and Band 2 – 2023
Chambers USA: Michigan Real Estate, Noted Practitioner
Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© – Environmental Law: 2019 – 2026, Land Use and Zoning Law, 2026, Litigation- Land Use and Zoning, 2026
Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© –Lawyer of the Year: 2022 Top Lawyer: Environmental Law – DBusiness,: 2019 – 2023, 2026
Top Lawyer: Land Use and Zoning – DBusiness: 2019 – 2023 Michigan Super Lawyers: 2014 -2025
Listed in Leading Lawyer: Environmental Law; Land Use, Zoning & Condemnation Law; Real Estate Law-Commercial
AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated – LexisNexis/Martindale-Hubbell®

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Daniel M. Halprin

Editor — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 12:44:45 +0000

Daniel M. Halprin, a member of Dawda PLC in Bloomfield Hills, has been practicing exclusively in the area of real estate law since 1993, with a particular emphasis on leasing, acquisition, and disposition transactions. In the leasing area, Daniel regularly represents national, regional, and local landlords and tenants throughout the United States in the structuring, preparation, and negotiation of leases, amendments, expansions, assignments, subleases, subordination and nondisturbance agreements, and related documents for industrial, warehouse, retail, office, and medical office properties.

With respect to the acquisition and disposition of property, Daniel has significant experience representing clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to privately held businesses and individuals in negotiating purchase and sale agreements, development agreements, and related documents throughout the United States. He also assists clients with loan documentation, conducts title and survey reviews, and manages other due diligence for these projects, including multistate portfolio sales and acquisitions.

Daniel is currently recognized by multiple national and local publications as a top lawyer in the area of real estate law, as outlined below.

In July of 2009, Daniel served on the faculty of a commercial leasing seminar held in Southfield, Michigan.

Daniel was a contributing author to the Real Property Section, 1994 edition of the State of the Law and also assisted with writing an amicus curiae brief filed with the Michigan Supreme Court on behalf of the Real Property Section of the State Bar of Michigan.

Daniel is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Michigan, the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, and the International Conference of Shopping Centers. He received his B.A. from Michigan State University-James Madison College and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.

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Daniel M. Halprin

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248.642.6375

dhalprin@dawdalaw.com

Patricia Chapman, Assistant

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Education

The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, 1993 J.D.
Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1990 B.A.

Published Works

Anchors Away! The Good News About Big-Box Closings
Commercial Property Executive August 15, 2017
Co-Tenancy 101
Co-Tenancy 101 Chain Store Age December 7, 2016

Honors and Awards

Top Lawyer: Real Estate Law – DBusiness, 2012-2014, 2017-2019, 2026
Selected to Michigan Super Lawyers list – 2020, 2024, 2025
Listed in Leading Lawyer: Real Estate Law: Commercial – Since 2017
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts & Civil Procedure – 1991

Associations

American Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan

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Brian J. Considine

Editor — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:36:39 +0000

Brian J. Considine is a Senior Attorney with Dawda PLC. He concentrates his practice in the areas of environmental law, including corporate environmental law and liability counseling, contaminated site cleanup, brownfield financing, commercial real estate due diligence, environmental/toxics litigation, natural resources and wetlands law and trademark and copyright law. His practice also includes counseling clients on Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.

Brian’s environmental practice includes assisting a variety of corporate clients with matters involving the acquisition, sale and/or cleanup and closure of environmentally impaired properties. In that capacity, he has negotiated with several state environmental protection agencies in the Midwest, as well as with landowners, developers, and tenants to reach creative resolutions on a wide variety of environmental issues. He also has assisted clients with environmental due diligence and brownfield funding pertaining to property acquisition, including coordinating activities and strategies with environmental consultants. A large part of Brian’s practice is his proactive counseling to clients on ways to avoid or minimize environmental liability.

Brian’s Trademark and Copyright practice includes drafting and filing federal and state trademark applications and federal Copyright applications, responding to USPTO Trademark Office actions, counseling clients on licensing as well as state and federal Trademark and Copyright protections. His litigation experience includes the representation of corporate clients in toxic tort litigation and in industrial contamination claims. He has appeared before federal and state judicial and administrative forums. He is also one of the few attorneys in Michigan to earn the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional designation.

Brian earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in 1995. He earned an M.S. in Environmental Science from Indiana University in 1991 and a B.S. in Biology from Marquette University in 1988. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, as well as the Washington, D.C. Bar, and is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan. Brian also is a member of the Michigan Association of Environmental Professionals and the American Bar Association. He serves as a Member of the Board of Directors for the French American Chamber of Commerce—Michigan Chapter.

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Brian J. Considine

Senior Attorney

248.642.2531

bconsidine@dawdalaw.com

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Education

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Detroit, 1995 J.D. Honors: Cum Laude
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1991 M.S., Environmental Science
Marquette University Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1988 B.S.

Honors and Awards

Top Lawyer: Intellectual Property & Patent Law – DBusiness, 2019, 2020.
Top Lawyer: Environmental Law – DBusiness, 2018-2023, 2026
Top Lawyer: Energy Law – DBusiness, 2018-2019.
Selected to Michigan Super Lawyers list – 2017- 2024, 2025
Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© – Energy Law, 2021 -2026, Environmental Law 2026. Recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” 2023.
Energy, Sustainability and Environmental Law Committee, Awarded Committee of the Year by Oakland County Bar Association – 2015.

Associations

American Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar
Michigan Association of Environmental Professionals
State Bar of Michigan
Member, Board of Directors, French American Chamber of Commerce- Michigan Chapter
Chair of the Energy, Sustainability and Environmental Law Committee, Oakland County Bar Association, 2015 and 2024

Published Works

“So, Your Client Wants to Buy Industrial Property?” Laches, Oakland County Bar Association Number 586 March 2016
“Green Alternatives to Post Construction Storm Water Management” Michigan Environmental Law Journal Vol. 24, No. 2, Summer, 2006
“Michigan’s 404 Program: How Will Rapanos Affect Us?” Michigan Bar Journal Online Vol. 85, No. 11, November 2006.
“Green Building and Stormwater Management Can Grow in Residential Settings” Land Development Vol. 19, No. 4 Fall 2006.

Bar Admission

Michigan, 1995
District of Columbia, 1997

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