Articles and Published Works:

  • Article, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, May 18, 2009, “ERISA pension law and divorce: new case sets trap for the unwary”
  • Article, State Bar of Michigan, Negligence Law Section, Winter 2009, “ERISA Update: The Battleground Remains Fluid”
  • Article, State Bar of Michigan, Negligence Law Section, February 2008, “ERISA Disability Law: A Shifting Battleground of Competing Fictions”
  • Article, “ERISA Plan Reimbursement After Sereboff v Mid-Atlantic Medical Services, Inc.”, Michigan Association for Justice Quarterly, 2007
  • Article, Michigan Association for Justice Quarterly, “ERISA Plan Reimbursement After Sereboff v Mid-Atlantic Medical Services, Inc.”
  • Article, Grand Rapids Bar Association Newsletter, September 2006, “ERISA Disability Litigation Basics”
  • Article, “ERISA Disability Litigation Basics”, Grand Rapids Bar Association Newsletter, 2006

Presentations, Speaking Engagements and Seminars

  • Speaker, Michigan Association for Justice, No-Fault Institute VI, “Issues Relevant to Defense of ERISA Reimbursement Claims in the No-Fault Context,” June 19, 2009.
  • Speaker, Michigan Association for Justice, Seminar in the Snow, January 2008, “ERISA Liens”
  • Speaker, Michigan Association for Justice, Liens Forum, December 2007, “ERISA Liens”
  • Speaker, “ERISA Plan Reimbursement After Sereboff v Mid-Atlantic Medical Services, Inc.”, Michigan Association for Justice On-Line National Webinar and Teleconference,2007
  • Speaker, “Appropriate Relief,’ Plan & Plaintiff”, Michigan Association for Justice No-Fault Seminar,2007
  • Speaker, “ERISA Plans May Seek Equitable’ Reimbursement Depending on the Terms of the Plan”, American Association for Justice,2007
  • Speaker, “ERISA Reimbursement and COB AFTER Sereboff v Mid-Atlantic Medical Services, Inc., 126 SC 1869 [2006]“, MTLA Seminar in the Snow,2007
  • Speaker, “ERISA Plans May Seek Contractual Reimbursement through the Equitable’ ERISA Statutory Remedy”, MTLA, Liens Evening Forum,November 15, 2006
  • Lecturer and Instructor, Hillman Advocacy Program,2005- 2006
  • Speaker, “Litigating ERISA Governed Long Term Disability Claims”, MTLA Seminar in the Snow,2004
  • Speaker, “Litigating ERISA Governed Disability Policy Cases”, MTLA Rapid Fire Seminar,2003
  • Moderator, MTLA Jury Bias Seminar,2001
  • Guest Speaker, “Ask the Lawyer” , Underinsured and Uninsured Motorist Coverages