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Environmental Law
Gas, Oil & Minerals
Natural Resource Law
Real Estate Development, Condominium and Planned Unit Development
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Publications

"Severed Minerals: Restrictive Covenants as Restrictions on Surface Use by the Mineral Owner"
Michigan Real Property Review icon_pdf

"Natural River Act: Inconsistencies in Variance Rules"
16 Mich Env L J No 4 (1997)

"Non-Point Source Water Quality Regulation in the United States"
VII-6 International Legal Strategy, No. 15 (1998)

“Severed Minerals: Are Surface Owners Entitled to Damages for Diminution of Their Property Value?”
Vol.78, No. 2 Mich. B. J. 148 (Feb. 1999)

Notable Cases

Terra Energy, Ltd v State of Mich, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, for publication June 6, 2000, Docket No. 214625 214649.

Lectures

"Environmental Law, Alternative Energy And Siting Guidelines" icon_pdf
Michigan Association Of Planning Spring Institute - March 13, 2008

"Environmental Aspects of Real Estate Transfers," Upper Michigan Legal Institute and the Institute for Continuing Legal Education of the Michigan State Bar, June 1996 – Speaker

"Listen, Learn & Lead: Surviving in These Litigious Times," Michigan Municipal League, September 1996 - Speaker

"Natural Resources/Wetlands: Wetlands Mitigation, Habitat and Open Space," State Bar of Michigan Environmental Law Section Update '96, October 1996 - Speaker

"Contaminated Property Issues Under Part 201 of the Natural Resources Environmental Protection Act," Michigan City Management Association Summer Workshop, July 1997 - Speaker

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