No one enjoys the prospect of litigation, but when the time comes, you need to have experienced skillful attorneys presenting your case. Abbott Nicholson, PC has the very best in skilled trial attorneys. Whether your case is relatively large or small, it is important to both you and us. We pledge to provide you with the finest legal talent and skilled representation during this critical time.
Our attorneys have vast experience in trial, motion, discovery, settlement, and appellate work in all state and federal courts, administrative tribunals, and arbitration panels. We represent clients in proceedings held both in Michigan and other states as permitted by law. Our membership in Meritas allows us instant access to local counsel in any jurisdiction around the world. We also serve as local counsel in Michigan to clients from all parts of the globe.
Our litigators are supported by our firm’s substantive legal experts in all areas of business, individual, and public entity law. Whether your case involves contracts, corporate matters, employment issues, federal or state tax claims, real estate, probate disputes, school law, or an exhaustive list of other matters, we offer the expertise to provide you with the best legal representation.
Our litigation staff includes a member of the judiciary, certified arbitration hearing officers, trained facilitators, and those with judicial law clerk experience. We conduct in-house litigation training sessions and mock trials. We have access to expert witnesses in a wide range of technical fields for case evaluation and support.
Our firm’s litigation practice group includes:
• Gene J. Esshaki
• Carl F. Jarboe
• Timothy J. Kramer
• William D. Gilbride, Jr.
• Michael R. Blum
• Daniel G. Kielczewski
• Robert Y. Weller II
• Michael J. Weikert
• Christopher R. Gura
• Heidi E. Warren
• Robert G. Lewandowski
• Dawn Ciolino - Paralegal
• Arthur Thorp - Paralegal
Our litigators have proven significant litigation experience in:
• Accounts Receivables
• Administrative Law
• Advertising
• Age Discrimination
• Agency Law
• Agriculture Contracts
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Antitrust and Competition Law
• Appellate Proceedings
• Arbitration
• Architectural Contracts
• Athletic Fields
• Automotive Dealership Franchise Agreements
• Automotive Parts Supply Agreements
• Automotive Regulation by State and Federal Entities
• Automotive Sales Financing Agreements
• Automotive Sales to Consumers
• Auto Shows
• Banking
• Bankruptcy
• Business Law
• Campaign Finance Act
• Charitable Organizations
• Children
• Choice of Law
• Civil Procedure
• Civil Rights
• Claim and Delivery
• Closely Held Businesses
• Collective Bargaining Disputes
• Commercial Law and Transactions
• Competition Law
• Computers
• Condemnation of Real Estate
• Confidentiality Agreements
• Conflicts of Interest
• Constitutional Law
• Consumer Law
• Construction Contracts
• Construction Liens and Bonds
• Contract Law
• Cooperatives
• Copyright
• Corporate Law
• Corporate Governance
• Credit
• Creditors Rights
• Discovery/Evidence
• Discrimination Claims of All Types
• Distributorships
• Divorce
• Drug Testing of Employees
• Drunk Driving
• Easements
• Education Law
• Electricity Law
• Election Law
• Eminent Domain
• Employee Benefits
• Employment Law
• Enforcement of Judgments
• Entertainment Law
• Environmental Law
• Equal Protection
• Equal Rights
• Equipment Leasing
• Estates and Trusts
• Estate and Gift Tax
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Proceedings
• Executive Agreements and Compensation
• Facilitations
• Fair Labor Standards Act
• Family Educational Rights Privacy Act
• Family and Medical Leave Act
• Family Law
• Federal Administration
• Financial Services
• Financing
• Foreclosures
• Foundations
• Franchising
• Freedom of Information Act
• Free Speech
• Generation Skipping Taxes
• Gifts
• Government Affairs
• Government Benefits
• Health Care
• Home Improvement Contracts
• Immigration
• Independent Contractor Agreements
• Individual Tax
• Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act
• Inheritance Tax
• Injunctions
• Insurance Coverage
• Investments
• Job Safety
• Joint Ventures
• Jurisdiction and Venue
• Labor Law
• Landlord and Tenant
• Land Use
• Leasing Personal Property
• Leasing Real Property
• Libel/Slander
• Licensing
• Liens
• Limited Liability Companies
• Lobbying
• Lost Profits
• Manufacturing
• Marriage
• Media
• Mediation
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Michigan Department of Civil Rights Proceedings
• Michigan Employment Relations Commission Proceedings
• Michigan Public School Employees Retirement System Proceedings
• Michigan Tenure Commission Proceedings
• Mortgages
• National Origin Discrimination
• Negotiable Instruments
• Non-Profit Organizations
• Office of Civil Rights Proceedings
• Open Meetings Act
• Partnerships
• Pensions
• Personal Property
• Politics and Law
• Privacy
• Probate
• Product Warranty
• Profit Sharing
• Public Employment
• Public Employees Retirement System
• Race Discrimination
• Real Estate Use and Development
• Real Estate Tax
• Real Property
• Refugees
• Religious Freedom and Discrimination
• Residential Real Estate
• Restraining Orders
• Safety, Job-related
• Sales of Business Entities
• Sales of Goods and Services
• Sales Representative Agreements
• Secured Transactions
• Sexual Harassment and Discrimination
• School Superintendents and Administrators
• School Law
• Software and Hardware Agreements
• Sports Law
• State Administration
• State/Local Tax
• Student Issues
• Student Discipline and Expulsion
• Student Athletic Codes
• Tax Exempt Associations
• Taxation
• Teacher Tenure
• Technology and Law
• Trusts
• Title IX
• Uniform Commercial Code
• Unions
• Wills
• Wrongful Discharge
