Branch County Employment Lawyer, Legal Aid & Services Profiles - Branch County Michigan Attorneys & MI Law Firms

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Education: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Jurisdictions: Michigan - Admitted in 2004 (5 years)

David Blanchard is a respected trial lawyer with a reputation for fighting injustices regularly heaped upon honest hard-working individuals and small business owners. He is recognized for his aggressive, goal-oriented advocacy and advice by clients, attorneys and judges.

David Blanchard joined the Ann Arbor law firm of Nacht & Associates in 2004. He is an Ann Arbor native and two-time University of Michigan graduate. He received his B.A. in political science in 1996 and a J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in 2003.

David Blanchard came to law school from a successful career as a broadcast journalist, covering local politics and environmental issues in Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County. During Law School, Blanchard focused his studies on international law, constitutional law, and criminal theory. He served as an Executive Articles Editor at the Michigan Journal of International Law. He has interned at the United Nations and worked as a summer associate for a major east coast law firm. He has editorial credits on substantial projects in criminal theory and international law. Blanchard came to the Firm from a federal judicial clerkship with the Honorable Stanley S. Brotman in the District of New Jersey. He joined Nacht & Associates in September of 2004.

David Blanchard primarily practices in the areas of civil rights, commercial and employment litigation, and felony criminal defense. Blanchard handles all employment related matters, from harassment, discrimination or retaliation lawsuits to medical leave, benefits issues or severance negotiations. He appears in both state and federal court, including the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Federal Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

David Blanchard is currently chair of the National Employment Lawyers Association New Lawyers Committee. Blanchard is also active in the Washtenaw County Bar Association, where he serves as Chair of the Labor and Employment Section. He is also Vice-President of the Washtenaw County Trial Lawyers Association.

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Brian P. McMahon

Troff, Petzke & Ammeson

269-983-0161

Business Law, Employment Law, Estate Planning, Real Estate Law

811 Ship Street, Suite 202
St. Joseph, MI 49085

Sam Morgan

Gasiorek, Morgan & Greco, P.C.

248-865-0001

Business Law, Employment Law

30500 Northwestern Highway, Suite 425
Farmington Hills, MI 48334

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Education: Michigan State University

Jurisdictions: Michigan - Admitted in 1984 (25 years), 6th Circuit - Admitted in 1986 (23 years)

A trial lawyer since 1984, Sam Morgan has focused his practice on employment rights and business disputes since 1990. Mr. Morgan's practice is primarily litigation, but it also includes providing advice and counsel to both individual employees and management-side clients seeking to resolve their disputes without litigation.

Mr. Morgan pursues and defends against employment-related lawsuits, such as breach of employment contract and wrongful discharge claims, age discrimination, sexual harassment, race discrimination, Family and Medical Leave Act, "Whistleblowers" and other unlawful retaliatory discharge claims, non-payment of wages, sales commissions and overtime pay, the enforcement of restrictive covenants such as non-competition agreements, confidentiality agreements, and disputes over the misappropriation, use and/or disclosure of proprietary information and/or trade secrets. The business disputes and lawsuits include minority owner oppression claims, breach of commercial contracts, and a variety of business torts.

These cases are litigated in state and federal courts, or in administrative agencies such as the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or in private arbitration.

On the advice and counsel side, Mr. Morgan counsels and advises business owners and human resource on workforce management issues, the development of personnel policies and procedures, discipline and termination decisions, and investigations of sexual harassment complaints and employee misconduct. He also assists both employee and employer clients with employment contracts, executive compensation agreements, and the negotiation of severance pay and separation agreements.

Mr. Morgan is AV-rated ("Preeminent") by Martindale-Hubbell, and is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. He has also been listed in Best Lawyers in America 2007, 2008 and 2009, for Labor and Employment Law, and he has been listed in Michigan SuperLawyers 2007, 2008 and 2009, for his work in representing Plaintiffs in Employment Litigation. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, B.A., 1981, and Michigan State University College of Law, J.D., 1984.

A member of the State Bar of Michigan since 1984, Mr. Morgan is also admitted in the US District Court, E.Dist. Michigan, the US District Court, W. Dist. Michigan, and the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section, Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, Macomb County Bar Association, Monroe County Bar Association, and the Novi Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Morgan's practice is primarily in Michigan, but he has handled cases in Ohio, Illinois, Florida, Connecticut, Arkansas and Nevada. You can contact Sam Morgan at smorgan@gmgpc.com.

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Joseph S. Hughes

269-473-2370

Consumer Law, Criminal Law, DUI / DWI, Employment Law, Family Law More >>

213 West Ferry Street, P.O. Box 83
Berrien Springs, MI 49103

Jared Austin

Austin Legal Services, PLC

517-614-1983

', Appeals / Appellate, Arbitration / Mediation, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law More >>

P.O. Box 10118
Lansing, MI 48901

Joey Scott Niskar

248-220-1966

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Civil Rights, Employment Law

30600 Telegraph Rd., Suite 4290
Bingham Farms, MI 48025

Jeff Herron

734-332-3786

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Appeals / Appellate, Bankruptcy / Debt, Civil Rights, Employment Law, Health Care Law More >>

216 E. Huron St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Robert White

269-423-7000

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Employment Law

201 E Delaware St
Decatur, MI 49045

Joseph Emanuel Esq

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Bankruptcy / Debt, Employment Law, Government & Administrative Law, Tax Law, Workers' Compensation

900 Long Blvd
Lansing, MI 48911

Paul Joseph Murphy Esq

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Employment Law, General Civil, Government & Administrative Law, Injury Law

7091 Hendricks Rd
Blissfield, MI 49228