Background
Jay Yelton, Ballard was born on April 13, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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John Carroll University. Michigan State University (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1983). Loyola University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, 1986).
Career
Worked at Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, The Property Letting Centre (Kalamazoo, Michigan) specializing in Accounting Litigation, Administrative, Admiralty/Maritime, Antidumping, Antitrust, Licensing & High Technology, Appellate Practice, Banking, Bankruptcy & Reorganization, Commercial Transactions, Computer, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Construction Litigation, Corporate, Domestic Relations, Education, Emerging Business, Environmental, Estate Planning & Administration, Foundations & Nonprofit Organizations, Franchising, Health Care & Hospital, Immigration, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Law, International Trade & Customs, Labor & Employment, Libel & Slander Litigation, Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution, Litigation Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Municipal & Governmental Law, Nuclear Power Plant Litigation, Oil & Gas, Pension, Profit-sharing & Employee Benefits, Product Liability Consulting & Defense, Professional Malpractice Consulting & Defense, Public Law, Real Estate Development & Investment, Securities (Corporate & Municipal), Securities Litigation, State, Municipal & Public Finance, Taxation, Tax-exempt Financing, Telecommunications, Toxic Torts Litigation, Transportation, Utilities, Zoning. Admitted to the bar, 1986, Illinois. 1990, Michigan.
Phi Kappa Phi.
Executive Editor, Loyola University Law Journal, 1985-1986.
Author: "Examination of Illinois Restrictions on the Interstate Practice of Law. Proposal for a New Pro Hac Vice Model Rule," 16 Loyola Law Journal, 695, 1985.
"Corporate Officer Liability for Environmental Law Violations," Environmental Hazards, February, 1991. Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations.
Michigan State Bar.
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone traces its history to 1852 when Sidney Davy Miller (1830-1904) opened a practice on Detroit"s Jefferson Avenue.
Today Miller Canfield is one of the largest law firms in Michigan with more than 240 attorneys and over 40 legal assistants. We have a growing national practice and a long-established statewide practice. Our Michigan offices are located in Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Howell, Kalamazoo, Lansing and Monroe.
We also have offices in Pensacola and Saint St. Petersburg, Florida, New York City, and in Washington, District of Columbia Our offices in Gdansk and Warsaw, Poland enable us to serve clients throughout Central and Eastern Europe.
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Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Michigan State Bar.
