Beverly Hall Burns

Background

Hall Burns, Beverly was born on November 24, 1945 in Jackson, Michigan, United States.

Education

Michigan State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1967). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1979).

Career

Worked at Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, The Property Letting Centre (Detroit, 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, 1979, Michigan. Named One of Detroit"s 100 Most Influential Women, March, 1997.

Featured in New York Times Business Section May 21, 1996, "Woman Lawyers Strive for Change to Make it Rain: Succeeding at a Big Firm Means Bringing in Business." Winner, Michigan Associated Press Feature Writing Award.

Member, Greening of Detroit Board, 1995—. Member, Board of Directors, Michigan Metro Girl Scout Council, 1990-1995.

Board of Directors, Vice Chair and Executive Board Member, Grosse Pointe War Memorial, 1991—. Member, Board of Directors, Grosse Pointe Historical Society, 1988-1991.

Member, Grosse Pointe Public Schools" Superintendent"s Advisory Board, 1991—.

Member, Grosse Pointe South High School Senate, 1995. Member, Brownell Middle School program Advisory Committee, 1991—in February 1991 testified before the United States. House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee on the Civil Rights Acting of 1991 and in February, 1995, on the proposed Repeal of the Service Contract Acting of 1965.

Author: "Violence in the School Workplace: A Reality of the "90s", "School Reform Legislation" and "Sexual Harassment in the Schools", The Report Card of educational risk liability.

"Educating the Disabled Student: Legal Considerations," Paper for Tenth Annual School Law Seminar, Stetson University College of Law, October 1994. "Incorporating Alternative Dispute Resolution into a Law Firm Practice," Michigan Bar Journal, October 1993.

"Current Developments in Employment Litigation," Employee Relations Law Journal, Winter 1990-1991. "Prevailing Wage Legislation," Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1986 (major contribution to analysis of Federal Service Contract Acting wage provisions).

"National Labor Relations Board Cases: A History of Violence Repeated," Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1983.

Contributor to Multi-volume Employment Law Survival Guide written by Labor and Employment Relations Department of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, The Property Letting Centre, and published by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce. The Service Contract Acting of 1965: Time to Revise or Repeal," Villanova Law Review, Volume 29, Number. 2, 1983-1984. Member: Detroit and American Bar Associations.

State Bar of Michigan.

Women Lawyers" Association of Michigan (Member, Publications Committee). Industrial Relations Research Association.

International Personnel Management Association. Eleanor League (Member and Company-Founder).

Former Reporter, Feature Editor and City Editor, The Lansing State Journal, Lansing, Michigan, Free Lance Writer for "National Wildlife," "The Nation," Christian Science Monitor, National Observer and others

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.

Achievements

• Beverly Hall Burns has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: "Violence in the School Workplace: A Reality of the '90s", "School Reform Legislation" and "Sexual Harassment in the Schools", The Report Card of educational risk liability. "Educating the Disabled Student: Legal Considerations," Paper for Tenth Annual School Law Seminar, Stetson University College of Law, October 1994. "Incorporating ADR into a Law Firm Practice," Michigan Bar Journal, October 1993.
    
    "Current Developments in Employment Litigation," Employee Relations Law Journal, Winter 1990-1991. "Prevailing Wage Legislation," Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1986 (major contribution to analysis of Federal Service Contract Act wage provisions). "National Labor Relations Board Cases: A History of Violence Repeated," Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1983.
    
    Contributor to Multi-volume Employment Law Survival Guide written by Labor and Employment Relations Department of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., and published by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce. The Service Contract Act of 1965: Time to Revise or Repeal," Villanova Law Review, Volume 29, No. 2, 1983-1984.

Membership

Member, Greening of Detroit Board, 1995—. Member, Board of Directors, Michigan Metro Girl Scout Council, 1990-1995. Board of Directors, Vice Chair and Executive Board Member, Grosse Pointe War Memorial, 1991—.

Member, Board of Directors, Grosse Pointe Historical Society, 1988-1991.

Member, Grosse Pointe Public Schools" Superintendent"s Advisory Board, 1991—. Member, Grosse Pointe South High School Senate, 1995.

Member, Brownell Middle School program Advisory Committee, 1991—in February 1991 testified before the United States. House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee on the Civil Rights Acting of 1991 and in February, 1995, on the proposed Repeal of the Service Contract Acting of 1965.