Background
Crim, Douglas W. was born on May 17, 1958 in Flint, Michigan, United States.
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Grand Valley State University, Seidman School of Business (Bachelor of Business Administration, with honors, 1981). The Thomas M. Cooley Law School (Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 1985).
Career
Worked at Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. (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, 1985, Michigan and United States. District Court, Western District of Michigan.
Delta Theta Phi. Recipient: James E. Burns Memorial Award for Academic Excellence. American Jurisprudence Award in Administrative Law. Articles Editor, Thomas M. Cooley Law Review, 1984-1985.
Law Clerk to Justice Thomas Giles Kavanagh, Michigan Supreme Court, 1984. Associate, 1985-1993 and Principal, 1993, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. Special Assistant to Michigan Attorney General for Eminent Domain Litigation, including Condemnation of Contaminated Property. Author: "Hazards Could Hurt Your Company," Hot Points, December 1996.
"Environmental Audits Made Easier," Hot Points, July 1996. "Environmental Audit Privilege Legislation," Grand Rapids Business Update, January 1996. "Annual Update of Michigan Environmental Law for Martindale-Hubbell Michigan Law Digest, 1996.
"Changes in Cleanup Law Will Significantly Affect Business and Real Estate Transactions," Grand Rapids Business Update, May 1995. "New Cleanup Law Could Boost Redevelopment of Environmentally Challenged Property," Hot Points, April 1995. Lecturer: "Brownfield Redevelopment," Grand Rapids Bar Association, Real Property Section, January 1997.
"Preventing Corporate--and Personal--Liability for Workplace Safety Hazards," Council on Education in Management Personnel Law Update 1996. "Economic Development: Using the DDA, EDC, LDFA and Recent TIFA Brownfield Legislation," Michigan Municipal League Annual Meeting, September 1996. "Coordinating Environmental Programs for Profit," Michigan Chamber of Commerce Introductory Course in ISO 14000 Environmental Management System Standards, June 1996.
Environmental Audit Privilege and Policy," Air and Waste Management Association, West Michigan Chapter Technical Conference, June 1996. "Environmental Regulatory Compliance Auditing," Techna Corporation and General Motors Corporation Seminar, May 1996. "The Environmental Audit Privilege and Immunity Law," Grand Rapids Bar Association Environmental Law Section, January 1996.
"Testimony Regarding Senate Bill 728: Audit Privilege Legislation," Michigan Department of Natural Resources Public Hearing, January 1996. "Redevelopment Contaminated Property: New Michigan Environmental Response Act," Michigan Association of CPAs, West Michigan Tax Symposium, November 1995. Testimony Regarding Senate Bill 728: Audit Privilege Legislation," Michigan Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, October 1995.
"Environmental Law and Liabilities," Consulting Engineers Council Management Development Seminar, October 1995. "Lender Issues: Part 201 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act," August 1995. "Summary of Amendments to Part 201 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act," Superior Environmental Corporation Managing Regulatory Change Seminar, June 1995.
"Summary of Amendments to Part 201 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act," State Bar of Michigan Public Corporation Law Section, June 1995. "Urban Core Mayors Urban Revitalization Package," Michigan Municipal League Conference, March 1995. Act 307 Update," Air and Waste Management Association West Michigan Chapter Spring Conference, March 1995.
"Environmental Compliance Auditing," Ionia County Industrial Relations Association, February 1995. President, Grand Valley State University Alumni Association, 1993. Grand Valley State University Foundation Trustee, 1993.
Member: Grand Rapids (Secretary, Environmental Law Section, 1996. Member, Litigation Section) and American (Member: Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section. Litigation Section; Environmental Litigation Committee.
Pretrial Practice and Discovery Committee) Bar Associations. State Bar of Michigan (Member: Environmental Law Section. Superfund Committee; Business Law Section).
Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce (Member, Environmental Affairs Committee. Chairman, Environmental Audit Privilege Task Force. Member, Clean Corporate Citizen Task Force).
Air and Waste Management Association of West Michigan (Member, Board of Directors, 1997). West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum. Catholic Lawyers Association of West Michigan (President, 1992-1994).
(Grand Rapids Office). 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 St. Petersburg, Florida, New York City, and in Washington, D.C. Our offices in Gdansk and Warsaw, Poland enable us to serve clients throughout Central and Eastern Europe.
Membership
Member: Grand Rapids (Secretary, Environmental Law Section, 1996. Member, Litigation Section) and American (Member: Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section. Litigation Section; Environmental Litigation Committee.
Pretrial Practice and Discovery Committee) Bar Associations. State Bar of Michigan (Member: Environmental Law Section. Superfund Committee; Business Law Section).
Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce (Member, Environmental Affairs Committee. Chairman, Environmental Audit Privilege Task Force. Member, Clean Corporate Citizen Task Force).
Air and Waste Management Association of West Michigan (Member, Board of Directors, 1997). West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum. Catholic Lawyers Association of West Michigan (President, 1992-1994).
(Grand Rapids Office).
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Awards
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Recipient: James E. Burns Memorial Award for Academic Excellence. American Jurisprudence Award in Administrative Law. Articles Editor, Thomas M. Cooley Law Review, 1984-1985. Law Clerk to Justice Thomas Giles Kavanagh, Michigan Supreme Court, 1984. Associate, 1985-1993 and Principal, 1993, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. Special Assistant to Michigan Attorney General for Eminent Domain Litigation, including Condemnation of Contaminated Property.Recipient: James E. Burns Memorial Award for Academic Excellence. American Jurisprudence Award in Administrative Law. Articles Editor, Thomas M. Cooley Law Review, 1984-1985.
Law Clerk to Justice Thomas Giles Kavanagh, Michigan Supreme Court, 1984. Associate, 1985-1993 and Principal, 1993, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. Special Assistant to Michigan Attorney General for Eminent Domain Litigation, including Condemnation of Contaminated Property.