Background
Pappas, Edward Harvey was born on November 24, 1947 in Midland, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles and Sydell Pappas.
Pappas, Edward Harvey was born on November 24, 1947 in Midland, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles and Sydell Pappas.
Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Michigan, 1969, Juris Doctor, 1973.
Bar: Michigan 1973, United States District Court (eastern district) Michigan 1973, United States District Court (western district) Michigan 1980, United States Court Appeals (6th circuit) 1983, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1983. Partner firm Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Detroit and Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1973. Mediator Oakland County Circuit Court, Pontiac, Michigan, 1983.
Hearing panelist Michigan Attorney Discipline Board, Detroit, 1983, chairman, 1987.
Member business tort subcommittee Michigan Supreme Court Committee Standard Jury Instructions, 1992-1994. Trustee Oakland Community College, Michigan, 1982-1990, Oakland-Livingston Legal Aid, 1982-1990, vice president, 1982-1985, president, 1985-1987.
Trustee, advisory board Michigan Regional Anti-Defamation Leagueof B"nai B"rith, Detroit, 1983-1990. Planning commissioner Village of Franklin, Michigan, 1987-1991, chairman 1989-1991, councilman, 1991-1992, chairman chartercom., 1993-1994.
Chairman State Bar Michigan Long Range Planning committee.
President-elect Oakland County Bar Association, 1996-1997, president, 1997-1998, chairman Judicial Selection Task Force, 1997. Board directors Franklin Foundation, 1989-1992. Trustee The Oakland Medication Center, 1992-1996.
Fellow Michigan State Bar Foundation, Oakland Bar-Adams Pratt Foundation, American Bar Association Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, State Bar Michigan (co-chairman national moot court competition committee 1974, 76, commission on legal aid, chairman standing commission on attorney grievances 1989-1992,commercial litigation committee, civil procedure committee 1992-1994), Oakland County Bar Association (vice-chairman continuing legal education committee, chairman continuing legal education committee 1985-1986, mediation committee 1989-1990, chairman mediation com.1990-1991, board directors 1990, chairman select committee Oakland County circuit court settlement week 1991, chairman strategic planning committee 1992-1993, editor Laches monthly magazine 1986-1988, co-chair task force to improve justice systems in Oakland County 1993, president-elect, board directors 1996, president 1997-1998), American Judicature Society, Michigan Defense Trial Lawyers, Defense Research andTrial Lawyers Association, (committee practice and procedure), B"nai B"rith Barristers.
Married Laurie Weston, August 6, 1972. Children: Gregory Alan, Steven Michael.