J. Leonard Hyman

Background

Hyman, J. Leonard was born on July 11, 1922 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

Education

University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts, 1944. Juris Doctor, 1947).

Career

Worked at Hyman Lippitt, Professional Corporation (Birmingham, Michigan) specializing in General Civil Practice, Federal and State Trial and Appellate Practice, Administrative Law, Asset Protection, Banking, Bankruptcy, Business Law, Business Organization and Planning, Business Turnarounds and Workouts, Commercial Transactions, Complex Commercial Litigation, Constitutional Litigation, Construction Litigation, Corporate Law, Creditors" Rights, Employment Law, Entertainment Law, Environmental Law, Estate Planning, Fair Housing Defense, Family and Matrimonial Law, International Law, Labor Law, Leasing, Malpractice Litigation, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Mortgage Foreclosures and Workouts, Offshore Business and Insurance Corporations, Partnerships, Class Action Litigation, Real Estate Law, Secured Transactions, Securities Law, Taxation, Tort Litigation, Trust Planning, Zoning Law. Admitted to the bar, 1947, Michigan and United States. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan.

1970, United States.

Tax Court. Recipient, Henry M. Campbell Scholarship, University of Michigan Law School, 1944-1947. National Jurisprudence Award, Contracts, 1943.

Robert P. Hudson Award, State Bar of Michigan, 1987. President, Barristers" Association (Honorary Society), University of Michigan, 1947.

Law Clerk to the Honorable Justice Bushnell, Supreme Court of Michigan, 1947-1948.

Member, Board of Directors, Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Michigan Board of Law Examiners, 1969-1974. Building Commissioner, State of Michigan.

Member: Oakland County and American Bar Associations.

State Bar of Michigan. Hyman Lippitt, Professional Corporation is a rapidly growing firm which conducts an aggressive business and general civil practice throughout Michigan with special emphasis on complex commercial litigation.

The firm has a wealth of experience in virtually every area of commercial law. The firm"s attorneys have broad and widely varied backgrounds, including several former clerks to Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court, former law review editors, and a number of litigation practitioners who were judges or prosecutors.

Achievements

• J. Leonard Hyman has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, Board of Directors, Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Michigan Board of Law Examiners, 1969-1974. Building Commissioner, State of Michigan.

Member: Oakland County and American Bar Associations.

State Bar of Michigan.