Background
Simpson, James A. was born on September 26, 1943 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Simpson, James A. was born on September 26, 1943 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Michigan State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1965). Wayne State University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1968).
Worked at Simpson Zelenock, Professional Corporation (Birmingham, Michigan) specializing in General Corporate and Business Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Commercial and Mortgage Lending, Investment Banking, Real Estate, Federal and State Securities Law, Commercial Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, General Civil Practice, Administrative, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, College and University Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Tax and Estate Planning. Admitted to the bar, 1969, Michigan. Author: "Business Associations," 1977 Annual Survey of Michigan Law, 23 Wayne Law Review 349.
Former Member: Board of Zoning Appeals, City of Birmingham.
Joint Cablecasting Commission, Birmingham/ Beverly Hills/ Franklin/ Bingham Farms. Former Chairman, Law Alumni Association and Law School Fund, Wayne State University.
Member, Board of Trustees, William Beaumont Foundation. Board of Directors, Bloomfield Open Hunt.
Member: State Bar of Michigan.
Detroit, Oakland County and American Bar Associations (Member, Sections on: Business Law. Economics of Law Practice. Taxation; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law.
Member, Committees on: Real Property Financing, 1983.
Closely-Held Corporations, 1976. Corporate-Stockholder Relationships, 1976).
Simpson Zelenock specializes in business transactions, real estate, commercial and mortgage lending, commercial litigation and environmental matters, with particular expertise in complex commercial financing, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, trade secret, lender liability and contract litigation and construction defect litigation. We practice in all federal and state courts in Michigan and in jurisdictions across the country, with clients ranging in size from companies with sales of more than a billion dollars to middle market companies and individuals.
Our lending and acquisitions practices regularly involve us in transactions across the United States.
Among our clients are manufacturers, financial institutions, mortgage bankers, commercial and apartment developers and owners, professionals and universities.
Member, Board of Trustees, William Beaumont Foundation. Board of Directors, Bloomfield Open Hunt. Member: State Bar of Michigan.
Detroit, Oakland County and American Bar Associations (Member, Sections on: Business Law.
Economics of Law Practice. Taxation; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law.
Member, Committees on: Real Property Financing, 1983. Closely-Held Corporations, 1976.
Corporate-Stockholder Relationships, 1976).