Background
O'Brien, James K. was born on January 2, 1952 in Highland Park, Michigan, United States.
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James K. O'Brien
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University of Michigan (Bachelor of Science, 1974). Wayne State University (Juris Doctor, 1977).
Career
Worked at Dean & Fulkerson, P.C. (Troy, Michigan) specializing in General and Civil Practice. Trial and Appeals in all State and Federal Courts, Arbitration, Banking, Bankruptcy, Business and Estate Planning, Civil Rights, Condemnation, Corporations, Creditor Rights, Education Law, Employee Benefits, Environmental, Equal Employment, Estate Planning, Family, Labor, Labor Management Relations, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal Law, Municipal Bond, Pension and Profit Sharing, Probate, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Wage and Hour, Workers Compensation, Zoning Law. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Michigan.
1981, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. 1994, United States. District Court, Western District of Michigan and United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Certified Hazardous Materials Manager, 1992. Member, Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce, Environmental and Energy Policy Committee. Author: "Pollution Prevention: First The Carrot, Then the Stick," Laches, Magazine of the Oakland County Bar Association, June 1992.
"Water Regulations in the Water Wonderland," The Detroiter, March 1993. 'Wetlands Update 1993: A Brighter Day?" Laches Magazine of the Oakland County Bar Association, August 1993. "Lead-Based Paint: A Primer," Michigan Environmental Law Journal, Summer 1994.
"Reading the Signs: Federal Guidelines As An Aid to Avoiding or Reducing Punishment for Environmental Crimes," Laches Magazine of the Oakland County Bar Association, June 1994. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Environmental Law Section). American (Member, Natural Resources and Environmental Law.
Tort and Insurance Practice Section. Regional Editor, Excess, Surplus Lines and Reinsurance Newsletter) Bar Associations. National Association of Environmental Professional (Michigan Chapter).
Environmental Auditing Roundtable. Defense Research Institute. Michigan Defense Trial Counsel.
Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers (CHMM - Michigan Chapter. Engineering Society of Detroit (Society for Environmental Sciences). Dean & Fulkerson, P.C., located in Troy, Michigan, provides expert, comprehensive, legal advice and services to businesses and individuals in Michigan and throughout the United States.
We strive to perform these services with the highest professional and ethical standards, both in the practice of law and in all of our dealings with people. Our firm is a full service law firm of outstanding experience in delivering expert legal services in a practical manner. We combine our legal professionalism with our common-sense approach to the total problem in order to achieve the most efficient and effective solutions.
Our clients receive prompt and responsive action incorporating every legal and practical resource in a cost-effective manner giving due consideration to our clients' best interests.
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Member, Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce, Environmental and Energy Policy Committee.
