Background
Gelder, John William was born on August 7, 1933 in Buffalo. Son of Ray Horace and Grace Catherine (Kelly) Gelder.
Gelder, John William was born on August 7, 1933 in Buffalo. Son of Ray Horace and Grace Catherine (Kelly) Gelder.
Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Michigan, 1956; Juris Doctor with distinction, University of Michigan, 1959.
Stansbury v. Legal Security Life Insurance Company, 410 S.W.2d 663 (Tex. Civ. App.-Austin 1966, writ ref'd. n.r.e.); Texas Optometry Board v. Lee Vision Center, Inc., 515 S.W.2d 380 (Tex. Civ. App.-- Eastland 1974, writ ref'd. n.r.e.); Atkins v. Davis, 352 S.W.2d 801 (Tex. Civ. App.--Fort Worth 1961, no writ); Legal Security Life Insurance Company v. Trevino, 594 S.W. 2d 750 (Tex. Civ. App.--San Antonio 1979, writ ref'd. n.r.e.); Legal Security Life Insurance Company v. Jesse Erwin, 332 S.W.2d 750 (Tex. Civ. App.--Texarkana 1963, no writ); Legal Security Life Insurance Company v. Dallas Harris, 359 S.W.2d 953 (Tex. Civ. App.--Texarkana 1962, writ ref'd. n.r.e.); Legal Security Life Insurance Company v. Thomas, 481 S.W.2d 178 (Tex. Civ. App.--Beaumont 1972, writ ref'd. n.r.e.); Owens v. Pittman, 535 S.W.2d 784 (Tex. Civ. App.--Eastland 1976, writ ref'd. n.r.e.); Legal Security Life Insurance Company v. John Gilcrease, 351 S.W.2d 263 (Tex. Civ. App.--Waco 1961, no writ); Grayson Enterprises, Inc. v. Texas Key Broadcasters, Inc., 388 S.W.2d 204 Tex. Civ. App.-- Eastland 1965, no writ); Legal Security Life Insurance Company v. Alton Allen, 353 S.W.2d 944 (Tex. Civ. App.-- Fort Worth 1962, dism.); Dave Ravkind v. Douglas E. Bergman, 342 S.W.2d 61 (Tex. Civ. App.--Fort Worth 1960, writ ref'd. n.r.e.); Willie Alice Beason v. Legal Security Life Insurance Company, 374 S.W.2d 339 (Tex. Civ. App.--Amarillo 1963, no writ); Legal Security Life Insurance Company v. H. Earl Ward, 373 S.W.2d 693 (Tex. Civ. App.--Austin 1963, no writ); Mobile Oil Corporation v. Commercial National Bank, 460 S.W.2d 249 (Tex. Civ. App.--Dallas 1970, no writ); John B. Walton v. Grayson Enterprises, Inc, 460 S.W.2d 276 (Tex. Civ. App.--Tyler 1970, no writ); Texas Utilities Company, et al. v. Santa Fe Industries, Inc., et al., 553 F. Supp. 106 (D.C.N.D. Tex. 1982); Commonwealth National Bank of Dallas v. United States, 665 F.2d 743 (5th Cir. 1982); Gonzales v. Pan American National Bank, 692 S.W.2d 111 (Tex. Civ. App.--Dallas, no writ); Kimball v. RTC, 963 F.2d 820 (5th Cir., 1992).Worked at Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. (Bloomfield Hills, 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, 1960, Michigan. 1981, District of Columbia.
Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, Michigan Law Review, 1958-1959. Member: District of Columbia Bar. Detroit and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Michigan (Council Member, Corporation, Finance and Business Law Section, 1984-1990). (Bloomfield Hills 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.
Member, Board of Editors, Michigan Law Review, 1958-1959. Member: District of Columbia Bar. Detroit and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Michigan (Council Member, Corporation, Finance and Business Law Section, 1984-1990). (Bloomfield Hills Office).
Married Martha J. Kindleberger, June 12, 1953. William R., Mark S., Cathryn J. Gelder Brooks, Carolyn G. Gelder Bird.