Background
Sullivan, Joseph A. was born on December 22, 1919 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
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Joseph A. Sullivan
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University of Detroit (Bachelor of Science, 1946. Bachelor of Laws, 1948).
Career
Worked at Bodman, Longley & Dahling Limited Liability Partnership (Detroit, Michigan) specializing in General Practice, Administrative, Antitrust, Appellate Practice, Banking, Bankruptcy, Business, Civil Trial Practice, Commercial, Communications, Construction, Corporate, Employment, Environmental, Health Care, Municipal Bond/Public Authority Financing, Natural Resources, Probate and Estate Planning, Product Liability, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition Law, Zoning. Admitted to the bar, 1948, Michigan. 1957, United States. Supreme Court.
Blue Key.
Gamma Eta Gamma. Member, University of Detroit Law Review, 1947-1948. Instructor, Trial Practice and Procedure, University of Detroit Law School, 1972-1974.
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Wayne County, 1949-1955. Assistant Attorney General, State of Michigan, 1955-1957.
Deputy Attorney General, 1957-1958.
Circuit Judge, 3rd Judicial Circuit, Wayne County, Michigan, 1958-1976. Chief Judge, 1967-1975. General Counsel, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit, 1981.
Member: Detroit Bar Association.
State Bar of Michigan (Member, Committee to Revise Criminal Code, 1968-1976). Military: With United States Army Air Corps, 1942-1945.
Bodman, Longley & Dahling Limited Liability Partnership was founded in 1927 by two Ford Motor Company lawyers, Clifford B. Longley and Wallace R. Middleton. Having its roots in the automotive business, representing Ford Motor Company, Packard and Dodge, the firm has since expanded to offer a full range of services in a wide variety of legal disciplines.
More recently, Bodman, Longley & Dahling Limited Liability Partnership has expanded its geographical scope to better meet the demands of our Northern Michigan and Southeastern Michigan clients as well as our Oakland County clients.
We are committed to providing expert representation of businesses and financial institutions, both large and small, throughout the nation and abroad, which have financial interests in Michigan.
Achievements
Membership
Member, University of Detroit Law Review, 1947-1948. Instructor, Trial Practice and Procedure, University of Detroit Law School, 1972-1974. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Wayne County, 1949-1955.
Assistant Attorney General, State of Michigan, 1955-1957.
Deputy Attorney General, 1957-1958. Circuit Judge, 3rd Judicial Circuit, Wayne County, Michigan, 1958-1976.
Chief Judge, 1967-1975. General Counsel, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit, 1981.
Member: Detroit Bar Association.
State Bar of Michigan (Member, Committee to Revise Criminal Code, 1968-1976). Military: With United States Army Air Corps, 1942-1945.
