Kathryn L. Ossian

Background

Ossian, Kathryn L. was born on July 9, 1959 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

Education

Michigan State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1980). Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1984).

Career

Worked at Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, The Property Letting Centre (Detroit, 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, 1984, Michigan, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and United States.

Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Tau Epsilon Rho. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Book Awards in: Torts. Contracts I; Civil Procedure World War II

Michigan Metro Girl Scout Council Corporate Volunteer of the year Award, April, 1995. Michigan Metro Girl Scout Leader, 1993—.

Managing Editor, Casenotes, Detroit College of Law Review, 1983-1984.

Author: "Number Tax Exemptions Courtesy of the Lord," 1983, Detroit College L. Review, 235, Spring, 1983. "Interpretation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Acting and The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Guidelines: Conflicting Federal Responses and Analogous Confusion at the State Level," 1984, Detroit

College L. Review, 77, Spring, 1984.

"What Every Practitioner Must Know: Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan," Laches, September 1988. "Summary of Changes to the Local Rules for the Eastern District of Michigan," Laches, February, 1993.

Company-Author: Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Handbook, Patents, Chapter, Fall, 1994. "Employee Retirement Income Security Act Preemption of State Law Claims," Michigan Defense Quarterly, Fall, 1995.

Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert East. DeMascio, United States.

District Judge, Eastern District of Michigan, 1984-1986. Member: Oakland County (Company-Chair of Alternative Dispute Resolution Subcommittee of the Intellectual Property Committee, 1994-1996. Former Chair of Federal Court Committee, 1989-1990) and American Bar Associations.

State Bar of Michigan.

Women Lawyers Association of Michigan. Armenian-American Bar Association (President, 1995—.

Vice President, 1994-1995. Secretary, 1992-1994).

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 Saint St. Petersburg, Florida, New York City, and in Washington, District of Columbia Our offices in Gdansk and Warsaw, Poland enable us to serve clients throughout Central and Eastern Europe.

Achievements

• Kathryn L. Ossian has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member: Oakland County (Company-Chair of Alternative Dispute Resolution Subcommittee of the Intellectual Property Committee, 1994-1996. Former Chair of Federal Court Committee, 1989-1990) and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Michigan.

Women Lawyers Association of Michigan.

Armenian-American Bar Association (President, 1995—. Vice President, 1994-1995.

Secretary, 1992-1994).