Background
Shafer, Kent E. was born on January 15, 1948 in Union City, Indiana, United States. Son of Paul K. Shafer and Marjorie L. (Pettyjohn) Elias.
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Kent E. Shafer
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Wayne State University (Bachelor of Arts, with high distinction, 1970. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1975).
Career
Worked at Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. (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, 1975, Michigan. Phi Beta Kappa. Note and Comment Editor, Wayne Law Review, 1974-1975.
Contributing Author: Michigan Securities Regulation, Moscow & Makens, Education, 1983 and 1994. Member: Detroit and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Michigan (Member, Committee on State Securities Regulation, 1985).
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.
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Membership
Board of directors Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra. Member American Bar Association (committee law firms since 1991), State Bar Michigan (state regulation ofsecurities committee since 1983), Phi Beta Kappa.
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Married Yvonne M. Lennox, June 26, 1970. 1 child, Christian.
