Background
Coakley, Michael P. was born on November 3, 1951 in South Amboy, New Jersey, United States.
Coakley, Michael P. was born on November 3, 1951 in South Amboy, New Jersey, United States.
Richard Stockton State College (Bachelor of Arts, 1974). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1982).
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, 1982, Michigan. Author: Michigan Pleadings and Practice - Alternative Dispute Resolution, Volume 8A §§62A.208-228.
(Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, New York, 1994).
Michigan Bar Journal, Volume 76, Number. 2, February, 1997, De-Mystifying Securities Alternative Dispute Resolution: Reform and Renewal After McMahon.
Joined Miller, Canfield, June 1982. Faculty Member: American Arbitration Association - Securities, Construction and Large Complex Case Arbitrator Training, 5/88, 2/89, 9/90, 5/18/93, 5/27/93.
National Association of Securities Dealers Securities Arbitrator Training, 3/3/92, 1/18/94,6/21/94, 9/13/94, 1/26/96, and Detroit Bar Association Securities Law Institute, 12/10/92, 11/4/93, 12/01/94, and 11/02/95.
Member: Detroit, Oakland County (Chairman, Young Lawyers Committee, 1984-1985), Federal and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Michigan (Member, Commercial Litigation Committee, 1985. Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Council Member, 1994 and Treasurer, 1996).
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.
Member: Detroit, Oakland County (Chairman, Young Lawyers Committee, 1984-1985), Federal and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Michigan (Member, Commercial Litigation Committee, 1985. Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Council Member, 1994 and Treasurer, 1996).