Background
Rassel, Richard Edward was born on January 10, 1942 in Toledo. Son of Richard Edward and Madonna Mary Rassel.
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Richard Edward Rassel
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Bachelor, U. Notre Dame, 1964; Juris Doctor, University of Michigan, 1966.
Career
Law clerk to presiding judge, Michigan Court Appeals, Detroit, 1966; shareholder, chairman Chief Executive Officer, Butzel & Long, Detroit, since 1970. Board directors Lex Mundi Law Firm Alliance, Robertson-Jamieson Corporation.
Achievements
Membership
Past president, board directors Birmingham Cmty. House; member board advisors U. Detroit Graduate School Business. Member steering committee Friends of Legal Aid.
Pres.Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation, Detroit, Detroit Police Athletic League, S.E.E.D. Foundation. Board directors Metropolitan Affairs Coalition, Michigan Jobs Commission, Detroit Legal News. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, Michigan Bar Foundation.
Member American Bar Association (forum committee, vice chairman law and media committee tort and insurance practice section), American Arbitration Association, Federal Bar Association, State Bar Michigan (past chairman media and the law committee, chairman television in the courts committee), Detroit Bar Association (exec.com., United States district courts committee), Libel Defense Resource Center (vice chairman defense counsel section), Detroit Chamber of Commerce (business attraction and expansion county southeast Michigan), Leadership Detroit Alumni Association, United States Navy League, Detroit Athletic Club, Birmingham Athletic Club, Otsego Club, Village Club.
Connections
Married Elizabeth Ann Frederick, December 5, 1967 (wid. June 1977); children: Richard III, Elizabeth. Married Dawn Ann Lynch, September 17, 1983.
Children: Lauren, Brian.
