Richard I. Loebl

Background

Loebl, Richard I. was born on October 18, 1945 in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States.

Education

Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1967). University of California (Doctor of Philosophy, 1973). University of Detroit (Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 1987).

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, 1987, Michigan. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Business Planning, Civil Procedure, Copyright, Corporate Taxation, Criminal Law, Evidence.

Member, 1985-1986 and Articles and Book Review Editor, 1986-1987, University of Detroit Law Review.

Invited Speaker: American Bar Association Annual Meeting, 1991, 1994. Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, 1995.

National Association of College and University Attorneys, 1996. Author:: "Comparable Worth," 63 University of Detroit Law Review

573, 1986; "Comparative Negligence," 64 University of Detroit Law Review

747, 1987. "Polish Up the Crystal Ball," 14 Michigan Tax Law, 36-2d. qtr. 1988. Company-author: "Gold, Silver and Tin: Elements of Parachutes," 2 Benefits Law J. 25, 1989.

Company-Author: "Effect of Participant"s Insolvency Unclear," National Law Journal, January 20, 1992.

"Treatment of Retirement Funds Clarified, "National Law Journal, September 7, 1992. "Retirement Benefits for Governmental Employees," Employee Retirement Income Security Act and Benefits Law Journal 295 (1992). Intern, Chief Justice G. Mennen Williams Michigan Supreme Court, 1985.

Intern, Honorable George Woods, United States.

District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1986. "Individual Prohibited Transaction Exemptions: The "Common Law," 29 Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal 185 (1994) (Company-editor and Contributing Author) (Article also included in Employee Retirement Income Security Act Fiduciary Law (BNA) 1995).

"Expediting Exemption Requests," Volume(s) 20, Issue 4, Michigan Tax Lawyer 33 (3rd Qtr. 1994); "Employer-Provided Educational Assistance: A Valuable Fringe Benefit," Bulletin of the American Society of Employers, September 1994 at 10.

"What Every Prudent Investor Should Know (and the Risks of Ignorance)," 4 Employee Retirement Income Security Act and Benefits Law J. 265 (1996).

Member: Detroit and American (Member: Section of Taxation. Employee Benefits and Employment Tax Committees. Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Committee on Fiduciary Responsibility under Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

Vice Chair, 1993—.

Committee on Employee Stock Ownership Plans) Bar Associations. State Bar of Michigan (Member, Tax Section). 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

• Richard I. Loebl has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, 1985-1986 and Articles and Book Review Editor, 1986-1987, University of Detroit Law Review. Invited Speaker: American Bar Association Annual Meeting, 1991, 1994. Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, 1995.

National Association of College and University Attorneys, 1996.