Background
Seryak, Richard J. was born on August 11, 1950 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.
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Richard J. Seryak
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Education
University of Notre Dame. George Washington University (Juris Doctor, 1975).
Career
Lead Counsel in Significant Cases: Johnson v. Honeywell Information Systems, Incorporated., 955 F.2d 409 (1992); Rush v. United Technologies Otis Elevator, 930 F.2d 453 (1991); Nora v. Carrier Corporation, 861 F.2d 457 (6th Circuit 1988); Kay v. United Technologies Automotive Corporation, 757 F.2d 100 (6th Circuit 1985); Morris v. Chemlawn Corporation, 541 F. Supp. 479 (East.D. Michigan 1982); 129 Mich App 566 (1983); Adams v. Harding Machine Company (1989), 56 Ohio Appendix 3d 150; Company-Counsel: Hayden v. Louisiana-Z-Boy Chair Company, 9 F.3d 617 (7th Circuit 1993); McCluskey v. Womack, 188 Mich App 465 (1991); Lucas v. Leaseway Multi-Transportation, 738 F. Supp. 214 (East.D., Michigan 1990), aff"d 920 F2d 701 (6th Circuit 1991).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, 1975, Ohio. 1976, Michigan.
Notre Dame Scholar.
Recipient, William Collins Scholarship Award.
Author: "1977 Annual Survey of Michigan Law: Labor Law," 24 Wayne Law Review 575-605, 1978. "1978 Annual Survey of Michigan Law: Labor Law," 25 Wayne Law Review, 1979.
"Michigan Employment Relations Commission: An Update On Recent Decisions," 62 Michigan Bar Journal 750, 1983. "Current Developments In Employment Litigation: Front-Pay Awards In Employment Litigation: An Issue Foreign The Judge or Jury?" 17 Employee Relations Law Journal, 131 (summer 1991).
Law Clerk to Chairman of Michigan Employment Relations Commission, 1975-1978.
Member: State Bar of Michigan (Council Member, Labor Relations Law Section, 1983-1985). Ohio State and Federal (Member, Executive Board, Detroit Chapter, 1989-1991. 1992-1995) Bar Associations.
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.
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Membership
Member: State Bar of Michigan (Council Member, Labor Relations Law Section, 1983-1985). Ohio State and Federal (Member, Executive Board, Detroit Chapter, 1989-1991. 1992-1995) Bar Associations.
