Background
Cranmer, Thomas W. was born on January 13, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Cranmer, Thomas W. was born on January 13, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts, 1972). Ohio Northern University (Juris Doctor, 1975).
Worked at Miro Weiner & Kramer, A Professional Corporation (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) specializing in White Collar Criminal Defense, Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Michigan. 1978, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and United States.
Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
1981, United States. Supreme Court. 1986, United States. Tax Court.
Recipient: United States Attorney General"s Special Achievement Award, 1980. Leonard R. Gilman Award, Outstanding Practitioner of Criminal Law, 1995.
Contributing Author: "Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial/Sixth Circuit," Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1996.
Author: "Fundamentals of an Effective Opening Statement," Laches, September, 1988. "Handling the News Media - One Lawyer"s Perspective," Laches, November, 1993. Lecturer/Instructor: "International Money Laundering Conference," University of Windsor/University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, 1996.
"Survival Skills in United States.
District Court," The Rutter Group, 1995. "Federal Corporate Sentencing Guidelines and Internal Audits," State Bar of Michigan, Business Law Section Annual Meeting, 1993.
Lecturer: Trial Practice and Evidence, Wayne State University Law School, 1987. Faculty Member: "Evidence: Sharpening Your Direct and Cross-Examination Skills," Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1995.
National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1987.
Trial Advocacy Skills Workshop, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1988. Deposition Skills Workshop, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1993. Trial Advocacy Workshop, Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan, 1986.
Lecturer, Wayne State University Law School, Trial Practice and Evidence, 1987.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, "Federal Criminal Practice Rules," James Publishing, 1996. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Oakland County, Michigan, 1975-1978.
Assistant United States. Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1978-1980.
Assistant Chief, Criminal Division, United States.
Attorney" General’ s Office, Eastern District of Michigan, 1980-1982. Member: United States. Attorney General"s Advocacy Institute, 1980-1981.
Attorney Discipline Board Hearing Panelist, 1987-1991.
Hearing Panel Chairperson, 1992. Member: Local Rules Advisory Committee, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1989-1994. Special Committee on Review of Local Rules, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1990-1991.
Historical Society for the United States. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1993. Delegate, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1992.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member: Detroit, Oakland County (Vice-Chairperson, Federal Court Committee, 1986. Chairperson, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1992-1994.
Charter Fellow, Oakland Bar-Adams Pratt Foundation. Member: Board of Directors, 1994.
Board of Trustees, Oakland Bar-Adams Pratt Foundation, 1994), Federal (President, 1995.
Member, Executive Board of Directors, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, 1988) and American (Chairperson, Section of Litigation, Detroit Geographic Subcommittee of the Committee on Complex Crime Litigation, 1990. Member, White Collar Crime Committee, Criminal Justice Section, 1991) Bar Associations. State Bar of Michigan (Member, Representative Assembly, 1986-1992.
Member, 1990 and Chairperson, 1993, Standing Committee on Grievance).
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers Association of Michigan.
Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan. American Judicature Society.
American Inn of Court (Master of the Bench, Chapter XI, 1991).
Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation, 1995.
"Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial/Sixth Circuit," Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1996. Author: "Fundamentals of an Effective Opening Statement," Laches, September, 1988. "Handling the News Media - One Lawyer's Perspective," Laches, November, 1993.
Lecturer/Instructor: "International Money Laundering Conference," University of Windsor/University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, 1996. "Survival Skills in United States. District Court," The Rutter Group, 1995.
"Federal Corporate Sentencing Guidelines and Internal Audits," State Bar of Michigan, Business Law Section Annual Meeting, 1993.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, "Federal Criminal Practice Rules," James Publishing, 1996. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Oakland County, Michigan, 1975-1978. Assistant United States.
Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1978-1980.
Assistant Chief, Criminal Division, United States. Attorney" General’ s Office, Eastern District of Michigan, 1980-1982.
Member: United States. Attorney General"s Advocacy Institute, 1980-1981.
Attorney Discipline Board Hearing Panelist, 1987-1991.
Hearing Panel Chairperson, 1992. Member: Local Rules Advisory Committee, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1989-1994.
Special Committee on Review of Local Rules, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1990-1991. Historical Society for the United States.
District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1993. Delegate, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1992.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member: Detroit, Oakland County (Vice-Chairperson, Federal Court Committee, 1986. Chairperson, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1992-1994. Charter Fellow, Oakland Bar-Adams Pratt Foundation.
Member: Board of Directors, 1994.
Board of Trustees, Oakland Bar-Adams Pratt Foundation, 1994), Federal (President, 1995. Member, Executive Board of Directors, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, 1988) and American (Chairperson, Section of Litigation, Detroit Geographic Subcommittee of the Committee on Complex Crime Litigation, 1990.
Member, White Collar Crime Committee, Criminal Justice Section, 1991) Bar Associations. State Bar of Michigan (Member, Representative Assembly, 1986-1992.
Member, 1990 and Chairperson, 1993, Standing Committee on Grievance).
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers Association of Michigan. Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan.
American Judicature Society.
American Inn of Court (Master of the Bench, Chapter XI, 1991). Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation, 1995.
Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation, 1995.