Background
Lay, Tillman L. was born on November 24, 1955 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.
Lay, Tillman L. was born on November 24, 1955 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.
University of Tennessee (Bachelor of Science, with highest honors, 1977). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1980).
Worked at Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. (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, 1981, District of Columbia. Order of the Coif. Articles and Executive Editor, Michigan Law Review, 1979-1980.
Co-Author: "The Telecommunications Act of 1996. What It Means to Local Governments" (National League of Cities, 1996). Author: "Keeping the Gateway Open," Telematics (January 1988).
"A Pragmatic Look at Social Contracts and Price Caps," Telematics (October 1987). "The D.C. Circuit's Detariffing Decision: A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing," Telematics (August/September 1985). Judicial Clerk, The Honorable John C. Godbold, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1980-1981. Attorney, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., 1981-1988. Partner, Miller & Holbrooke, 1988-1994.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar. American Bar Association. Federal Communications Bar Association.
(Washington, D.C. Office). 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 St. Petersburg, Florida, New York City, and in Washington, D.C. Our offices in Gdansk and Warsaw, Poland enable us to serve clients throughout Central and Eastern Europe.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar. American Bar Association. Federal Communications Bar Association.
(Washington, D.C. Office).