Background
Payne, Walter A. was born on May 29, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Payne, Walter A. was born on May 29, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Western Michigan University (Bachelor of Business Administration, magna cum laude, 1979) Beta Gamma Sigma. Wayne State University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1984).
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, 1985, Michigan and United States. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan.
1988, United States.
Tax Court. Order of the Coif. Member, 1982-1984 and Note and Comment Editor, 1983-1984, Wayne Law Review. Certified Public Accountant, Michigan, 1979.
Member: Detroit and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Michigan. American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants.
American Association of Certified Public Accountants. Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants.
National Association of Bond Lawyers.
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.
Member, 1982-1984 and Note and Comment Editor, 1983-1984, Wayne Law Review. Certified Public Accountant, Michigan, 1979. Member: Detroit and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Michigan.
American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants. American Association of Certified Public Accountants.
Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants. National Association of Bond Lawyers.