Hi and thanks for your interest in hiring me to be your appeal lawyer! I am a native Detroiter who graduated with honors from the University of Michigan Law School in 1991. After clerking with a federal Court of Appeals judge, I left Michigan to work at prestigious law firms in Chicago and Los Angeles.

I returned to my roots in Michigan in 2004. As an attorney at the State Appellate Defender Office for 18 years, I represented hundreds of people appealing their felony convictions. I invite you to take a look at my Results page to see more specifics, but my work resulted in the exonerations of people convicted of murder and criminal sexual conduct, new trials or resentencings for people convicted of the most serious as well as minor crimes, and plea withdrawals  (or resentencings) for those who chose not to go to trial. 

I have conducted evidentiary hearings and argued motions in trial courts all over the State of Michigan, argued hundreds of cases in the Michigan Court of Appeals, and more than ten times in the Michigan Supreme Court. In 2014, I won an award for excellence in appellate advocacy, which you can read about here.  I taught classes at the Wayne State and University of Michigan Law Schools, was the primary author of the SADO habeas book and have argued several habeas cases in the Sixth Circuit. My "In the Media" page has links to some of the news coverage of cases, podcast appearances, and the "In Action" page has links to watch the YouTube videos of my more recent Michigan Supreme Court and Court of Appeals appearances. I have also argued in  the 6th Circuit and the California Court of Appeals, and am admitted to practice in the US Supreme Court, 6th, 7th, 9th and 10th federal Court of Appeals, as well as federal district courts in Michigan, Chicago and Los Angeles.

I look forward to working with you to fight for your life. Reach out to me to discuss rates.