Firm Profile The firm has a diversified general and specialty practice. The practice includes substantial work in the corporate, civil, litigation, financial institution, insurance regulation and defense, utility, family law, employment, construction, local, state and federal tax, estate planning, probate, environmental, municipal, public finance, real estate, legislative advocacy and administrative law areas. The firm represents a growing number of local private and public corporations, as well as professional trade associations. The firm also serves a diversified national clientele as regional or local counsel in commercial, regulatory and litigation matters. The firm stresses development and retention of lawyers with individual skills designed to offer creative and cost efficient legal and business solutions for clients. The goal is always to bring a responsive and personal approach to the practice of law. Personal Biographies GEORGE H. LENNON III, born Chicago, Illinois, August 31, 1935; admitted to bar, 1961, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A., 1957; M.B.A., cum laude, 1960; J.D., 1960). Delta Theta Phi; Beta Gamma Sigma. Member: Kalamazoo County (President, 1975) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Representative Assembly, 1975-1976). Practice Areas: Corporate; Business; Taxation; Real Estate; Estate Planning; Probate Law. DAVID G. CROCKER, born Chelsea, Michigan, November 2, 1933; admitted to bar, 1958, Michigan. Education: Western Michigan University and University of Michigan (A.B., 1958); University of Michigan (LL.B., 1958). Phi Alpha Delta. Member : Kalamazoo County Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas : Telecommunications. MICHAEL D. O'CONNOR, admitted to bar, 1972, Michigan. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1968); Indiana University (J.D., cum laude, 1971). Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Indiana Law Journal. Law Clerk to the Honorable W. Wallace Kent, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, 1971-1972. Member : Kalamazoo County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas : Real Estate, Urban Redevelopment; Business Organizations; Environmental; Litigation. HAROLD E. FISCHER JR., born Plymouth, Michigan, May 18, 1944; admitted to bar, 1974, Michigan. Education : University of Michigan (B.A., 1966; J.D., 1969). Member : Kalamazoo County Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas : General Litigation; General Casualty; Products Liability; Workers Compensation; Environmental Law; Professional Liability. LAWRENCE M. BRENTON, born Los Angeles, California, January 30, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Michigan. Education : University of Michigan (B.A., cum laude, 1973; J.D., cum laude, 1975). Member : Kalamazoo County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas : Commercial Litigation; Telecommunications; Corporate. GORDON C. MILLER, born Kalamazoo, Michigan, September 5, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Michigan; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana. Education : University of Michigan (B.B.A., with high distinction, 1973; J.D., 1978); Western Michigan University (M.B.A., with high honors, 1979). Member : Kalamazoo County Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas : Corporate; Business; Creditor's Rights; Probate. GARY P. BARTOSIEWICZ, born Grand Rapids, Michigan, November 10, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Michigan. Education : University of Detroit and Western Michigan University (B.A., 1975); Wayne State University (J.D., 1978). Member : Kalamazoo County and American (Member, Section on: Litigation) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution; Labor and Employment Law and Litigation Law Sections). Reported Cases : Cooke v. Ins. Co. of Pennsylvania, 188 Mich. App. 453 (1981); Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Farm Bureau Ins. Group, 182 Mich. App. 703 (1990); Bradshaw v. Tri County, U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan; Husted v. Auto Owners, 213 Mich. App. 547 (1995); Husted v. Dobbs, 459 Mich. 500 (1999). Practice Areas : Civil Trial Practice; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Litigation; Negligence Law; Products Liability; Employment; Environmental Litigation. BLAKE D. CROCKER, born Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, October 10, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1982); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1985); DePaul University (LL.M., Health Law, 1995). Member : Kalamazoo County Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas : Health Law; Litigation; Real Estate; Corporate. ROBERT M. TAYLOR, born Detroit, Michigan, May 26, 1950; admitted to bar, 1978, Michigan. Education: Western Michigan University (B.B.A., 1974); Detroit College of Law (J.D., 1978). Certified Public Accountant, Michigan, 1981. Member : Kalamazoo Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Probate and Trust Law Section); Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Taxation; Business; Real Estate. RON W. KIMBREL, born Kalamazoo, Michigan, January 17, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Michigan. Education: Western Michigan University (B.B.A., 1977); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., 1981). Instructor, Detroit Institute for Paralegal Studies, 1982. Member : Kalamazoo County and American (Member, Sections on: Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Section on: Negligance Law). Reported cases : State Farm v. Alchom, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; Pastrick v. General Telephone Company of Michigan, Docket # 130248, Court of Appeals of Michigan, 162 Mich. App. 243 (1987); Lorey R. Holmes, Plaintiff, v. L. Perrigo Co., Self-Insured Defendant, HOLMES Docket No. 1996 ACO # 195, Workers' Compensation Apellate Commission, 1996 MIWCLR (LRP) LEXIS 542; 9 MI WCLR (LRP) 1208, April 25, 1996. Practice Areas : Insurance Defense; Negligence Law; General Civil Trial Practice; Workers Compensation. PATRICK D. CROCKER, born Kalamazoo, Michigan, September 21, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Michigan. Education : University of Michigan (B.A., 1986); University of Detroit School of Law (J.D., 1989). Phi Alpha Delta. Member : State Bar of Michigan; TRA. Practice Areas : Telecommunications; Corporate; State and Federal Regulatory Law. ANDREW J. VORBRICH, born Des Moines, Iowa, December 4, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Michigan and Iowa; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana. Education : Franklin & Marshall College (B.A., with History honors, 1987); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., with high distinction, 1990). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Journal of Corporation Law, 1989-1990. Member : Kalamazoo County, Iowa State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas : General Litigation; Corporate Law; Business Law; Creditors' Rights; Estate Planning. TYREN CUDNEY, born Grand Rapids, Michigan, October 19, 1957; admitted to bar, 1992, Michigan. Education : Western Michigan University (B.B.A., 1988); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Member : Kalamazoo County and American (Member, Sections on: General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Section on: General Practice); Michigan Defense Trial Counsel. Practice Areas : Insurance Defense; Negligence Law; Municipal Liability; General Civil Trial Practice. WILLIAM B. JOHNSON, born Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 25, 1952, admitted to bar, 1977, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., high distinction, 1974); Wayne State University (J.D., 1977). Member : Kalamazoo County and American (Member, Sections on: Tort and Insurance Practice, Labor and Employment Law and Litigation) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Arts, Communication, Entertainment and Sports, Business Law, Labor and Employment Law and Negligence Law), Society of CPCU. Practice Areas : Litigation; Negligence; Insurance Coverage; Professional Liability; Sports and Entertainment; Surety; Municipal Liability. ASSOCIATES STEVEN MICHAEL BROWN, born Des Plaines, Illinois, May 20, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Michigan. Education: Indiana University (B.S. 1989); Valparaiso University (J.D., 1994) Law Clerk, Honorable Richard Ryan Lamb and John F. Foley (1994-1996). Instructor, Paralegal Program, Kalamazoo Valley Community College (1994-1996). Member : Kalamazoo County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas : Corporate Law; Business Law; Creditors Rights; Estate Planning; Telecommunications Law. KRISTEN L. BURSON, born Wyandotte, Michigan, July 27, 1968; admitted to bar 1995, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A. Golden Key, 1990); Wayne State University (J.D., 1995). Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Kalamazoo County, 1996-2001. Member : Kalamazoo County Bar Association; Michigan State Bar; Kalamazoo Trial Lawyers Association. OF COUNSEL VINCENT T. EARLY, born Kalamazoo, Michigan, March 18, 1922; admitted to bar, 1950, Illinois; 1951, Michigan. Education: Western Michigan College; University of Michigan (LL.B., 1949). Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif. Member: Kalamazoo County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Real Estate; Zoning; Corporate and Business. JOHN T. PETERS JR., born Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, June 18, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Michigan. Education : College of Wooster (B.A., 1962); Rutgers University (LL.B., 1965). Phi Alpha Delta. Author: "A Decade of CY Pres., 1955-1965," Temple Law Quarterly, Spring, 1966. Member : Kalamazoo County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan; International Association of Insurance Counsel; Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel; Michigan Defense Trial Counsel; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas : General Casualty; Products Liability; Professional Liability Defense; Worker's Compensation. THOMPSON BENNETT, born Kalamazoo, Michigan, July 9, 1912; admitted to bar, 1935, District of Columbia; 1940, Michigan and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: George Washington University (B.A., 1935); George Washington University Law School (J.D., with honors, 1936; LL.M., 1939). Phi Delta Phi. Chief Attorney, U.S. Marketing Laws Survey, 1939-1941. Assistant Solicitor, U.S. Department of Interior, 1941-1942. Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1942-1946. Associate Municipal Judge, Kalamazoo, 1954-1957. City Commissioner, City of Kalamazoo, 1961-1963. Member, Board of Supervisors, Kalamazoo County, 1961. Member : Kalamazoo County (President, 1966-1967) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Chairman, Negligence Section, 1966-1967; Member, Sections on: Negligence; Real Estate, Probate; Corporation, Finance and Business Law). Practice Areas : Estate Planning; Real Estate; Corporate.