Finkel Whitefield Selik, Professional Corporation


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Finkel Whitefield Selik, Professional Corporation


32300 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-1567View Map

Practice Areas:

Labor Relations, Employment, Employment Discrimination, E.R.I.S.A. Litigation, Corporate, Commercial Real Estate, Construction, Condemnation, Tax Planning, Tax Controversy, Estate and Gift Planning, Employee Benefits, Business and Corporate Planning and General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in State and Federal Courts, Arbitration and Alternate Dispute Resolutions.

Year Established: 1984

Firm Profile:

At Finkel Whitefield Selik experience is the cornerstone on which our reputation is built. It is a reputation for solving problems and seizing opportunity. Maybe more importantly, it is a reputation for helping our clients feel more confident and see more clearly.

For over 20 years, Finkel Whitefield has been a valued partner to business and high net worth individuals. Drawing from this experience, we think more creatively, we work more collaboratively and we engage each client more personally. As a result, we are quicker to bring solutions to complex situations. Our practice is built around seven core centers of experience. With so many specialties in one place we serve you better.

Firm Size: 16

Robert J. Finkel (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1965); Wayne State University (J.D., 1968); New York University (LL.M., 1969). Co-Author, "Labor Law, 1981, Annual Survey of Michigan Law," 28 Wayne L. Rev. 947 (1982). Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Hearing Referee, Michigan Civil Rights Commission, 1983—. Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section); American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law.

Marc G. Whitefield (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, March 10, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1971); Wayne State University (J.D., 1975). Member, Wayne Law Review, 1973-1974. Special Assistant Attorney General, Michigan, 1983. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Condemnation.

Richard M. Selik (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University and University of Michigan (B.G.S., 1971); University of Detroit School of Law (J.D., 1974). Articles Editor, 1973-1974, University of Detroit Journal of Urban Law. Member: Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Real Property Law Section). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Construction Law; Business Transactions; E.R.I.S.A. Litigation.

Alan J. Ferrara (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, May 31, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A., 1973); Wayne State University (J.D., 1976). Director, Financial Planning Association of Michigan, 1998-2008 (Chapter President, 2005). Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member: Corporation, Finance and Business Law Section; Employee Benefits Committee, Taxation Section; Probate and Trust Law Section); American Bar Association (Member, Section on Taxation). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; ERISA; Employee Benefits; Business Law.

Stephen M. Feldman (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, January 14, 1950; admitted to bar, 1982, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1984, U.S. Tax Court; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., 1972); University of Detroit (J.D., cum laude, 1981); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1983). Author: "Representing Your Client Before the IRS," Michigan State Bar Journal, June 1987; "Investments, Interest and the TRA," Oakland County Bar Association Journal, Laches, April 1987; "Two Sets of Books Required Under the New Alternative Minimum Tax," Oakland County Bar Journal, Laches, November 1987; "Reallocation of Purchase Price - The Ticking Time Bomb," Michigan Tax Lawyer, 3rd Quarter, 1988. Co-Author: "Cash or Deferred Compensation-Flexibility and Cost Reduction in a Qualified Retirement Plan," Michigan State Bar Journal, July, 1984; "So You Think You Transferred The Family Business-Section 2036 (c) Has a Surprise For You," Taxation For Lawyers, November, 1989; "The Taxpayer's Ability To Pay - Can the I.R.S. Collection Process Be Made Consistent?" Michigan Bar Journal, October, 1995. Member: Oakland County (Member, Section of Taxation), Federal and American (Member, S Corporations, Administrative Practice, IRS/Bar Liaison and Court Procedure Committees) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Section of Taxation; Chairperson, Committee on Practice and Procedure, 1989-1991; Council Member, 1991-1994; Editor, Michigan Tax Lawyer, 1992-1994; Taxation Section Secretary/Treasurer, 1994-1995; Vice Chairperson, 1995-1996; Chair, 1996-1997). Practice Areas: Business Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Federal Tax Law; Federal Income, Estate, Excise and Gift Tax Law; Tax Litigation; Estate Planning.

David E. Sims (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, April 19, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., with honors, 1985); Wayne State University (J.D., 1988). Assistant Editor, Wayne Law Review, 1987-1988. Author: "United States v. Carpenter: An Inadequate Solution to the Problem of Insider Trading," Wayne Law Review, Vol. 34, No. 3. Member: Oakland County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Corporate Law; Real Estate Litigation; Insurance Defense; Litigation; Title Insurance.

Eric T. Weiss (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Michigan (B.G.S., 1985); University of Detroit (J.D., 1988). Past Editor, Michigan Tax Lawyer. Speaker, "Tax Practice under the Taxpayers' Bill of Rights 2"; "Practice Before the IRS - After the Reorganization and Tax Practice, Procedure and Litigation", Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1997-2000. Author: "Exclusion of Disability Benefits from Tax," Physician's News Digest, June, 2002; "Tax Liens, Entireties Property, Cole v. Cardoza Revisited," Michigan Bar Journal, October, 1995; 'Some Tax Relief Provided by the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993," Michigan Tax Lawyer, Third Quarter, 1993; "Enforcement and Foreclosure of IRS Tax Liens: Jointly Owned Property of Husbands and Wives," Michigan Tax Lawyer, Third Quarter, 1991; "The 1986 Tax Reform Act's Effect on State Law in Michigan," Michigan Tax Lawyer, First Quarter, 1988. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Chairperson, Taxation Section, 2001-2002; Member, Sections on: Taxation, Probate and Estate Planning; Real Estate). Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Law; Corporate Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Partnership Law; Small Business Law; Probate; Trusts and Estates; Real Estate; Mergers and Acquisitions.

Nancy Harris Pearce (Member) born Indianapolis, Indiana, November 10, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Michigan. Education: DePauw University (B.A., 1982); Indiana University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Delta Theta Phi. Member, Moot Court Team. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Member, Labor Relations Law Section); American Bar Association (Member, Section on Labor and Employment Law). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; ERISA Litigation.

Marc H. Wander (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, December 11, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Michigan; 1993, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1989); Wayne State University (J.D., 1992). Member: Oakland County and American (Member, Young Lawyers Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan.

Stephen D. Kursman (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas; 1983, U.S. Tax Court; 1985, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with high distinction, 1977); Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1981). Author: "Venue and Tender Offer Regulation in the Wake of Leroy v. Great Western," 13 Business Law Review 28, 1980. Special Assistant Attorney General, Michigan, 1994. Member, Case Evaluation Panels, Wayne County Circuit Court, Oakland County Circuit and District Courts. Member, Panel of Neutral Arbitrators (Commercial), American Arbitration Association. Arbitrator, FINRA, Inc. Mediator for Oakland and Calhoun County Circuit Courts. Member: Oakland County Bar Association (Member, Business Law In-House Counsel Committee); State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on Alternative Dispute Resolution and Real Property Law). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Business and Commercial Litigation; Trials; Condemnation; Negligence Defense; ERISA; Landlord and Tenant; Mediation Arbitration.

Michael L. Weissman (Member) born Lynn, Massachusetts, September 5, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1997, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction, 1989; J.D., cum laude, 1994). Executive Editor, Michigan Journal of International Law, 1993-1994. Member: Oakland County (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law.

Daniel G. LeVan (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, May 3, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Michigan, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1989); University of Detroit (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993). Recipient: Dean's Scholarship for Academic Excellence, 1992, 1993; American Jurisprudence Award in Evidence and Secured Transactions. Justice Frank Murphy Honor Society. Editor, University of Detroit Law Review. Author: Landlord Liability for Lead Poisoning of Tenant Children Caused by Defects in the Premises, 70 U. Det. L. Rev. 429 (1993). Member: State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Discrimination.

Mark Merlanti (Associate) born Rochester, New York, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Michigan; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Education: Michigan State University (B.B.A., with honors, 1980); Wayne State University (J.D., 1983). Author: "Stokes v. Millen Roofing Co.: The Michigan Supreme Court Puts Teeth Back Into Residential Builder Act's Prohibition Against Suits for Compensation by Unlicensed Residential Contractors," Michigan Real Property Review, Spring 2003. Speaker, Construction Association of Michigan. Member State Bar of Michigan (Member, Construction Lien Committee, Real Property Section). Practice Areas: Shareholder Disputes; Construction Law; Commercial Litigation; Contract Negotiation; Real Estate Litigation; Riparian Rights; Boundary Disputes; Landlord and Tenant Law; Accounts Receivable Management; Employee Restrictive Covenant Litigation; Collections; Creditors Rights.

OF COUNSEL

S. Lawrence Stein (Of Counsel) born Detroit, Michigan, July 1, 1924; admitted to bar, 1951, Michigan and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1978, California. Education: Wayne State University; Detroit College of Law. Member, Mediation Panel, Oakland County Circuit Court. Member: State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Corporate Law; Business Litigation.

Lawrence S. Cohen (Of Counsel) born Detroit, Michigan, 1932; admitted to bar, 1957, Michigan. Education: Wayne State University; Michigan State University College of Law (LL.B., cum laude, 1957). Member, Case Evaluation Panel, Wayne County. Member: Oakland County Bar Association; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections on: Real Property Law; Family Law). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Industrial Real Estate Law; Business Transactions; Structured Finance; Litigation.

Simcha Shapiro (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1969, Michigan. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1966; J.D., 1969). Member: State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate; Tax Planning; Estate Planning; Commercial Litigation.

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