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Phone: 419-249-0253
Fax: 419-720-3440
Email:
clark@cooperwalinski.com
Areas of Practice:
Licensed:
Michigan
Ohio
U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan;
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit |
Education:
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, 1981, J.D.
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1969, M.A.
William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri, 1966, A.B.
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Sharon concentrates her practice in corporate law, commercial transactions, litigation and dispute resolution, employment and labor law. She provides advice and counsel to a variety of business clients including large manufacturing corporations and mid-size technology-based companies. Her litigation practice includes commercial, personal injury, and professonal malpractice cases. Before joining Cooper & Walinski in 2000, she was a solo practitioner and was previously in the legal department of Honeywell International Inc. At Honeywell she supervised litigation in product liability, commercial, environmental, employment, and toxic tort cases and was responsible for employment, commercial, and international law matters for the company's Automotive Sector. Prior to that assignment, she served in the corporate group where she worked on acquisitions, divestitures, mergers and corporate governance activities. Sharon worked extensively in Honeywell's legal compliance efforts as a member of the corporate compliance council; she was also instrumental in updating the corporate policies on proper business practices and developing training modules on legal topics.
She has taught graduate and undergraduate business law courses at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and has lectured on employment law topics in the Business School's Executive Education program for new managers.
Sharon graduated magna cum laude from William Jewell College, received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Iowa, and received her law degree from Wayne State University in 1981, where she was Survey Editor of the Wayne Law Review.
Published Works:
Federal Courts Update, Labor and Employment Lawnotes, State Bar of Michigan, 1995-1997
Diversity Jurisdiction in Direct Actions, 26 Wayne Law Review 1051 (1980)
The Supreme Court of Michigan during the Survey Period: A Statistical Analysis, 26 Wayne Law Review 511 (1981)
Professional Memberships:
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of Michigan, Member of Business Law, Computer Law, and Labor and Employment Law Section
- Toledo Bar Association
- Washtenaw County Bar Association, former chair of the Solo Practice Section
- Ohio State Bar Association
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