Patrick d. filbin

**** ****** **** *, ********** Hills, MI 248-***-****

acv6w1@r.postjobfree.com

Skills Summary

Experienced defense attorney specializing in representing attorneys, accountants, fiduciaries, and

corporate directors and officers

Consultant in professional ethics, conflict of interest, risk management and strategic planning, as well as

prelitigation counseling and claim repair

Multiple jury and nonjury trials to verdict in federal and state courts, and advocacy at every level of state

and federal court (except the U.S. Supreme Court); management and resolution of litigation throughout

the State of Michigan through motion practice, arbitration, mediation and trial

Defended lawyers throughout the state of Michigan against claims of legal malpractice/professional

negligence with underlying claims involving intellectual property, employment, contract, taxation, probate,

family law/divorce, shareholder disputes, bankruptcy, banking/finance, real estate, insurance, medical

malpractice and business litigation

Represented lawyers before the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission and accountants before the

Michigan Board of Accountancy

Defended certified public accountants throughout the state of Michigan against claims of malpractice

pertaining to tax engagements, reviews, audits and financial compilations

Experience

Plunkett Cooney, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, MI

Shareholder

2002Present

Maddin, Hauser, Wartell, Roth, Heller & Pesses, P.C., Southfield, MI

Associate Attorney

20002002

Rutledge, Manion, Rabaut, Terry & Thomas, P.C., Detroit, MI

Associate Attorney

19922000

Office of Hon. Paul E. Kanjorski, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

Legislative Assistant/Asst. Press Secretary

19881989

Liz Robbins & Associates, Washington, D.C.

Lobbyist

19871988

Education

Western Michi gan University/Thomas M. Cooley School of Law

J.D. cum laude, 1992

University of England/Exeter University

Legal Studies in International Law and Economics, 1990

Michigan State University/James Madison College

B.A., Political Philosophy(JMCD)/Philosophy, 1987

Publications/Lectures

Standing to Sue and Privity, Hinshaw & Culbertsons Annual Legal Malpractice and Risk Management

Conference, Lecturer/Panelist, Chicago, IL, March 2014

Social Media and Legal Ethics, Medmarc Insurance Annual Litigation Conference, Lecturer/Panelist,

Yosemite, CA, June 2011

Accounting Malpractice Avoidance, Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA),

Continuing Education Program, 2007

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Article, A Closer Look at the Family and Medical Leave Act, 7 Mich L.W. 625 (1993) republished, 7

Missouri L.W. 299 (1993)

Comment, Pictures at an Execution, 9 Cooley Law Rev 137 (1992)

Several published decisions, including Grden v. Leikin, Ingber & Winters, 643 F3d 169 (2011); Hughes v

Region VII Area Agency on Aging, 277 Mich App 268, 744 NW2d 10 (2007); Bartell v Lohiser et al, 215

F3d 550 (6th Cir. 2000); Cain v Lansing Housing Commission, 235 Mich App 566 (1999); Board of

County Road Commissioners for the County of Oakland v Michigan Property & Casualty Guaranty

Association, 218 Mich App 342 (1996), affd 456 Mich 590 (1998)(argued in Michigan Supreme Court)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

State Bar of Michigan

Michigan Defense Trial Counsel

Incorporated Society of IrishAmerican Lawyers

References Upon Request

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