Michigan Employment Law Alliance Representative
Our Representative
Office Address
Suite 2500
150 West Jefferson Avenue
Detroit
Michigan
48226
United States
150 West Jefferson Avenue
Detroit
Michigan
48226
United States
Phone Number
313-496-7508
Fax Number
313-496-8453
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Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.
Main Office Address
Suite 2500
150 West Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, MI 48226
United States
150 West Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, MI 48226
United States
Office Locations
Ann Arbor, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Howell, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Monroe, Saginaw and Troy
Firm Phone Number
313-496-7508
Firm Fax Number
313-496-8453
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Personal Background
Beverly Hall Burns is a principal and deputy chief executive officer of the firm. She practices labor law, representing both private and public sector employers in NLRB and state employment relations matters; labor negotiations; contract administration; and arbitration. She represents clients on employment discrimination matters before federal and state agencies and courts; she handles Section 301 and other employment-related litigation, and general labor-related matters. She is also part of the firm’s School Law Group, specializing in school labor matters including cases under Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Act as well as in special education, student discipline, Open Meetings Act and Freedom of Information Act issues. She is a member of the Michigan Bar Association’s Labor Law Section; the American Bar Association’s Labor Law Section and Committee on Law Firm Management; Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association; Michigan Council of School Attorneys; and National Council of School Attorneys. She is past chair of the Grosse Pointe War Memorial Board of Directors, serves on the board of directors of the Economic Club of Detroit as well as the Detroit Athletic Club, is a fellow of the Michigan Bar Foundation, and Chair of the board of trustees of the Michigan Women’s Foundation. She is a member of the Michigan State University’s Alumni Association Board of Directors and chair of the Alumni Board of the MSU College of Arts & Letters. She is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Michigan. In March 1977, she was named by Crain’s Detroit Business as one of Detroit’s “Most Influential Women” and was one of Grant Thornton’s five “Executive Woman of the Year” honorees in 2003. Ms. Burns is listed in the Labor and Employment Law Section of the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. She has given live testimony before the Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., and written many articles on such topics as “How to Comply with New Handicapper Protections Law,” and “Developing and Implementing Effective Policies against Sexual and Racial Harassment.” She is a frequent speaker and offers seminars and training for clients on school or employment-related topics. Ms. Burns joined the firm in 1979, and left for a brief two-year period in 1981 when she was a professor at Glassboro State College, New Jersey and a fellow in the Wharton School’s Industrial Research Center at the University of Pennsylvania. She rejoined the firm in September 1983. Ms. Burns received her law degree from the University of Michigan Law School, and a B.A., with honors, from Michigan State University.
Firm Background
Michigan’s oldest law firm, Miller Canfield traces its history to 1852. Today Miller Canfield has the most lawyers in Michigan and is one of the nation's leading firms in it's specialty areas. We have grown to a professional staff of nearly 400 attorneys and paralegals. Our Labor and Employment Relations and Employee Benefits Groups consist of over 40 attorneys and paralegals. These Groups represent management exclusively and offer first class experience in all facets of labor and employment law. Our practice includes traditional labor law, preventive employment relations counseling and training, and employment litigation. Our clients represent a diverse spectrum across the entire range of the private and public sector.
Firm Practice Areas
Accounting Litigation, Administrative, Admiralty/Maritime, Antidumping, Antitrust, Appellate Practice, Audit Committees, Automotive, Aviation & Transportation, Banking, Bankruptcy & Reorganization, Canadian Law, Capital Markets Lending, Commercial Transactions, Computer, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Construction Litigation, Corporate, Criminal Defense, Domestic Relations, E-Business, Education, Emerging Business, Environmental, Estate Planning & Administration, Federal Tax & Employee Benefits, Foundations & Nonprofit Organizations, Franchising, Health Care & Hospital, Housing, Immigration, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Business, International Trade & Customs, Labor & Employment Libel & Slander Litigation, Licensing & High-technology, Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution, Litigation Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Minority Business, Municipal & School Finance & Bond Counsel, Non Profit & Charitable Organizations, Nuclear Power Plant Litigation, Oil & Gas, Pension Profit-sharing & Employee Benefits, Product Liability Consulting & Defense, Professional Malpractice Consulting & Defense, Public Law, Real Estate Development & Investment, Schools, Securities (Corporate & Municipal), Securities Litigation, State Finance & Bond Counsel, Taxation, Tax-exempt Financing, Telecommunications, Toxic Torts Litigation, Transportation, Utilities, Zoning
