C h a r l e s  J.  G e r l a c h, P.C.
    Email: cjg@lebowgerlach.com
      
    Born Alma, Michigan, October 19, 1951;



    Admissions: 1976, Michigan; 1977, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1989, U.S.
    District Court, Western District of Michigan; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

    Areas of  Expertise: Trials and litigation in all courts.  Employment / Labor, Civil Rights, Finance, Fraud, Business Disputes, Business
    Dissolution, Fraudulent Transfers, Real Estate; Construction; Non-Dischargability Bankruptcy Adversary Proceedings; Professional
    Malpractice; Divorce property skimming and fraud; Contract and commercial disputes; Attorney Ethics; Intentional Torts; Vicarious liability;
    Lemon Law; Arbitrator in Complex Civil Cases; Appeals.

    Special Designations:  Mediator, Oakland County Circuit Court; Private Arbitrator;

    Education: University of Michigan (B.A,With distinction, 1973); Wayne State University (J.D, 1976).

    Honors:  Order of the Coif

    Member: Oakland County and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of
    Michigan (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Finance and Business Law; Labor Relations; Litigation; Consumer Law).

    Practice Areas: Employment Law; Litigation; Complex Civil Litigation;

    Reported Cases:  Oerther Bros. Excavating, Inc. v. Woodcraft Square Ltd. Dividend Housing Assoc, 135 Mich. App. 813; 355 N.W.2d 681
    (1984); Lease Car of America, Inc. v. Rahn, 124 Mich. App. 686; 335 N.W.2d 123 (1983); Petersen v. New York Life Ins. Co,,,, Supp. 2d
    828 (2000); Noel v. Fleet Fin., Inc., 34 F. Supp. 2d 451 (1998); 183 F.R.D. 618 (1997); Noel v. Fleet Fin, 971 F. Supp. 1102 (1997); Metro
    Communications Co. v. Ameritech Mobile Communications, Inc., 788 F. Supp. 1424 (1992); Wynn Oil Co. v. American Way Serv. Corp,
    943 F.2d 595 (1991); FTC v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 853 F.2d 458 (1988); Hartman & Eichhorn Bldg. Co. v. Dailey, 266 Mich.
    App. 801, 703 N.W.2d 496, (2005), (Lv grnt’d) 474 Mich. 1132, 712 N.W.2d 724 (2006).

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