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Attorney at Law
8226 South Saginaw Street
Grand Blanc, Michigan 48439
Telephone: (810) 953-6000
Fax: (810)-953-6005
Email: lawyers@riziklaw.com
PERSONAL:
- Date of Birth: September 10, 1951
- Marital Status: Married
- Wife: Sue
- Children: Michael B. Rizik, III, and Jeremy Quentin Rizik
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School - Juris Doctor (1981)
- Nazareth Catholic College - BA Philosophy (1973)
- St. Matthew High School of Flint - Cum Laude (1969)
- St. Francis of Assisi Grade School (1965)
- Presently working on Masters Degree in Finance at Walsh College
EMPLOYMENT:
- Partner in RIZIK & RIZIK law firm.
- Concentrating in commercial litigation, employment litigation and serious personal injury and wrongful death litigation.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS:
- American Center for Law Justice (1996 - present)
- Admitted to Practice Law before the U.S. Claims Court (1992)
- Admitted to Practice Law before U.S. Supreme Court (1989)
- Special Lecturer Michigan State University, School of Labor and Industrial Relations - Labor Program Services (1988 -1993)
- Michigan Trial Lawyers' Association (1987 - present)
- Genesee County Bar Association (1986 - present)
- Chairman of Technology & Law Office Management Committee (1995 - 2004)
- Author of GCBA's Annual Killer Technology Surveys (1996-1998)
- Oakland County Bar Association (1986 -1997)
- Admitted to Practice Law in United States Federal District Court, Michigan Supreme Court, Michigan Court of Appeals and all other Michigan State Courts (1981 - present)
- Admitted to practice law by Michigan State Bar Association (1981 - present)
- Board of Directors - Thomas M. Cooley Law School; Lansing, MI. (1997 - present)
- Strategic Planning Committee - Chairman (2000 - present)
- Executive Committee - (2001 - present)
- Nominating Committee – (2002 – present)
- Investment Committee – Chairman (2004 – present)
- Michigan State Bar Foundation, Fellow (1997- present)
- Michigan State Bar Foundation, Bd. Of Trustees (1998 - 2003)
- Michigan Supreme Court Committee on Model Civil Jury Instructions (2002 - present)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- St. Matthew Catholic Church - Flint, MI.
- Right to Life of Michigan (1996-present)
- Flint Area Right to Life Advisory Board (1996-present)
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) State Coordinating Committee Representative to Genesee County (1988-1991); Executive Committee Member (1989); Chairman of Legislative and Judicial Committee (1989-1992); and Legal Counsel for MADD-Michigan (1988-1992); MADD-Genesee County Legal Advisor (1988 - 2000); State Public Policy Committee (1996 -1998); MADD amicus curiae brief attorney in U.S. Supreme Court in the Michigan Sobriety Checkpoint case, (Sitz et al v Michigan State Police)
- Peoples Law School (MTLA) - Moderator and Speaker (1986 & 1987)
- UAW Local 659 "Civil Law for Union Members" - Moderator and Speaker (1987 - 1993);
- Speaker on Michigan's No Fault Automobile Law at McLaren Regional Medical Center's Traumatic Brain Injury Conference (1993 - 1996)
- Genesee County Campaign Coordinator for the Committee to Retain Court of Appeals Judge Henry William Saad (1995 & 1996)
- Greater Flint Sports Hall of Fame inductee - December, 1996 (Member of the 1968 Flint-St. Matthew Boys, Class D State Basketball Championship Team)
- Debated attorney Geoffrey Feiger on Physician-Assisted Suicide - April 20, 1997 - First Presbyterian Church of Flint
- Genesys Regional Medical Center - Flint - Brain Injury Program Advisory Committee (1998 - 2002)
- Plaintiff's Attorney in Northwest Flight 255 multi-district, aviation crash litigation
- Plaintiff's Attorney in Suino v Kaczynsky (Unabomber victim's civil case versus Theodore Kaczynsky)
- Serra Club of Flint - President - (1999 -2002)
- Campaign Manager for the Committee to Re-elect Judge Henry William Saad - 2002.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
- American Jurisprudence Book Award in Agency Law - Thomas M. Cooley Law School (1979)
- Michigan Leader Against Drunk Driving Award - MADD (1989)
- MADD - Michigan Appreciation Award (1991 & 1998)
- MADD - Michigan Certificate of Appreciation (1999)
- National Association of Legal Secretaries, Genesee County Chapter, "Boss of the Year" award for 2001
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