Mr. Case’s practice focuses on commercial, contract, construction, and surety law. In his construction practice, he has provided ongoing representation for numerous design professionals, general contractors, subcontractors, owners, and suppliers in a wide range of business matters, including defense and prosecution of claims relating to damages for delay, differing site conditions, construction change directives, owner interference, design errors/omissions, and contract interpretation in connection with public and private construction projects (commercial, institutional, and industrial). In his surety practice, Mr. Case represents sureties in large and small matters including defaults, litigation, and claims against performance and payment bonds. He serves on the American Arbitration Association’s National Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators, and the American Arbitration Association’s Large, Complex Case Panel. Mr. Case was ranked among The Best Lawyers in America®, by Woodward/ White, Inc.; was named a “Michigan Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters; and was rated a “Top Lawyer” by Dbusiness magazine.

Mr. Jezdimir focuses on construction law. He has counseled owners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers in the drafting and negotiation of construction contracts and has counseled clients during all stages of a construction project relative to bids, adequacy of work, sufficiency of plans or specifications, extra work, delays, warranties, and other related issues. Mr. Jezdimir has also spent a great part of his practice representing construction clients in resolving disputes through litigation, arbitration, or other dispute resolution procedures. He has succeeded as lead counsel in numerous trials and arbitration hearings. Mr. Jezdimir vast litigation experience includes arguments before appellate courts as well as complex commercial litigation involving claims over theft of proprietary company information and claims for misrepresentations underlying a commercial transaction. Starting in 2018, after he was appointed to the American Arbitration Association Roster of Arbitrators for construction and commercial disputes, He expanded his practice to include service as an arbitrator in numerous disputes involving commercial and construction contracts. Mr. Jezdimir has been honored by inclusions in Michigan Super Lawyers magazine, a top construction litigator by the magazine, dbusiness, and a Fellow in the Construction Lawyers of America Society.

Attorney with Deneweth, Dugan and Parfitt, P.C. in TroyMr. Sassak concentrates his legal practice in construction, fidelity and surety, commercial contract disputes, insurance disputes, real estate matters and litigation of complex and technical disputes. He is also licensed architect. Mr. Sassak has counseled both public and private owners, developers, contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, material suppliers, sureties, architects, engineers and other design professionals on all aspects of construction issues from project planning through bidding and construction. His legal practice concentrates in all aspects of construction law including contract negotiation, drafting and review, architectural copyright, and construction liens. Mr. Sassak has worked on civil litigation and arbitration of disputes ranging from payment claims, change orders and claims for extra work, to defect claims, errors and omissions claims, delays, differing and unforeseen site conditions, and disruption and acceleration claims to assisting with and responding to surety bond claims.

Partner at Jaffe Raitt Heuer and Weiss in DetroitMr. Siegal chairs the firm’s Environmental Practice Group, specializing in environmental law, governmental affairs, energy law and administrative law. For over 25 years, he has successfully represented businesses and individuals dealing with environmental regulations and liabilities and brownfield redevelopment and incentives. Mr. Siegal was one of the drafters of the 2010 Michigan Part 201 “superfund” amendments and chaired the legislative subcommittee of the 2014 Collaborative Stakeholder Initiative which drafted 2016 Public Act 471 dealing with brownfield financial incentives. He recently served on an MDEQ stakeholders group working on rewriting Michigan’s solid waste law. Mr. Siegal also focuses on innovative “green” redevelopment and green energy issues. He earned his Bachelor’s degree with distinction from Wayne State University and is a cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. Mr. Siegal maintains a blog titled wwwmichigangreenlaw.com.

FAIA, NCARB, President, Owner of Tiseo Architects, Inc. in LivoniaAfter having worked in the construction industry since a young child and after serving two years in the US Army, Mr. Tiseo earned his architectural degree from Lawrence Technological University in Southfield Michigan in 1978, after ten years in night school. He has maintained his own architectural practice since 1980. That same year Mr. Tiseo started his architectural teaching career as an adjunct professor at Lawrence Technological University where he continues teaching to this day. In 1990 he started AIA Michigan’s Government Affairs Committee (along with Fred Butters, FAIA, Esq.) and is still a driving force in that arena. Early on in his career he realized that good design can be appreciated best through the combination of both complexity and technology as related to the practice of architecture. Over the past 38 years Mr. Tiseo has served as an expert witness in over 140 cases in the professional as well as the construction arenas. As an expert witness he prides himself in being involved solely in cases he believes in, whether it be for the plaintiff or defendant.