DANI K. LIBLANG
LIBLANG & ASSOCIATES, P.C.
346 Park Street, Suite 200
Birmingham, MI 48809
(248) 540-9270
URL: www.lemonlawlawyers.com • e-mail: NoLemons@aol.com • blog: http://lemonlawlawyer.blogspot.com
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1979-1981 UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT SCHOOL OF LAW
J.D., cum laude, 1981
Honors and Awards: National Order of Barristers, admitted 1982; Justice Frank Murphy Honor Society, admitted 1982; National Moot Court Team, 1981; Regional Semi-Finalist, National Appellate Advocacy Competition, 1981; Intramural Moot Court Competition, Undefeated Finalist Team, Best Advocate Award, 1980; University of Detroit Alumni Association Brief Writing Award, 1980.
Extra-Curricular: Editorial Board, Michigan Bar Journal, Corporation, Finance & Business Law Section (1980-1981); Staff, In Brief, student newspaper; Legal Intern, University of Detroit Urban Law Clinic (June-December, 1981).
1977-1979 OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
B.A., Psychology, 1979, G.P.A. 3.5
Honors and Awards: Academic Honors Each Term; Research Grant for Study on Jury Behavior.
1973-1977 OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
A.A., Liberal Arts, 1977 (emphasis on commercial art, photography).
LEGAL EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
1987-Present LIBLANG & ASSOCIATES, P.C. (“AV” Rating)
Birmingham, Michigan
President and Founding Member; Emphasis on Plaintiff Personal Injury, Automobile Warranty Litigation and Employment Law.
1984-1987 KURZMAN, PHELAN & LIBLANG
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
General practice with emphasis on Plaintiff Personal Injury, Product Liability, Automobile Warranty and Employment Litigation.
1984 GROMEK, BENDURE & THOMAS
Detroit, Michigan
Appellate practice with emphasis on Insurance Defense.
1981-1984 KURZMAN & PHELAN
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
General practice with emphasis on Plaintiff Personal Injury, Product Liability and Employment Law.
1980-1981 GARAN LUCOW, MILLER, SEWARD, COOPER & BECKER
Detroit, Michigan
Law Clerk; Insurance and Malpractice Defense.
BAR ADMISSIONS
• State Bar of Michigan, 1982
• U.S. District Court, E.D. Michigan, 1982
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1985
• U.S. District Court, W.D., Michigan, 2002
BAR ASSOCIATION, BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
STATE BAR OF MICHIGAN, 1982-Present
Section Memberships:
• Consumer Law - Chair (2004-2005)
• Negligence Law
• Labor Law
• Legal Economics
• General Practice
Committee Memberships:
• Malpractice Prevention Committee (Legal Economics Section) (1990-1991)
OAKLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, 1982-Present
Committee Memberships:
• Negligence Law (1991-Present)
• Employment Law (1988-Present; Chair 1989-1991)
• Lawyer Referral Service (1994-Present)
GRAND TRAVERSE BAR ASSOCIATION, 2004-Present
DETROIT METROPOLITAN BAR ASSOCIATION, 2000-2003
NATIONAL BOARD OF TRIAL ADVOCACY, 2002-Present
• Certification as Civil Trial Lawyer, September 2002
THE ASSOCIATION OF TRIAL LAWYERS OF AMERICA, 1982-Present
Section Memberships:
• Tort and Insurance Practice
• Product Liability
MICHIGAN TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, 1982-Present
Committee Memberships:
• Negligence Law
• Employment Law
• Consumer Law (Co-Chair 2005-2006)
MICHIGAN TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION - OAKLAND CHAPTER, 1995-Present
Offices:
• Vice President (1995-1996)
• Co-Chair Consumer Law Committee (2005-2006)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSUMER ADVOCATES (1999-Present)
• Consumer Hero Award 2002
AMERICAN INNS OF COURT - OAKLAND COUNTY CHAPTER
• Master (1999-2000)
• Barrister (1998)
WOODSIDE MEDICAL, INC., Citizen Advisory Board (1987)
ADR TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
SCAO APPROVED MEDIATOR TRAINING (ICLE, April 2001)
FACILITATIVE MEDIATION TRAINING (Oakland County Bar Association and
American Arbitration Association, May 1999)
CASE EVALUATOR, Wayne County (2000-Present)
CASE EVALUATOR, Oakland County (1990-Present)
FACILITATOR, OAKLAND COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT FACILITATION PROJECT (1999-Present)
NORTH CAROLINA BAR CENTER, Private Adjudication Center
• Dalkon Shield Arbitrator Panel (1995-Present)
PUBLICATIONS
• Author, Lemon Law 101: Putting the Squeeze on Road Lemons, 19 Mich Def Trial Counsel 4 (October 2002)
• Author, Causes of Action Form Book (ICLE, 1996, Breach of Warranty Cases)
• Author, Torts, Michigan Law and Practice, Civil Rights Cases (ICLE, 1995-2000)
• Contributing Author, Consumer Law Pleadings (NCLC 1999-present)
• Contributing Author, Automobile Fraud Manual (NCLC 1999-present)
• Author, Practice Guide to New Car Warranty Cases, 78 Mich B J 288 (1999)
• Author, Lemon Law 101: An Overview (MTLA Oakland Newsletter Winter 1996)
• Co-Author, An Overview of Federal Age Discrimination Issues, 291 Laches (Oak Co Bar J) (April 1990)
• Author, Michigan Whistleblower’s Protection Act: Job Protection for Citizen Crime Fighters, 5 MI Corp Fin B L J 43 (Summer 1981)
• Co-Author, Tort Liability of Successor Corporations, 5 MI Corp Fin B L J 1 (Spring 1981)
• Co-Author, Comment, Toussaint v Blue Cross, 4 MI Corp Fin B L J 135 (Fall 1980)
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
• National Consumer Law Center and National Association of Consumer Advocates, Annual Consumer Law Seminar, Auto Fraud Litigation and Practice Tips, Minneapolis, Minnesota (October 2005)
• ICLE, Annual Solo & Small Firm Practice Institute, Why Your Clients Need Consumer and Lemon Law Protection – and How That Helps Your Practice, Dearborn, Michigan (October 20, 2005)
• WDIV-TV 4, Due Process Show, Auto Fraud Claims (September 2005) (Due Process Tape available from Oakland County Bar Association)
• MTLA, Rapid Fire Seminar, How to Utilize the Shaken Faith Doctrine in Lemon Law Cases (May 13, 2005)
• ICLE, Course Designer, Moderator-Speaker, Consumer Law and Practice: What You Need to Know (seminar title); Handling Lemon Law, UCC and Magnuson-Moss Issues (course title) (May 3, 2005)
• Radio WPON 1460, Consumer Connection, Lemon Law (April 14, 2004)
• WDIV-TV 4, Due Process Show, Lemon Law (November 25, 2003) (Due Process Tape No. 384, available from Oakland County Bar Association)
• Radio WCHB, Smith & Golding’s Ask the Lawyer Show, Lemon Law (November 7, 2003)
• Oakland County Bar Association, Navigating the Law Series for Senior Citizens -Car Buyers’ Rights, Tips & Remedies (October 2003)
• National Association of Consumer Advocates, 2003 Auto Fraud Conference, Explaining the Deal Documents; Discovery Strategy; Damages; Trial Tips, Cleveland, Ohio (April 25-27, 2003)
• Michigan Council of Private Investigators, Investigation & Security Conference, Fair Credit Reporting Act (February 2003)
• MTLA, 13th Annual Seminar in the Snow, Litigation Strategies for Lemon Law and Related Consumer Claims (February 2003)
• Oakland County Bar Association, Navigating the Law Series for Senior Citizens - Consumer Rights (September 2002)
• ATLA, Annual Convention, Montreal, Canada, Litigating Lemons for a Living (July 2001)
• National Consumer Law Center and National Association of Consumer Advocates, Annual Consumer Law Seminar, Evaluating Lemon Cases; Using Demonstrative Evidence at Trial in Lemon Cases, Colorado (October 2000)
• MTLA Rapid Fire Seminar, Litigating Lemons for a Living (April 2000)
• National Consumer Law Center and National Association of Consumer Advocates, Annual Consumer Law Seminar, Litigating Lemons for a Living, Washington, D.C. (November 1999)
• ICLE, Course Designer, Moderator-Speaker, Winning Consumer Law Cases & Attorney Fees Too (June 1997)
• Radio WXYT 1270 AM, Rick Bloom’s “Your Money,” Live interview from North American Auto Show on Lemon Law (January 1997)
• Guest Speaker, Michigan Lemon Law and Consumer Rights, Society of Engineers Wives (March 1996)
• ICLE Speaker, Closed Head Injury Cases in Michigan (January 1996)
• Radio WMUZ 103.5 FM, “Ask the Lawyer,” Special Edition on Lemon Law (May 1995)
• Oakland County Bar Association (People’s Law School), Automobile Lemon Law (March 1994)
• Oakland County Bar Association, No Fault 101 - Handling Automobile Negligence Claims (February 1994)
• ICLE Speaker, Closed Head Injury and Third-Party Litigation (January 1994)
• ICLE, Course Designer, Moderator-Speaker, Consumer Litigation: Automobile and Other Product Warranty Cases (June 1993)
• ICLE Speaker, No-Fault Update: Uninsured Motorist, Underinsured Motorist, Arbitration, Stacking of Multiple Uninsured or Underinsured Motorist Policies, the Status of the Law & Recent Developments (July 1992)
• Oakland County Bar Association, Speaker, Employment Law (May 1992)
• ICLE Speaker, Advising the Business on Michigan and Federal Consumer Litigation (February 1992)
• ICLE Moderator, UCC Law and Practice (April 1990)
• ICLE Speaker, Michigan Consumer Law and Practice: How to Handle Your Consumer Case (July 1989)
• Washtenaw County Bar Association, Speaker, Handling Automobile Warranty Cases (February 1987 and February 1989)
• Washtenaw County Bar Association, Speaker, Recent Law and Practice in Wrongful Termination of Employment Cases (June 1984)
REPRESENTATIVE CASES:
• LaVene v Winnebago, ___ Mich App ___, 2005 WL 1224748 (2005) (for publication) (trial and appellate counsel; affirmed award of costs and attorney fees, including costs not authorized by RJA on grounds that Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act fee provisions preempt state law).
• Pifer v DaimlerChrysler, et al, Michigan Court of Appeals Docket No. 239638, unpub’d, 2003 WL 22850124 (Mich App, December 2, 2003) (trial and appellate counsel; affirmed “shaken faith” in vehicle as basis for revocation under UCC; standards for revocation under UCC §2-608 and UCC §2A-517 are identical).
• Jordan v Transnational Motors, 212 Mich App 194 (1995) (trial and appellate counsel; trial court’s failure to consider remedial nature of Michigan Consumer Protection Act and Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act in awarding statutory attorney fees reversed as an abuse of discretion).
• Ayer v Ford, 200 Mich App 337 (1993) (trial and appellate counsel; Michigan Lemon Law; summary disposition in favor of plaintiff on prima facie case).
• Jenkins v Red Cross, 141 Mich App 785 (1985) (appellate counsel; Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights case involving constructive discharge, supervisor liability and attorney fee issues).
• Halstead v General Motors Corporation, US District Court No. 82-CV-8621 (lead counsel; class action under Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act and Uniform Commercial Code; successfully settled on behalf of approximately 180 named plaintiffs).
• Lavene v Winnebago, 266 Mich App 470 (2005) (trial and appellate counsel; substantial attorney fee award under Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act upheld on appeal).