Attorney Profile

JAMES D. FLORIP

Partner

JDFlorip@gillardlaw.com

Phone (989) 356-3444

Fax (989) 354-2821

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Law School:

J.D., 1976
Wayne State University

Undergraduate Schooling:

B.B.A., with distinction, Beta Gamma Sigma, 1973
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

Graduated Rogers City High School (Rogers City, MI), 1969

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Gillard, Bauer, Mazrum, Florip, Smigelski & Gulden
Partner, 1983-Present
Associate Attorney, 1979-1983

Presque Isle County (Michigan) Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
1977-1979

26th Judicial Circuit Court
Law Clerk for Hon. Philip J. Glennie and Hon. Joseph P. Swallow
1975

U.S. Steel Great Lakes Fleet
Sailor
1970-1974

PRACTICE AREAS

Municipal Law; Public Utilities; Zoning, Planning, & Land Use; Labor & Employment; Environmental Law; Natural Resources; Real Estate; Probate, Wills & Estates; Elder Law

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated

Member, American Bar Association

Member, State Bar of Michigan
Sections on: General Practice; Labor Law; Public Corporations Law; Environmental Law

Member, 26th Circuit Bar Association (Alpena & Montmorency Counties)
President, 1987-1988

Admitted to Practice:

Michigan state courts

United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan

CIVIC, COMMUNITY, AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Alpena Area Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors, 1993-1999
President, 1998

Member, Knights of Columbus

Legal organizer of Habitat for Humanity Alpena Area

St. Mary Catholic Church
Past member, Parish Council
Lector

HOBBIES

Golf, hunting, biking and running, history