Attorney Profile

JAMES L. MAZRUM

Partner

JLMazrum@gillardlaw.com

Phone (989) 356-3444

Fax (989) 354-2821

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Law School:

J.D., 1971
DePaul University

Graduate Schooling:

M.B.A., 1965
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Undergraduate Schooling:

B.A., Personnel Administration, cum laude, 1964
Michigan State University

Graduated Notre Dame High School (Harper Woods, MI), 1960

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Gillard, Bauer, Mazrum, Florip, Smigelski & Gulden
Partner, 1974-Present

Alpena County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
1973-1975

Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Positions in Labor Relations and Human Resources
1965-1967, 1969-1973

United States Army
Adjutant General Corps
1967-1969

PRACTICE AREAS

Wills & Estate Planning; Business Law; Real Estate; Labor & Employment; Corporations; Contracts

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated

Member, State Bar of Michigan
Sections on: Corporations; Finance & Business; Probate & Estate Planning; Labor Law
Delegate to the Representative Assembly, 1984-1987

Member, 26th Circuit Bar Association (Alpena & Montmorency Counties)
President, 1983-1984

Admitted to Practice:

Michigan state courts

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

PUBLISHED CASES

Donaldson v. Alcona County Bd. of County Road Comm’rs, 219 Mich. App. 718, 558 N.W.2d 232 (1996).

United States for the Use and Benefit of Int’l Bhd. of Elec. Workers Local Union 692 v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co., 809 F.Supp. 523 (E.D. Mich. 1992).

Alpena Power Co. v. Util. Workers Union of Am. Local 286, 674 F.Supp. 1286 (E.D. Mich. 1987).

In re Estate of Fitzpatrick, 159 Mich. App. 120, 406 N.W.2d 483 (1987).

Presque Isle Harbor Water Co. v. Presque Isle Twp., 130 Mich. App. 182, 344 N.W.2d 285 (1983).

Light v. Schmidt, 84 Mich. App. 51, 269 N.W.2d 304 (1978).

CIVIC, COMMUNITY, AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Alpena Regional Medical Center
Board of Trustees, 1982-Present
Chairman, 2000-Present

Alpena Country Club
Board of Directors, 1991-1997
President, 1992-1997

Past General Chairman of Alpena United Way

Member, White Birch Hunting Camp

HOBBIES

Golf, reading