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MARTHA A. CHURCHILL
108 E. Main St..
Milan, Michigan 48160
(734) 439-4055. Fax: 439-4056.
martha@marthachurchill.com
Find out about my published articles and op-ed pieces by clicking on publications.
Feel free to read my biography.
Licensed to practice law in
Michigan continuously since November, 1979. Licensed to
practice law in Illinois in January, 1990. Licensed to practice
law in New Mexico in May, 1995. (The Illinois and New Mexico licenses
are no longer active.)
Also admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, and in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal in the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 10th
Circuits.
EMPLOYMENT
General Law Practice, December 1997 to present. Civil cases
including Social Security, divorce, bankruptcy, wills, trusts, probate, and real
estate closings, among other things.
Benentt Law Office, P.A., Roswell, New Mexico. March 1995 to November 1997. Social Security
Disability and SSI, civil cases, and divorce. Represented disabled students
seeking an
appropriate education in the public school system.
Mid-America Legal Foundation, Chicago, Illinois. October 1989 to
January
1995. President and General Counsel of non-profit foundation.
Prepared
Amicus briefs to various Federal Appeals Courts and to the U.S. Supreme
Court on issues related to products liability and environmental law.
Wrote editorials.
Law Office of John Humanic, Southfield, Michigan, from approximately
1986
to September 1989. In-house counsel for CNA Insurance Company.
Defended
personal injury cases in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.
Law Office of Beresh and Prokopp, Novi, Michigan, January 1980 to
approximately 1986. In-house counsel for Liberty Mutual Insurance
Company. Defended personal injury cases in the Detroit area,
including
jury trials and appellate work. Served as court-appointed
counsel for
indigent persons in civil commitment proceedings and in Probate Court.
Newspaper reporter and editor for various newspapers in Michigan, full
or
part time, before and after law school. Ann Arbor News, Ionia
Daily
Sentinel-Standard, Observer and Eccentric, Monroe Evening News.
EDUCATION
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. BA in 1973.
Majored in
journalism and anthropology.
Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan. JD in May 1979.
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