PaulKoczkur@LupoKoczkur.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\nPractice Areas: Complex Litigation<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”3.25″ background_color=”#252b3a” custom_padding=”80px|80px|0px|80px” custom_padding_tablet=”|5vw||5vw||true” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”Work Sans|600|||||||” text_line_height=”2em” header_font=”||||||||” header_3_font=”Raleway|700||on|||||” header_3_text_color=”#e9d9c1″ header_3_font_size=”12px” header_3_letter_spacing=”1.5px” header_3_line_height=”2em” header_4_font=”||||||||” background_layout=”dark” border_color_all=”#f3f1f2″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”Work Sans|600|||||||” text_line_height=”2em” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”Suranna|||on|||||” header_2_font_size=”3vw” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” header_3_font=”Raleway|700||on|||||” header_3_font_size=”12px” header_3_letter_spacing=”1.5px” header_3_line_height=”2em” header_4_font=”||||||||” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”||50px” header_2_font_size_tablet=”5vw” header_2_font_size_phone=”24px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” border_color_all=”#f3f1f2″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”Work Sans|600|||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”Suranna|||on|||||” header_2_font_size=”3vw” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” header_3_font=”Raleway|700||on|||||” header_3_font_size=”12px” header_3_letter_spacing=”1.5px” header_3_line_height=”2em” header_4_font=”||||||||” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”-100px||” header_2_font_size_tablet=”5vw” header_2_font_size_phone=”24px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” border_color_all=”#f3f1f2″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
EDUCATION<\/span>
Legal:<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Detroit College of Law<\/span>
Juris Doctor Cum Laude received February, 1979<\/span><\/h3>\nDetroit College of Law Review Associate Editor – published<\/span>
Detroit College of Law Moot Court – top ten oralist<\/span>
Graduated in top quartile of class<\/span><\/p>\nUndergraduate:<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0 Detroit Institute of Technology, Detroit, Michigan<\/span>
B.A. degree awarded August, 1976; English\/Communications<\/span>
Degree Summa Cum Laude<\/span><\/p>\nSt. Clair College, Windsor, Ontario, Canada<\/span>
Degree in Business Administration awarded May, 1973<\/span><\/p>\nEMPLOYMENT<\/span>
Lupo & Koczkur, P.C., Detroit, Michigan<\/b><\/span>
January, 1993 – Present. Senior partner in a law firm specializing in defense litigation. My practice is concentrated in complex, high exposure cases involving products liability, fire\u00a0&\u00a0property damage, premises liability, insurance issues, sports\u00a0&\u00a0equine law and financial\/transactional\/mortgage related issues.<\/span><\/p>\nHarvey, Kruse, Westen & Milan, P.C., Troy, Michigan<\/b>
November, 1979 – December, 1992. Partner since December, 1985. Practice was concentrated in the defense of major product liability, toxic tort\/environmental and premises liability litigation and construction accident litigation, as well as in declaratory actions relating to insurance coverage issues underlying these types of litigation.<\/span><\/p>\nMichigan Court of Appeals, Detroit, Michigan<\/b>
January, 1979 – November, 1979. Prehearing attorney and clerk to Judge Vincent Brennan. My duties included intensive research and writing in all areas of the law.<\/span><\/p>\nMichigan Tax Tribunal, Detroit, Michigan<\/b>\u00a0May, 1979 – January, 1979. Clerk to Administrative Judge William E. Koney. My duties included intensive research and writing in the area of ad valorem tax appeals in a trial court setting.<\/span><\/p>\nPROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS<\/span>
State Bar of Michigan since 1979<\/span>
State Bar of Ohio<\/span>
Detroit Bar Association<\/span>
Oakland County Bar Association Environmental Law Committee (1993- 1996)<\/span>
Midwest Environmental Claims Association (MECA)<\/span>
Midwest Environmental Trial Attorneys Association (METLA) (Secretary and Treasurer, 1994 & 1995)<\/span>
Defense Research Institute<\/span>
Wayne County Mediator<\/span><\/p>\nPAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS<\/span>
Co-Author: “Defending Natural Resources Damages Claims:<\/b>
Minimizing the Liability of Responsible Parties”, 281 University of Detroit Mercy Law Review, Vol. 70:281, 1993.<\/span><\/p>\nI presented my paper,<\/span>Damages to Natural Resources:<\/i><\/b>
Quantifying the Unknown,<\/i>\u00a0at the Law & Science Institute’s Environmental Law Seminar in Chicago, April, 1992.<\/span><\/p>\nI presented my paper,<\/span>The Private Environmental Litigant:<\/i><\/b>
Using Recent Statutes to Resolve Old Disputes,<\/i>\u00a0at the Law & Science Institute’s Environmental Law Seminar in New Orleans, April, 1991.<\/span><\/p>\nAuthor: “Francis v INS:<\/i><\/b>
A Lien on Discretionary Relief”, 893 Detroit College of Law Review, 1977.<\/span><\/p>\nTRIAL RECORD<\/span>
I have tried to a conclusion and won brain damage, quadriplegia and death cases in Wayne County Circuit Court and amputation cases in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, among many other successful trials.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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