Attorney Profiles

Allen J. Kovinsky
Southfield, Michigan

Senior Shareholder
phone	(248) 746-4037
fax	(248) 936-2142
email	Email Me

Representation of cities, townships and school boards, including Madison Heights, Taylor, Melvindale, Sylvan Lake, Keego Harbor, Redford Township, Van Buren Township, Belleville, and Flat Rock Schools, 23rd, 34th and 43rd District Courts.

Representation of above named governmental entities; representation of unions including United Steelworkers of America, A.F.L.-C.I.O., Teamsters Local 214, Dearborn School Employees Independent Union, Brighton Bus Drivers, Michigan Independent Oil Workers Union, Carpenters Local 982, Oil chemical and Atomic Workers, U.A.W. Local 306 Dearborn office, Professional and Technical employees, and many other affiliated and non-affiliated local unions. Representation of local companies including Ewald Steel, Hale Steel, ATCO Steel, Production Tool and Supply Co., Wolverine Fabricators, Kosins Clothes, Inc., O'Brien's Clothing, Kappy's Clothing and Channel 20 WXON-TV, Country Home Bakery of Michigan and Glorious Gifts, Inc.

Areas of Practice:: Municipal

Litigation Percentage:: 25% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Michigan, 1962; U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1961; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1961; U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1961; U.S. Supreme Court, 1961

Education:: Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, 1961
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Arthur Lederle Scholarship
Law Review: Jr. Editor, Wayne State Law Review; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1958
B.B.A., Bachelor of Business Administration
Honors: Top 20 % of Class
Major: Business Administration

Professional Associations and Memberships:: State of Michigan Bar Association, 1961 - Present; Member; Oakland County Bar Association, 1974 - Present; Member; American Arbitration Association, 1980 - Present; Member; National Panel of Arbitrators, 1977 - Present; Member; National Panel of Negligence Arbitrators, 1977 - Present; Member; Oakland Circuit Panel of Mediators; Member; Oakland District Court Panel of Mediators; Member; Department of Civil Rights, 1982 - Present; Hearing Referee

Past Employment Positions:: Public Administrator, 1965 - 1970; Michigan State Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund, Assistant Attorney General for Defense, 1970 - 1980; Kasoff, Young, Gottesman, Kovinsky, Friedman & Walkon, P.C., Clerk, Associate nad Partner, March, 1959 - December, 1985

Fraternities/Sororities:: Tau Delta Phi

Attorneys of Sommers Schwartz, P.C., with offices in Southfield, Michigan, represent clients throughout Southeast Michigan and the Midwest United States, from communities in Michigan such as Detroit, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Troy, Rochester, Grosse Pointe, Sterling Heights, Warren, Taylor, Van Buren Township, Dearborn, Ann Arbor, Plymouth, Monroe, Jackson, Lansing, Grand Rapids, Flint, Kalamazoo and Saginaw; and clients and referring attorneys from other states such as Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Sommers Schwartz, P.C. lawyers represent plaintiffs, defendants, employees, management, small businesses, and corporations in individual lawsuits and class actions.

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