Incorporated Society of Irish-American Lawyers: Immigration & History Discussion

Thursday, January 25, 2018
06:00 PM
Location: The Gaelic League, Detroit

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A DISCUSSION WITH INSTRUCTOR BOB SULLIVAN, JR. REGARDING DETROIT IRISH IMMIGRATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY

WHEN:  January 25, 2018
WHERE:  The Gaelic League
2068 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, MI
Starting at 6:00 p.m.

Please RSVP to cballew@fbmjlaw.com if you plan to attend.

Since 1984, Robert E. Sullivan, Jr. has been a litigator in state and federal courtrooms throughout Michigan, and has specialized in the areas of professional liability defense, construction, real estate, municipal liability, zoning and city planning, premises liability, product liability, environmental, automobile negligence and no-fault, worker’s compensation and other areas.

He currently serves as General Counsel and Director of Career Development at the International Institute of Metropolitan Detroit. For 23 years, he was employed by the law firm of Sullivan, Sullivan, Ranger & Ward. He has been a guest lecturer at the University of Michigan College of Architecture and Urban Planning and at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School. He has also served as an adjunct professor at Macomb Community College. For several years, Mr. Sullivan has served as a court appointed mediator and case evaluator for the Wayne County Circuit Court (Third Judicial Circuit). He also serves on a committee of the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association that interviews and rates candidates for judicial office.

Mr. Sullivan also has an extensive interest and background in the field of city planning, which he developed as a sixth-generation and native resident of the City of Detroit. In addition to obtaining a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan, Mr. Sullivan worked as a planner in the Planning Department of Johnson, Johnson & Roy, in Ann Arbor, at a time when it was a subsidiary of the architectural firm of Smith, Hinchman & Grylls. He then worked as a transportation planner in the Planning Department of the Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority (SEMTA).

Mr. Sullivan also has a deep interest in the history of The City of Detroit. He has been actively involved with the Detroit Historical Society, where he participated on a committee that authored publications to commemorate Detroit’s 300th birthday, in 2001. He similarly served as a member of the History Advisors’ Committee of the Detroit Tricentennial Commission (Detroit 300).

** **Cocktails and light food will be provided**

 



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