Michelle L. Richards

  • Of Counsel
  • Livonia, Michigan Office

Michelle L. Richards is an Of Counsel attorney in our Livonia office. She has 30 years of experience in civil litigation, with special emphasis on appellate practice, on behalf of municipalities, insurance companies, and corporate entities. Further, she has significant transactional and corporate practice experience.

Overview

Michelle L. Richards is an Of Counsel attorney in our Livonia office. She has 30 years of experience in civil litigation, with special emphasis on appellate practice, on behalf of municipalities, insurance companies, and corporate entities. Further, she has significant transactional and corporate practice experience. She focuses her practice on writing briefs for submission to all levels of state and federal courts, arguing cases in both the state and federal courts of appeals, and performing research for all areas of law handled by the Firm.

Prior to joining CMDA, Ms. Richards worked for a national telecommunication company as the Director of Regulatory Affairs for the Midwest Division. This position involved the handling of regulatory and corporate transactional matters, as well litigation management for franchise areas in ten different states.

She is currently a tenured law professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law where she is principally responsible for teaching Civil Procedure, Torts, Public Health Law, and Applied Legal Theory and Analysis. She developed a course in the law school’s law firm program called Pre-Trial Litigation Skills, in which students explore basic litigation skills in a problem-based context and has worked with her colleagues to develop an innovative Advanced Appellate Advocacy course.

Practice Groups

Education

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, J.D.
Michigan State University, College of Social Science, B.A.

Memberships and Associations

American Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan
State Bar of Michigan- Young Lawyers Section, Former Executive Board Member
Orientation Committee Chair, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
Moot Court Faculty Committee Former Chair, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

Published Articles

Jurisdiction and Court Admissions

Michigan State Courts
United State District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Sixth Circuit United States Court of Appeals

Practice Groups

Education

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, J.D.
Michigan State University, College of Social Science, B.A.