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Phone: (313) 496-1200

Address: 535 Griswold St, Detroit, MI 48226

Website: https://berrymoorman.com/contact

Foy, David, ATY

Family Law

Divorce
Mr. Schrot is also a trained professional in collaborative divorce practice and is able to explain your different options for divorce. He is a member of the Collaborative Practice Institute of Michigan, as well as the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.
Adoption
With over 40 years of experience, John J. Schrot, Jr.’s legal career has predominantly focused on family law and other complex civil litigation matters. He also has extensive experience in contract negotiations, commercial transactions/litigation, employment law, real estate, insurance, construction, securities, corporate law, arbitration, and other intricate personal and contractual relationships. He is known for handling complex or high-stakes divorce, and for keeping clients’ cases private. He helps families achieve amicable divorces while ensuring clients receive their fair share and/or protection of their children. With experience in all areas of family and domestic relations law, Mr. Schrot skillfully guides his clients through the legal process, always mindful of the fact that he is dealing with emotional and stressful situations. His broad range of services includes divorce, complex property settlement, business valuation issues; child and spousal support matters; prenuptial and postnuptial agreements; annulment and separation matters; custody, parenting time and grand parenting time issues; guardianships; step parent adoption; change of domicile, personal protection orders; Friend of the Court matters; enforcement and post judgment issues. When disputes end up in the courtroom, Mr. Schrot is also a seasoned litigator.
Premarital Agreement
Harvey B. Wallace II focuses his practice in the areas of estate planning, business corporations (including compensation, employee benefits, and business succession planning), and charitable organizations. His estate planning practice includes the preparation and funding of flexible lifetime and post death trusts for asset management and disposition, creditor protection, and tax minimization. His practice also includes the design and preparation of premarital agreements, family partnerships, and charitable remainder trusts. He has formed, merged, and terminated charitable foundations, both private foundations and section 509(a)(3) supporting organizations, and gives administrative guidance to such organizations.
Guardianship
Spousal Support
John Schrot outlined the constantly evolving questions about traditional judicial approaches to abuse and addiction in divorce. Some topics for discussion were how substance abuse is used as a basis for how a parent’s use of substances impact custody/parenting time determinations, and implications for property settlement and spousal support.
Annulment

Criminal Law

Restraining Order
Temporary Restraining Order/Breach of Non-Compete/Tortious Interference – automobile supply chain dispute. In this automobile manufacturing supply chain dispute, plaintiff sought a temporary restraining order to prevent our client, a Chinese manufacturer, from selling cylinder liners directly to plaintiff’s customer instead of selling them through plaintiff pursuant to a pre-existing contractual arrangement. Our client’s position was that the prior contract no longer applied due to plaintiff’s prior material breach. The federal district court in Milwaukee agreed with us that a temporary restraining order was not warranted and stayed the proceeding pending arbitration in Singapore pursuant to Chinese law as required by the contract.

Business and Corporate Law

Corporate Law
Anthony McHugh is a seasoned attorney at Berry Moorman, P.C., where he focuses on Business and Corporate Law, Civil Litigation, and Municipal Law. With a robust background in litigation, Mr. McHugh has successfully handled numerous jury trials in various jurisdictions, managing complex disputes with expertise and precision.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Among other mergers and acquisitions, Mr. Foy represented a global automotive market forecasting company in the sale of its stock for $27 million to a publicly-traded company, which is a leading global source of critical information and insight. Mr. Foy also represented a publicly-traded global energy company with its $20 million acquisition of a Michigan company.
Business Formation
The Law Firm of Berry Moorman P.C. provides legal representation and services in matters ranging from estate and succession planning, to labor and employment, tax, business formation and growth, mergers and acquisitions, financing and contractual transactions, family law, litigation, international law, and immigration.
Business Disputes
Prior to joining Berry Moorman, Mr. DiMercurio served as an intern for the Macomb County Corporation Counsel. Then, Mr. DiMercurio worked as a law clerk for a business law firm in Troy, focusing his practice areas on Litigation, Business, and Real Estate.
Business Transactions
Our professional staff has diverse experience in matters ranging from the most complex personal and business transactions to routine legal matters. With depth of legal talent, Berry Moorman tackles any legal matter or risk affecting businesses and individuals today.
Limited Liability Companies
We represent every form of business entity, including profit and nonprofit corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, professional firms and sole proprietorships, in Michigan, throughout the United States and in foreign countries.
Trade Secrets
Intellectual Property
Unfair Competition
St Clair Medical PC v Borgiel, the Michigan Court of Appeals held that in a medical practice, a noncompete can protect against unfair competition by preventing the loss of patients to departing physicians, protecting an employer’s investment in specialized training of a physician, or protecting an employer’s confidential business information or patient lists. See Case Illustration below.
Antitrust

Employment Law

Wrongful Termination
David Foy has 30 years of experience representing private, nonprofit and municipal employers in all areas of employment law. He has successfully defended employers against claims asserting breach of contract, wrongful discharge, discrimination, harassment and retaliation, wage and hour and whistleblower violations. Mr. Foy represents employers before federal and state courts and administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Michigan Department of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Labor, Michigan Wage and Hour Division, National Labor Relations Board and Michigan Employment Relations Commission. He also represents employers in matters involving enforcement or defense of non-competition/non-solicitation agreements and misappropriation of trade secrets.
Employment Discrimination
Plaintiff who was terminated after returning from a pregnancy leave asserted sex discrimination/pregnancy discrimination and retaliation claims against defendant. Plaintiff sought to impose personal liability on the CEO of the employer under Michigan’s Civil Rights Act. Ms. Laughren defended the CEO and the trial court dismissed plaintiff’s claims finding that she had been terminated for legitimate business reasons. After oral argument by Ms. Laughren in the Court of Appeals, the employee’s allegations of sex and pregnancy discrimination were completely rejected and the Company received costs against her.
Employment Contract
In labor matters, Mr. Foy represents private and public sector employers in collective bargaining negotiations, arbitration, grievance resolution and defending unfair labor practices. Mr. Foy assists clients with drafting employment agreements, employee handbooks, policies and procedures and confidentiality and non-competition/non-solicitation agreements. He also assists clients with protecting intellectual property and counsels clients regarding best employment practices, litigation avoidance, family and medical leave, reductions in force, and the classification of employees who are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime and minimum wage provisions. Mr. Foy helps clients employ strategies to prevent and defend FLSA claims, including FLSA collective actions and Department of Labor audits regarding employers’ alleged failure to pay overtime or the minimum wage. Mr. Foy successfully defeated efforts to certify a FLSA collective action class of several hundred workers.Mr. Foy has represented municipalities in all aspects of employment and municipal law and made presentations to County Treasurers, Clerks and Registers of Deeds. He is a contributing author of the Michigan Nonprofit Management Manual, 5th edition.
Employment Litigation
Super Lawyers also acknowledges outstanding young lawyers under the age of 40 or who have been in practice for 10 years or less through its “Rising Stars” category. Berry Moorman P.C. is equally proud of attorney Sandro DiMercurio who has been named as a Rising Star in Employment Litigation – Defense.
Non-compete Agreement
Under Michigan law, noncompete agreements are enforceable if the agreement protects an employer’s reasonable competitive business interests. Nearly 20 years ago, in
Severance Agreement

Property Law

Real Estate Litigation
Mr. DiMercurio also provides litigation and transactional support to clients on a variety of complex issues, including real estate matters, general commercial and contract disputes, and Uniform Commercial Code issues. Mr. DiMercurio has assisted his clients with property acquisition, residential development, and property tax assessment appeals to the Michigan Tax Tribunal. Mr. DiMercurio has lectured and assisted in preparing for seminars to businesses and professional groups on emerging employment law issues, including the American Society of Employers and the Michigan Assisted Living Association.
Real Estate Transactions
Mr. Straetmans regularly handles business and real estate transactions. He also serves as outside general counsel for several companies providing his clients with guidance on contracts, insurance claims and coverage, corporate organization and entity governance.
Land Use and Zoning
3. Land Use and Zoning Disputes: Representing municipalities in disputes related to land use regulations, zoning codes, and property rights.

Immigration Law

Family Immigration
Additionally, Mr. Edelstein represents Eastern European and other international companies entering the U.S. market, advising them on corporate structure, regulatory compliance, and commercial operations. His immigration practice focuses on both corporate and individual clients, assisting with employment-based immigration matters for businesses, as well as family-based immigration for individuals, helping clients secure both temporary and permanent residency in the U.S.
Employment Immigration

Health Law

Personal Injury
To drive legally in Michigan, state law requires the purchase of no-fault automobile insurance. This includes Personal Injury Protection benefits, often referred to as “PIP.” In general, this includes medical bills, medical mileage, attendant care, work loss, and...

Trusts and Estates

Estate Planning
Berry Moorman P.C. offers a wide range of legal services, including U.S. and International law, employment law, estate planning, real estate, immigration, and family law. With a team of experienced attorneys who are experts in their respective fields, clients can trust that they are in capable hands. Whether it’s a complex business transaction or a sensitive family matter, Berry Moorman’s lawyers bring a depth of knowledge and dedication that sets them apart.
Wills
Mr. Carney is a frequent public speaker and has lectured for the University of Michigan’s Institute of Continuing Legal Education. He spoke to the ICLE 1992 Advanced Estate Planning Institute on the topic “Pre and Post Mortem Steps To Protect Clients’ Estate Plans Against Will and Trust Contests.” On February 23, 1995, Mr. Carney presented “Testamentary Capacity – The Legal Test” at the Macomb County Bar Association’s Probate Seminar. On February 26, 1999, he spoke to the Macomb County Probate Bar Association and The Financial and Estate Planning Council of Macomb on “Fiduciary Liability.”Mr. Carney then presented “Fiduciary Liability” to the Oakland County Bar Association Probate, Estate and Trust Committee on April 26, 1999.
Trusts
A revocable living trust is a legal relationship where a trustee holds title to trust assets for the benefit of the trust beneficiary. The person who creates the trust and transfers his or her assets to it is called the grantor or settlor.
Power of Attorney
An effective estate plan usually includes a will, a trust, a durable general power of attorney, and a designation of patient advocate. It is well worth the time and effort to put an estate plan into place because the plan will enable you to achieve important...
Probate

Finance Law

Bankruptcy
Tax Law
From business and corporate law, estate and succession planning, family law, litigation, labor and employment to immigration, international law and tax law, our attorneys have the qualifications, reputation and commitment to provide the best legal representation available.

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