Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  The elimination of this enormous verdict owes to Mr. Jacobs′ active participation in the early stages of this trial, beginning with jury selection where the error that ultimately compelled a reversal in the Michigan Supreme Court was committed. Mr. Jacobs worked hand in hand with the trial attorney to preserve the issue that ultimately carried the day in the Supreme Court of Michigan, which held that plaintiff′s counsel and the trial court committed a constitutional error by using race as a criteria during the jury selection process. The benefit of Mr. Jacobs′ early involvement in this case is further reflected in his fleshing out of the error during post-trial motions where the trial court made a number of inflammatory statements on the record, which were used to help convince the Supreme Court to reverse the $20 million judgment. See Pellegrino v Ampco Sys Parking, 486 Mich 330; 785 NW2d 45 (2010).

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  In mid-2021, Tammy joined the appellate department of a large insurance defense law firm, choosing to maintain a hybrid practice that would allow her to continue litigating cases at the trial court level. As an appellate attorney, Tammy briefed and argued complex cases involving issues of statutory interpretation and legislative history, healthcare law, licensure and regulations, workers compensation, premises liability, no-fault, and negligence law.
• Wrongful Termination
  During his professional career, Mr. Conn has handled several large value, complex insurance coverage matters. Mr. Conn`s clients also rely on him to assist in contract interpretation matters involving multi-million dollar commercial and construction litigation. He also has experience in class action litigation, section 1983 cases, wrongful death litigation, and wrongful termination, hostile work environment and discrimination cases, among many others. In addition to serving as first and second chair at numerous trials, Mr. Conn has extensive experience arguing in the Court of Appeals and has also argued before the Michigan Supreme Court.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Samantha M. McLeod is an associate attorney with Jacobs and Diemer. Her practice focuses on civil appellate litigation at the state and federal level. Prior to joining Jacobs and Diemer, Ms. McLeod litigated complex construction and real estate matters and counseled clients on transactional matters in the areas of real estate, construction and other general business issues.
• Premises Liability
  Tammy has litigated a wide variety of complex cases in the areas of no-fault, negligence, professional liability, wrongful death, construction, employment, civil rights, municipal, tax and franchises, admiralty, commercial, and premises liability law. Tammy, a native Spanish speaker, has been able to use her bilingual skills when corporate clients from Puerto Rico have needed contract interpretation and legal opinions, as well as when Spanish-speaking individual defendants need translation and guidance throughout court proceedings.
• Construction Litigation

Health Law

• Personal Injury
• Medical Malpractice
  After being admitted to practice law in the fall of 2017, Tammy joined a private plaintiff’s law firm as an associate attorney, where she assisted the firm’s partners with legal and mediation briefing, client relations, research, and oral advocacy in out-of-court, litigation, and appellate medical malpractice, products liability, and negligence cases. After a year, Tammy returned to the defense side.