Criminal Law

• Fraud
  Our firm is fully capable of representing clients in both simple and complex litigation. The firm has extensive experience representing its retirement system and retiree health care clients in all areas of litigation including without limitation: FOIA disputes, benefit claims, securities fraud litigation, and class action litigation, in both state and federal trial and appellate courts. The firm has represented clients who are parties to lawsuits both as plaintiffs and defendants, and is able to effectively represent the Board of Trustees and the VEBA in either situation.
• Manslaughter
  The Retirement Board denied a surviving spouse’s application for survivorship benefits under Michigan’s slayer statute. The surviving spouse had been convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of her husband. The Court upheld the Retirement Board’s decision because voluntary manslaughter is an intentional killing under Michigan law and is sufficient to invoke application of Michigan’s slayer statute and the federal common law slayer’s rule.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
• Business Transactions
  Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law; Writing Fellow; CALI award recipient for receiving the highest grade in Legal Research & Writing and Intellectual Business Transactions; Participated in the Metropolitan Externship Program; clerked for the Honorable Joseph Costello.
• Limited Liability Companies
  (c) May form limited partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, trusts or other organizational entities under the laws of the United States or of any state, district, or territory of the United States to hold title to, improve, lease, manage, develop, maintain, or operate real or personal property.
• Intellectual Property

Property Law

• Real Estate Transactions
• Condominium Law

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
  (a) Invest in, buy, sell, hold, improve, lease, or acquire by foreclosure or an agreement in lieu of foreclosure, real or personal property or an interest in real or personal property.
• Tax Law
  Thomas Michaud, as a partner with the law firm of VanOverbeke, Michaud & Timmony, P.C., specializes in public employee benefits law. As legal counsel to numerous public employee retirement systems and retiree health care plans, Tom provides legal representation in areas of public pension, health care, domestic relations, trust and tax law. Tom also represents the Michigan Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (MAPERS).