James Dick Email & Phone Number

Warren, Michigan, United States

• General law practice with focus areas in immigration law, business, and criminal defense.• Business matters to include formations, service contracts, employment contracts, severance agreements, asset/share sales, mergers, and commercial collections.• Immigration matters to include family-based immigration, humanitarian reinstatement, employment-based visas and immigration. • Criminal defense matters to include misdemeanors and felonies.• Landlord/Tenant evictions and recovery of possession of property.• Real estate to include leases, deeds, and zoning matters. • Pro-bono clinic volunteer for driver’s license restoration.• Indigent Defense Appointed Council.

Roseville, Michigan

• Property acquisition and leasing• Scheduling and authorizing of maintenance and repairs

Roseville, Michigan

• Franchise Compliance• Operations and Personnel Management • Accounting and budgeting • Marketing and Public Relations• Sales • Fitness training• Nutritional advice

Roseville, Michigan

• Franchise Compliance• Operations and Personnel Management • Accounting and budgeting • Marketing and Public Relations• Sales • Fitness training• Nutritional advice

Toledo, Ohio Metropolitan Area

• Advised clients on landlord/ tenant issues, trust and estate issues, and obtaining birth certificates where no record of birth exists.

• Drafting pleadings, memorandums and motions.• Research and writing of internal recommendation memorandums for the Chief of Tax Collections, senior attorneys and general counsel.• Proofreading and editing of documents for senior attorneys and general counsel.• Research and writing in areas of tax assessments and collections, municipal defense and immunity, limitations on damages for municipal liability, due process requirements and limitations of government seizure and destruction of property, constitutional limitations on statutory control of signage, reasonable accommodations in government employment, zoning and land use.

Toledo, Ohio

• Research and writing in areas of immigration, trusts and estates, non-profit corporation formation, and small claims.• Advised a legal permanent resident on how to obtain US citizenship; updated wills; wrote trust agreement in conjunction with a will; advised a widow on settling late spouse’s estate.• Participated in weekly discussions about current clinic cases, learning and offering thoughts and opinions.

Toledo, Ohio

• Drafted pleadings, memorandums and motions.• Researched and wrote internal recommendation memorandums for the Chief of Tax Collections, senior attorneys and general counsel.• Proofreading and editing of documents for senior attorneys and general counsel.• Research and writing in areas of tax assessments and collections, municipal defense and immunity, limitations on damages for municipal liability, due process requirements and limitations of government seizure and destruction of property, constitutional limitations on statutory control of signage, reasonable accommodations in government employment, zoning and land use.• Wrote a persuasive memorandum to compel a judge to issue bench warrants to uphold judgment creditors’ legal rights of collection.

• Prepared case files and documents for review by attorneys• Prepared files for court and refiled once returned • Answered phone calls and took messages• Processed incoming and outgoing mail and packages

• Revised unit doctrine for in-port and underway operations to include sections in Anti-Terrorism Force Protection, Reaction Force, weapons and ammunition maintenance and accountability, and watch stations. • Managed Gunnery department operations to enhance the ship’s readiness.• Compiled and presented course of action at a Naval Ammunition Conference to complete an ammunition offload and an onload evolution involving more than 200 personnel handling ammunition valued at more than nine million dollars.• Scheduled and performed maintenance of weapon systems.• Tracked ammunition and maintenance using onboard automated management systems.• Member of units’ Law Enforcement Qualification Board.• Trained crew in maritime law enforcement policies, procedures, laws and regulations, as well as tactics and firearms employability.• Managed subordinate personnel: tracked and implemented training and qualification programs; conducted evaluations; wrote reports and recommendations for advancements and demotions.• Conducted investigations and reported verified claims of citizenship, vessel state, and inspected documentation and contents of commercial fishing vessels.

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: • University of Toledo College of Law Phi Alpha Delta: Treasurer, 2019-2020 Phi Alpha Delta: Vice Justice.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Delta, Pre-Law: President, August 2014 to May 2015; Society of Scholars, January 2014 to May 2015.