April 2015
Juip’s Presentation Dazzles Audiences at the SCAJ Annual Convention
Foley, Baron, Metzger & Juip Partner Randall Juip dazzled crowds with his presentation, A Presentation on Presentations, or How to Avoid Death by PowerPoint at the South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ) Annual Convention in Hilton Head, South Carolina on August 7, 2014. Randy’s master class was designed to benefit... READ MORE
July 2014
Richard Baron Presents at IADC Annual Meeting in Vienna Austria
FBMJ attorney, Richard Baron, was a speaker at this year’s International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) annual meeting on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 in Vienna, Austria. The IADC is an elite organization of approximately 2,500 international defense attorneys representing business entities across the world. During this collaborative presentation, Fracking: Litigation... READ MORE
March 2014
FBMJ’s Richard Baron Reports Good News to the City of Marquette
Attorney Richard Baron reported good news to the Marquette City Commissioners at their regular meeting on March 31, 2014 regarding contamination levels at the former Cliffs Dow site. The 46-acre site, located on the shores of Lake Superior, was used for industrial purposes and contained environmental contamination prior to the... READ MORE
January 2013
New Firm Announced
Foley, Baron & Metzger, PLLC and The Juip Richtarcik Law Firm announced the combination of their practices to form Foley, Baron, Metzger & Juip, PLLC (FBMJ) effective January 1, 2013. The new full-service law firm based in Livonia, Michigan, will have 18 attorneys servicing clients in a broad range of... READ MORE
September 2010
FBM Sets New Precedent in Sixth Circuit on Governmental Contractor Liability
Foley, Baron & Metzger recently set new precedent in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on an issue involving federal jurisdiction based on the governmental contractor defense. FBM represented an environmental remediation contractor, hired by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), to remediate mold contamination in the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County... READ MORE
August 2010
FBM Environmental Attorney Assists City of Marquette, MI with Property Investigation
Marquette city officials have retained FBM attorney, Richard Baron, to assist them with a request from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment (“MDNRE”) to better determine the source and extent of contamination that exists on a prime Lake Superior shoreline location, formerly an industrial site, now owned by the... READ MORE
July 2010
Saulius Polteraitis and Joseph McGill Elected to CLS Leadership Positions
FBM attorney, Saulius Polteraitis was elected to serve a one-year term as Vice-President of the Catholic Lawyers Society (CLS) at the May, 2010 meeting of their Board of Directors. Also at this meeting, the organization’s President, FBM attorney Joseph McGill, concluded his term as President and was elevated to Emeritus Director status. This designation is... READ MORE
May 2010
Complete Dismissal of Environmental Claims against Product Manufacturer Obtained
Claims for environmental contamination against product manufacturers have become increasingly popular and are costly to defend. Foley, Baron & Metzger attorneys Richard S. Baron and Brian Phinney recently obtained a complete dismissal of claims against a product manufacturer by a corporate landowner seeking damages for environmental remediation costs. The landowner... READ MORE
April 2010
FBM Environmental Attorney Richard Baron Shares Experiences with Local TV Anchor
Airplanes and birds have been tangling for years. In fact, recently released data from the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) and reported by the Associated Press (AP) show airplane collisions with birds have more than doubled at 13 major U.S. airports since 2000. But it wasn’t until US Air Flight 1549... READ MORE
March 2010
Joseph McGill Publishes Article: Medicare Set-Asides – Response to “Emergency Bulletin”
FBM attorney Joseph McGill has recently authored an article titled Medicare Set-Asides – Response to “Emergency Bulletin”, published in the Michigan Defense Quarterly, (Volume 26, No. 3 January, 2010). The article is in response to an “Emergency Bulletin” issued in the name of the Negligence Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan,... READ MORE