Karl A. Weber

Karl A. Weber is the managing partner of the firm’s Northern Michigan office, located in Marquette, Michigan.

Mr. Weber is a trial lawyer practicing in Plunkett Cooney’s Commercial and Governmental Litigation Practices. He is also a member of the firm’s Construction, Product Liability and Environmental practice groups. Mr. Weber’s practice includes all types of commercial and business litigation. It also extends into the areas of construction law, civil rights litigation (defense), environmental and complex commercial litigation. In addition, Mr. Weber has special expertise in Indian Law (tort and gaming).

Mr. Weber is admitted to practice in the states of Michigan and Minnesota, and he has tried numerous cases in both of these states, including the U.S. District Courts for Michigan and the District of Minnesota. He is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for Wisconsin. A 1986 graduate of the University of Michigan, Mr. Weber also received his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1990. 

Mr. Weber has served as the Chief Appellate Judge for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians since 2004.

Representative Client Work

• Successful defense of a midwestern construction company in a multi-million dollar claim against a public utility and global design-engineering firm
• Successful representation of the largest mining company in the Midwest in an environmental liability (contamination) case
• Defense of numerous municipalities and their police officers in civil rights violations
• Successful defense of a trucking company in connection with citizens class action, environmental case

Professional Affiliations

• Marquette County Bar Association
• State Bar of Michigan
• State Bar of Minnesota
• American Bar Association
• Michigan Defense Trial Counsel

Community Involvement

• Northern Michigan University (Board of Trustees; Gubernatorial appointment, 2001-present; Chair and member of Executive Committee, 2003-present)
• Range Financial Corporation (Director, 2001 - present)
• Range Bank (Director, 2001 - present)
• Marquette Community Foundation
• Chief Appellate Judge, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians

 Publications and Lectures

• Contributing Editor, Upper Peninsula Business Today (1997-present)
• Continuing Legal Education presentations on various issues relating to banking and bankruptcy law, including: “Representing the Secured Creditor in Chapter 11 Proceedings” and “Litigating Preference Actions and the Defense of ‘New Value’”