Michael D. Weaver

Class Action Experience

• Successfully represented national restaurant chain in class action under the Fair Labor Standards Act involving a group of tip-credit employees from restaurants in southeast Michigan who sued because they were not paid during training and facility cleaning time
• Defeated certification of the class in a race discrimination case brought against a nursing home/long-term care facility located in southeast Michigan by a group of the facility’s certified nursing assistants. The remaining case was then tried to a no cause.

Trial Experience

Representative list of trials in the areas of employment liability, product liability, premises liability, automobile negligence and civil rights:

• Albright v WSD - Oakland County Circuit Court

• Dent v. Bernitsas - Wayne County Circuit Court

• K2 Retail Construction Services, Inc. v. Jerome Masakowski – Oakland County Circuit Court

• Chaudhary v. JDS Pump N Go – Oakland County Circuit Court

• Pack v. JJ Development, Inc. - Oakland County Circuit Court

• HRT v. City of Detroit - U.S. District Court

• Harkrader v. B&M – Wayne County Circuit Court

• Jacob Daniel, Inc. v. ROAK – 44th District Court

• Chavez v. Waterford Schools, U.S. District Court
• Bellisimo v. Kennedy & Co, Wayne County Circuit Court
• Burgess v. Burgess, Oakland County Circuit Court
• Moceri v. Moceri, Oakland County Circuit Court
• Ferierra v. Ferierra, Wayne County Circuit Court
• Sandbaggers v. Gallagher; Macomb County Circuit Court
• Jackson v. Bullfrogs, Oakland County Circuit Court
• Vance v. Trainor, Wayne County Circuit Court
• Darrow v. Potterville, 56^th Circuit Court - Eaton County
• Diaz v. Inkster, U.S. District Court
• Neville v. Illumini, 43rd District Court
• People v. Lee, Oakland County Circuit Court
• Shelby Town Center v. Gorman’s, Macomb County Circuit Court
• Gailbraith v. Croswell, 24^th Circuit Court - Sanilac County
• Garden Fresh v. Buddies, Oakland County Circuit Court
• G.L. Associates v. Mariners Landing, 41 District Court
• Vancompernolle v. Eugene Welding, 31^st Circuit Court – St. Clair County
• Kesner v. Olympia Aviation (On Appeal), U.S. District Court
• Jenkins v. Meijer (98-Co2243-GC), 4^th Circuit Court – Jackson County
• Bredesen v. Musicians Union, U.S. District Court
• Stickney v. Oakland County, Oakland County Circuit Court
• Wytral v. Harlo Printing, Wayne County Circuit Court
• Decade Graphics v. Didde Web, Oakland County Circuit Court
• Saputo v. Oakland Township, Oakland County Circuit Court
• Wickland-Burgess v. YMCA, Oakland County Circuit Court
• Forrester v. Alan Ford, Oakland County Circuit Court
• Fugget v. McCarty, 47^th District Court
• Flowers v. Kent, 67-3 District Court
• Karasinski v. Rochester, Oakland County Circuit Court
• Zwadeh v. Costa, Oakland County Circuit Court
• McCormick v. Kroger, 16^th District Court
• Rossette v. Sharrard, Oakland County Circuit Court
• Harajili v. Michigan Millers, Wayne County Circuit Court

Professional Affiliations

• Oakland County Bar Association (Negligence Committee)
• State Bar of Michigan (Alternative Dispute Resolution and Employment Sections)
• State Bar of Arizona
• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)

Community Involvement

• Adjunct Professor of Paralegal Studies, Oakland University (2019-2022)

Publications and Lectures

• Arm Chair Critic's View of Michigan Defense Trial Counsel Meeting (Subject: Employment Law)
• "Circumstantial Evidence and Speculation After Skinner, " LACHES, Oakland County Bar Association