Clark Hill Attorney David W. Centner to Present to the Lansing Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

GRAND RAPIDS, MI

– Clark Hill PLC attorney David W. Centner will present “The Legal System and the Anatomy of a Fraud Case” to the Lansing Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). The Lansing Chapter of the ACFE serves all of West Michigan, and holds monthly meetings and educational sessions to provide educational opportunities to certified fraud examiners and forensic accountants and accountants who seek the Certified Fraud Examiner designation. The seminar will be held at Davenport University in Grand Rapids on December 9, 2009. For more information about the ACFE, please visit www.acfe.org.

David W. Centner

is a member of Clark Hill’s Litigation Practice Group. David works in the Grand Rapids office where he specializes in litigation, with a focus on commercial litigation, including complex commercial disputes, copyright, domain name and other intellectual property matters, business torts, creditor’s rights, and bankruptcy.

Originally from Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, David graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics. He earned his law degree from Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington, Indiana. During law school, David was an Associate Instructor at Indiana University where he taught undergraduate mathematics.

David serves on the Executive Committee of the Litigation Section Council for the State Bar of Michigan. He is a member of the Grand Rapids Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the State Bar of Michigan, and the American Bar Association. David is admitted to practice before all Michigan state courts, the United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Michigan, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. David has also handled arbitration matters before the American Arbitration Association, the National Association of Securities Dealers, the National Arbitration Forum, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. He is a member of the Branch Board of Directors of the David D. Hunting YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids.

During 2008, David was named Legal Professional of the Year by NALS of West Michigan.