Clark Hill Attorney Matthew T. Smith Presented Michigan Lien Law “Pay Me” Training Class

LANSING



,

MI




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Clark Hill attorney Matthew T. Smith presented Michigan Lien Law “Pay Me” Training Class, sponsored by MIACCA, on Friday, April 24, 2009.


The four hour training class addressed construction liens, bond and surety claims, contracting, claims resolution, general receivables collections and also updated participants on current Michigan Lien Law and the process of filing liens and collecting.

Matthew T. Smith

is a member of Clark Hill’s Litigation Practice Group, and specializes in commercial and construction related matters.  Mr. Smith is experienced in bankruptcy, creditor’s rights, real estate and civil litigation.

Mr. Smith received a B.A. degree in Financial Administration from


Michigan


State


University


in 1991, where he was an athlete and received several scholarships and awards.

Mr. Smith joined the United States Marine Corps in 1993 and has achieved the rank of Major.  After receiving his law degree from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in 1994, he practiced bankruptcy, real estate and corporations’ law.  In 1995, he returned to active duty for the Marines and attended


Naval


Justice


School


in 1996, receiving certification as a Judge Advocate of the United States Marine Corps.  Mr. Smith served as government counsel, defense counsel, and as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Marine Corps’ Office of the Staff Judge Advocate in


San Diego

,

California


.  He returned to


Michigan


in 1999 to practice creditors’ rights law, construction litigation, real estate and corporations’ law, while also working for the U.S. Marine Reserves.

Since 1890, Clark Hill PLC has been serving the business, government, non-profit and personal needs of clients throughout the country.


With offices in

Detroit

,

Birmingham

,

Grand Rapids

, and

Lansing

,

Michigan

,

Chicago

,

Phoenix

, and


Washington

,

DC


, Clark Hill is a full service law firm with more than 190 attorneys.


For more information, visit


www.clarkhill.com


.