Mr. Lawrence focuses his practice in complex commercial, contract, business, real estate, and environmental litigation.  He has extensive experience litigating state and federal environmental claims, including groundwater contamination, natural resource damage, and product liability claims.  He also has experience in environmental, land use, and permitting, zoning, due diligence, easements, adverse possession, supplier/distributor agreements, and a wide variety of other commercial and business matters. 

Mr. Lawrence is licensed to practice in the State of Michigan, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.  He has been admitted to practice on a pro hac vice basis in complex civil and commercial litigation matters in state and federal courts ranging from New York to California.  Mr. Lawrence graduated with distinction from Thomas M. Cooley Law School where he was a Senior Associate Editor of the Law Review.  

He received his undergraduate degrees from Michigan State University’s James Madison College in International Relations and Political Theory Constitutional Democracy.  He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the American Bar Association, the Litigation and Environmental Law Sections, and the Pretrial Practice and Discovery and Environmental Litigation Committees.

In his (very infrequent) free time, Mr. Lawrence referees professional, college, and amateur soccer as a United States Soccer Federation certified National Referee.  He has regularly refereed in the NCAA tournament, and he is President of the Michigan Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association.

Selected Publications: