BRIAN A. NETTLEINGHAM is a shareholder in the Firm's Commercial Litigation Group, where he serves a range of clients on issues that include mortgage lending practices, employment disputes, and intellectual property claims. Brian is also member of the Firm's Distressed Real Estate Asset Group, where he assists in advising clients impacted by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act and related legislation.
In addition, Brian regularly consults with clients on issues related to the development, sale, and use of software and computer, network, and internet technology, including retention practices for electronically stored information and methods for electronic contracting. Brian also uses his background in law and technology to assist in a broad range of electronic discovery issues.
Brian earned his Bachelor of Arts in Pre-Law from Cedarville University in 1993, where he also earned minors in Religion and Philosophy. Brian spent two years studying philosophy at Miami University's Graduate School, before earning his Juris Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame School of Law. While at Notre Dame, Brian was a member of the Appellate Moot Court Team and worked with the law school's Legal Aid and Immigration Law Clinics. He also won the law school's Annual Client Counseling Competition. After graduating from Notre Dame, Brian clerked for the Honorable Joel P. Hoekstra of the Michigan Court of Appeals. He currently practices in the firm's Litigation Practice Group and is admitted to the State Bar of Michigan and the Western and Eastern District Federal Courts for Michigan

Education

• UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL, South Bend, Indiana, Juris Doctor, 1998
• MIAMI UNIVERISTY GRADUATE SCHOOL, Oxford, Ohio, Graduate Work in Philosophy, 1993-1995
• CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY, Cedarville, Ohio, B.A. in Pre-Law, Minors in Religion and Philosophy, 1993

Professional Memberships

• STATE BAR OF MICHIGAN
• AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
• OAKLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION