RICHARD F. ROTH is a shareholder in the firm. He attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he received a Bachelor of Science in Economics. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School, cum laude, in 1972. Mr. Roth has a real estate and business practice, with a concentration on corporate law, real estate, estate planning, and taxation. With regard to the real estate side of his practice, Mr. Roth has handled the legal work for the development and construction of numerous shopping centers, including the financing of the construction through the end mortgages and the leasing for the shopping center. He has also handled the acquisition, sale, financing and refinancing of apartment complexes, shopping centers, industrial buildings, office buildings and unimproved real estate. On the corporate side, he has facilitated mergers, acquisitions and financing for his corporate clients. He has handled many corporate and individual tax matters and Michigan sales, use and single business tax issues. He co-authored the statute, which exempts from Michigan sales tax the purchase of hi-tech computers used in computer integrated manufacturing and CAD-CAM. Mr. Roth has lectured at numerous professional seminars. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of The Jewish Fund, which manages and distributes over $60 Million for charitable purposes. Mr. Roth previously served as President of the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation and the Sinai Health Care Foundation. He was previously a member of the Board of Trustees of Sinai Hospital, Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, the Anti-Defamation League, Temple Beth Jacob, and Knollwood Country Club.

Education

• UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1972
• WHARTON SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, B.S., 1968

Professional Memberships

• STATE BAR OF MICHIGAN
• OAKLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION