Court Admissions 1976: admitted to State Bar of Michigan and all Michigan Courts; 1976: admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan; 1979: admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; 1979: admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1991: admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan; 1992: admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1996: admitted to practice before the U.S. Tax Court; 2007: admitted to practice, pro hac vice, before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern Dist of New York.