The Symposium will be held on Thursday, February 11, 2027
from 4:30pm – 8:45pm
(Doors at 4pm)
The Gem Theatre
333 Madison St, Detroit
In Person Tickets: $135
Virtual Tickets: $50
Program Description
This year’s Symposium will once again be held in Downtown Detroit, at the beautiful Gem Theatre, where the show has been in residency for the last three years. As the name implies, the focus of this year’s program is on the separation of business interests in the litigation context. Accordingly, the discussion will focus on various aspects of the “business divorce” and the litigation and trial thereof, including corporate and member oppression theory and practice; negotiation method and strategy; judicial perspective; juxtapositions between business and familial divorce; and other varied perspectives and insights from some of the best practitioners, judges and academics in the field.
Presenters include Professor Douglas Moll (University of Houston Law Center), Sherri Bono (Bono Legal Group, LLP), Ivonne Soler (Butzel), Lisa Zelinski (GlassRatner), Jonathan Ajlouny (Honigman), Hon. Christopher Yates (Ven Johnson Law), Hon. Victoria Roberts (JAMS), Hon. Victoria Valentine (6th Circuit), Hon. David Allen (3rd Circuit), Jennifer Grieco (Altior), Kassem Dakhlallah, (Hammoud, Dakhlallah & Associates PLLC), E. Powell Miller (Miller Firm), Daniel Quick (Dickinson), Hon. Denise Langford (JAMS), and Mark Rossman (Rossman, P.C.).
For sponsorship inquiries, please email: mark@rossmanpc.com
2027 Program Agenda
| TIME |
TOPIC |
SPEAKERS |
| 4:00 |
Doors Open – Networking and Registration |
|
| 4:45 |
|
Mark Rossman (Rossman) |
| 5:00 | Anatomy of the Business Divorce |
Prof. Douglas Moll (University of Houston Law Center)
|
| 5:40 | The Expert’s Perspective |
Lisa Zelinski (GlassRatner) Moderator: Jonathan Ajlouny (Honigman) |
| 6:10 | Separation Dynamics of Business and Domestic Divorce; juxtaposition and introspection |
Moderator: Mark Rossman |
| Networking Break | ||
| 7:10 | Business Divorce and the Judicial Perspective |
Hon. Christopher Yates (Ven Johnson Law) Moderator: Jennifer Grieco (Altior) |
| 8:00 | The Professor and the Practitioners; a discussion about litigating the business divorce |
Moderator: Prof. Douglas Moll (University of Houston Law Center)
|
About the Symposium
The Annual State Bar of Michigan Business Law Section Symposium features unique presentations from top attorneys, judges, and practitioners in the field of business law. In keeping with the State Bar’s mission to “expand the resources of business lawyers by providing educational, networking and mentoring opportunities,” each Symposium includes interactive panels, speakers, and networking time for business litigation attorneys, businesses, and law firms from across Michigan.
The Business Law Symposium is Produced by the Privately Held Businesses Forum, a committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. Since its inception, Mark Rossman, and the attorneys at Rossman, P.C., have been instrumental in organizing and producing this prestigous annual event, in conjunction with the Wayne State University Law School Wayne Law Review. Over the years, the Symposium has grown to include dozens of the top practitioners and academics in the field of business law.
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“The business dispute and the lawyers who handle them are very different from what you find in other areas of law, the intellectual rigor combined with the intense trial work makes for a special kind of lawyer and a unique manner of lawsuit. That’s what we’re going to be exploring at this year’s Symposium.” ~ Mark Rossman
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