User:Stephen Guerra

Stephen Guerra

Stephen Guerra

Biography

Michigan based attorney at Dickinson Wright, focused on serving my clients and growing business for my firm.

Dickinson Wright is a growing, full service law firm. We have 240 lawyers with expertise in over 40 practice areas. We manage a national practice with primary offices in Michigan and Washington, D.C.

Our attorneys are respected by their clients and peers, honored by industry endorsements, and recognized through significant appointments to bar associations and the judiciary.

Through the continuous and thoughtful application of people, process and technology, Dickinson Wright strives to provide the appropriate response to each client’s particular culture and need.

What We Do At Dickinson Wright PLLC

Experienced in a wide range of corporate and real estate transactions, including:

  • Representing clients in merger, stock and asset acquisition transactions in the manufacturing, Internet, shipping, food services and real estate development industries.
  • Representing organizers in the structuring and capitalization of corporations, limited liability companies and other business entities.
  • Representing developers and condominium associations in commercial, residential and mixed-use condominium real estate developments.
  • Representing lenders in real estate financing loans.
  • Representing companies and developers in the acquisition, development and sale of commercial, industrial and residential real estate.
  • Representing industrial, commercial and residential developers in land entitlement matters, including zoning, site plan, special land use and variance permits and approvals, and land use litigation.
  • Negotiating, drafting and reviewing various contracts, agreements and leases including real estate leases, equipment leases, bills of sale, construction agreements, development agreements, consulting agreements, marketing agreements, settlement agreements and releases.

Past Experience

Dickinson Wright PLLC

Summer Associate
Bloomfield Hills, MI; 2002 through 2003


Merritex Corporation

Sales Broker
Northville, MI; July 1998 through October 1999


Morgan Stanley

Financial Advisor
Detroit, MI; June 1997 through July 1998

Education

Juris Doctor May 2004

Wayne State University Law School Detroit, MI

  • Graduated 10th out of 220
  • Wayne Law Review (2002-2004)
  • Honors: Magna Cum Laude; Order of the Coif; Dean's Scholar; David Adamany Constitutional Law Scholar


Bachelor of Arts

Michigan State University East Lansing, MI

  • Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Tau

Professional Organizations

Publications

  • MI Lawyer's Weekly, "Special Litigation Committees and Independent Directors," Sept. 29, 2003.
  • Michigan Real Property Review, "Equitable Subrogation: Refinancing of First Mortgage Does Not Result in Priority Over Prior Junior Mortgages," Fall 2005 Vol. 32, No. 3.

Hobbies + Interests

Music, Guitar, Hiking, Camping, Snowboarding, Theater, Art, Investing