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Lori A. Ittner - President
Lori A. Ittner is a shareholder with the firm of Garan, Lucow, Miller P.C. in their Grand Rapids office. Before joining the firm on September 14, 1998, Ms. Ittner was an associate with the insurance defense firm of Collison, Collison & Zimostrad P.C. in Saginaw, Michigan.
Ms. Ittner attended Saginaw Valley State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1984. She earned Juris Doctorate degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, graduating in January 1988, and was admitted to the State Bar of Michigan on May 19, 1988. Ms. Ittner was active duty in the United States Air Force as an Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, separating in 1993 after earning an Air Force Commendation Medal, Second Oak Leaf Cluster and an Air Force Achievement Medal for Environmental Programs.
Ms. Ittner has focused her practice in the area of insurance defense work, including automobile negligence, Michigan first-party benefits, balance billing issues and ERISA litigation and coverage litigation. She has presented numerous seminars on various topics including, no-fault, balance billing, ERISA, tort reform, Michigan first-party litigation from the defense perspective, negotiation strategies, catastrophic loss and vocational rehabilitation management.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Lori Ittner
MDTC 09-10 - MDTC Vice President
Garan Lucow Miller PC
300 Ottawa Ave NW 8th Floor
Grand Rapids MI 49503
(616) 742-5500 | (616) 742-5566 (fax)
Phillip C. Korovesis - Vice-President
Philip C. Korovesis is a shareholder practicing in Butzel Long's Detroit office. He is a graduate of Wayne State University (B.S., with distinction, 1984; J.D., cum laude, 1987).
Mr. Korovesis practices in the commercial litigation area with trial, litigation and consultation expertise in the following areas: non-compete/trade secret, personal injury and product liability defense, life insurance, business disputes and securities industry-related claims. He is the Chair of his firm's Noncompete and Trade Secret Practice Group which focuses on non-compete and business tort litigation. He is an active member of the Defense Research Institute in the product liavility, business litigation and life insurance areas, serving as the state liaison for DRI's product liability and life insurance committees. Mr. Korovesis has successfully tried cases in state and federal courts, and has successfully arbitrated cases before the American Arbitration Association, the National Association of Securities Dealers, and the New York Stock Exchange. He has also successfully represented clients in both state and federal appellate courts. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, the Oakland County Bar Association and the Federal Bar Association.
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Phillip Korovesis
MDTC 09-10 - MDTC Board - Treasurer
Butzel Long
150 W. Jefferson Ste 900
Detroit MI 48226
313-983-7458 | 313-225-7080
Timothy A. Diemer - Treasurer
Timothy A. Diemer is an associate in the appellate department at John P. Jacobs PC.
Before working at John P. Jacobs, Tim was a prehearing attorney in the research division of the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Tim received his law degree from the Boston College School of Law and his bachelor of arts in Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy from James Madison College at Michigan State University.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Timothy Diemer
MDTC 09-10 - MDTC Secretary
Jacobs & Diemer PC
500 Griswold St. Ste 2825
The Guardian Building
Detroit, MI 48226
313-965-1900 | 313-965-1919
Raymond W. Morganti - Secretary
Raymond W. Morganti is a senior shareholder in Siemion Huckabay. In addition to his trial court practice, Mr. Morganti has particular expertise in appellate practice in the state courts of Michigan, as well as federal court. Mr. Morganti is a member of the Michigan bar, and is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Michigan, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of Michigan Defense Trial Counsel. Mr. Morganti is listed in The Best Lawyers in America under Appellate Law. Mr. Morganti received his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Michigan State University in 1973. He received his J.D. degree from the University of Detroit School of Law in 1976. In law school, he was designated as a Clarence M. Burton Scholar, and served as Executive Editor of the University of Detroit Journal of Urban Law from 1975 to 1976. After graduation from law school, he became a law clerk to Honorable Richard Austin of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. In 1977, he joined the law firm of Plunkett, Cooney, Rutt, Watters, Stanczyk & Pedersen, P.C. He resigned from Plunkett, Cooney in 1982, and joined Siemion Huckabay as a shareholder. Mr. Morganti has lectured on the subject of trial court practice, and has authored a number of articles regarding tort liability.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Raymond Morganti
MDTC 09-10 - General Committee Chair - Judicial Relations Chair
Siemion Huckabay Bodary Morganti & Bowerman PC
One Towne Square Ste 1400
Southfield MI 48076-5068
(248) 357-1400 | (248) 357-3343 (fax)
