John A. Yeager
jyeager@willinghamcote.com

Born: Seattle, WA

Education: 

  • Michigan State University (B.A., 1973)
  • Wayne State University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1976)
Admitted to bar: 1976

Highlights:

  • Adjunct Professor, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 1983-1985
  • Law Clerk, Michigan State Court of Appeals, 1976-1978
  • Volunteer attorney for Pro Bono Lawyers Service
Published Decisions Include:
  • Farm Bureau Mutual Ins Co v Nikkel, 460 Mich 558; 596 nw2d 915 (1999)
  • Waste Management Inc. v Admiral Insurance Co., 138 NJ 106; 649 A2d 379 (1994)
  • Amicus curiae briefs to the Michigan Supreme Court 
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Practice Areas:
  • Insurance Law
  • Environmental Law
Published Works:
  • ‘Incidental Effect’ and Jurisdiction Under the Sherman Act,” 21 Wayne Law Review 965, 1975
  • Co-author: “Insurance Law, 1981 Annual Survey of Michigan Law,” 29 Wayne Law Review 797, 1983
  • "The Michigan Environmental Protection Act,” 64 Michigan Bar Journal 187, 1985
Licensed to Practice:
  • State and Federal Courts in Michigan
  • Federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States Supreme Court
  • Pro hac vice in courts in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Florida, Louisiana
Member:
  • Wayne Law Review, 1974-1975
  • Ingham County Bar Association; Publications Committee; past Chair of the Environmental Law section
  • State Bar of Michigan
  • East Lansing Lions Club

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