43311 Joy Rd., #283 Canton, MI 48187 734-812-4173 E-mail: geoward41@hotmail.com Education RESUME GEORGE E. WARD - Bachelor of Arts Degree (major in English) from the University of Detroit, 1963; - Juris Doctor Degree from The University of Michigan Law School, 1966; - Mediator training/certificates: 40 hrs, general civil, ICLE ( 01); 40 hrs, domestic relations, SCAO ( 11) Teaching Adjunct Professor: Michigan State University College of Law (Municipal Law; Franchise Law); Wayne State University Law School (Pre-trial advocacy and Franchise Law); and Lecturer II: University of Michigan- Dearborn (political science, business ethics, and criminal justice courses.) Community Service Board Chair, Community Social Services of Wayne County; Member, Michigan Law Revision Commission (1994 -to present). Board Member/Chair, Board of Control, Saginaw Valley State University (1988-. 95) Commissioner, State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners, 1990-96 President, Incorporated Society of Irish American Lawyers, 1999-2000. Wayne County Public Administrator, 1975-present Books Authored In the News Liberty and Law: Culture, Court and Consent of Governed, (Proctor Publications, Ann Arbor, 01) The Duties of Liberty, (Harlow Press, Highland Park, 98) Profile in Detroit/Macomb County/Oakland County Legal News for June 13, 2012, Experienced Hand, former prosecutor shares litigation experience,
Employment Law and Mediation Offices of George Ward, March 2001 - present. Address: 43311 Joy Rd., #283, Canton, MI 48187. Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in the Administration of Wayne County Prosecutor John D. O'Hair, 1986-2000. Law Clerk to Justice Theodore Souris of the Michigan Supreme Court, 1966-67. Private practice[ 1967-1986] with: Butzel & Long; Travis, Warren, Nayer & Burgoyne; and Milmet, Vecchio, Ward & Carnago, P.C. Municipal Charter Commissions Special Counsel, Macomb County Charter Commission, 2009 Consultant, Pontiac Charter Revision Commission, 1981-1982. Elected member and President, Wayne County Charter Commission, 1980-2. Executive Director, Detroit Charter Revision Commission, 1971-3. Consultant, Pittsburgh, Pa., Charter Commission, 1973. Selected Appellate Decision (*client) Michigan* v Bennis, 447 Mich 719 (1994); affirmed U.S. Supreme Court (1996). Vollmar* v. Gibraltar School District, 2009 Mich App LEXIS 1755 (2009) Matheson * v Comm r of Internal Revenue 74 USTC 836 (1980) Center Line v Michigan Bell* 26 Mich App 659 (1970), affd 387 Mich 260 (1972) Detroit Bd of Ed v Mich Bell,* 51 Mich App 488 (1974) affd 395 Mich 1 (1975) Mich Bell * v Detroit, 106 Mich App 690 Grosberg v Mich Nat Bank* 113 Mich App 610, 29 ALR 4th 623,(1982), affd 420 Mich 707 (1984 )
Mich Nat Bank* v Paradigm Corp 419 Mich 936 (1984) Held Constr v Mich Nat Bank* 124 Mich App 472 (1983) Jacobs v Headlee and Blanchard* 135 Mich App 167 (1984) Detroit Edison v SEMTA * 161 Mich App 28 (1987), lv vacated 430 Mich 868 (1988) City of Plymouth (and 76 Suburban Water Users)* v Detroit, 130 Mich App 155 (1983), revd 423 Mich 106 (1985) Brownstown Twp* v Wayne County 68 Mich App 244 (1976) Publications Law Review articles The Charter Form of County Government: Wayne County, 25 Years Later, The Wayne Law Rev., Vol. 54 No. 4 (2009) Court gives Tenant s Statute a Very Anti-Tenant Spin, DCL/MSU Law Rev. Vol 1997, Issue 3. Bennis and War Against Drugs, Catholic University of America Law Rev., Fall, 1996. Immune as Governmental Function or Liable as State Action: What s the Difference? Detroit College of Law Review, Vol. 1989, Issue 4 (Winter) A Reformed Wayne County, Detroit College of law Rev., Vol 1981, No. 4 [cited in University Medical Associates v Wayne County Executive, 142 Mich App 135, 141 (1985)]. County Home Rule in the Court The Early Returns, Detroit College of Law Rev., Vol. 1985, No. 1 Michigan Bar Journal articles Justification-Analysis Should Be Restored to Intentional-Tort Immunity Cases, Mich Bar Journal, Sept., 1997. Fireworks Law: Its Not that Complicated, Mich Bar Journal, May, 1996. The Young Decision Should Save County Tax Dollars, Mich Bar Journal, Nov. 1996.
A New Phenomenon - Prosecution Appeals of Decisions To Parole, Oct, 1993 Michigan Bar Journal, p 1064; reprinted Detroit Legal Advertiser, Nov. 1993; author quoted in Reader's Digest "Plague of Revolving Door Justice", p 33, Feb. 1994. Drug Sentences: Reining in Knight-Errantry, Mich Bar Journal, Oct. 1989, p. 976, cited in People v Schultz, 435 Mich 517,546 (1990). TV/Radio, Op-Ed Columns/Articles, Selected Book Reviews, etc. TV/Radio National CNN, Burden of Proof, with Roger Cossack and Greta Van Susseran, November 30, 1995, re Michigan v Bennis. NBC's Today Program, interviewed by Pete Williams, November 30, 1995 re Michigan v Bennis. ABC, World News Tonight, November 29, 1995, interviewed by reporter Tim O Brien, Michigan v Bennis. NPR, All Things Considered, November 29, 1995, interviewed by Nina Totenberg, Michigan v Bennis. CBS Radio, Gil Gross Show, Bennis case, June 1995 and Nov. 30, 1995. C-Span, America and the Courts, November 25, 1995, prostitution abatement. Local David Newman Show, WJR Radio re Prosecutor s Election, August 3, 2000 and Extradition of Alfred Martin, Dec. 10, 1998. Free for All, WDIV-TV, Mort Crim, Violence Reduction, Jan. 31, 1994. Spotlight on The News, WXYZ-TV, Wayne County Prosecutor s Election, August 6, 2000; Detroit Charter Revision, October, 1993; Parole Reform, July, 1992; Wayne County Charter Reform, June, 1981. Target 4 Action, WDIV-TV, Mort Crim, "Victims of Justice", July and Dec. 1992. Focus, WJR, J.P. McCarthy, "Duties of Liberty" July 1992. Up Front, WXYZ-TV, Bill Bonds, Entrapment Defense, June, 1992; Parole Reform, July, 1992
Op Ed Columns and Articles Let Boot Camps Slow Prison Growth, The Detroit News Op. Ed, June 16, 1995. Permissive Prisons Fail To Deter Crime, Op-Ed column, The Detroit News, Sept. 9, 1994. Lock Justice System s Revolving Door, Op-Ed column, The Detroit News, Aug. 5, 1994. To Test or Not To Test, added Confidence Can Save Doctors Grief, Op-Ed column, Detroit Free Press, May 5, 1994. Strengthening Family Key To Cutting Crime, Op-Ed column, The Observer/Eccentric, Jan. 20, 1994. Detroit Charter Revision A Brief History, July 1993, Report No. 310-02, Citizens Research Council of Michigan Government disciplinarian, an Oxymoron, The Detroit News, Op-Ed column, Apr. 30, 1993. The Penal System, The Prosecutor, quarterly publication of the National District Attorneys Association, Winter 1992-3. Report Card on Recall Procedures, The Civic Searchlight, 1984; Grosse Points News editorial, Jan. 12, 1984. It s Not a Tort for Government to Govern, Michigan Township News, June 1980. Published Book Reviews Black Holes, Baby Universes, explore role of Science In life. (Review of Stephen Hawkings book.) The Observer/Eccentric Chain May 30, 1994. Rights Revolution Undermines Social Structure, book review in The Detroit News of Sept. 9, 1993 (p 10a) of Rights Talk: The Impoverishment or Political Discourse by Mary Ann Glendon (The Free Press, 1991). Above The Law does police an injustice, book review in The Detroit News, June 16, 1993 (p 11a) of Above The Law: Police and the Excessive Use of Force by Jerome Skolnick and James Fyfe (The Free Press, 1992). Miscellaneous Consultant, Alan J. Pakula Productions, Presumed Innocent, starring Harrison Ford.
Affiliations Alpha Sigma Nu, 1963 to present, (Academic Honor Society) Life Member, NAACP Who s Who in America, 2009 Martindale, Hubbell Law Directory, AV rated, 30 years