Education:
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Primary and secondary; Otsego, Michigan Undergraduate;
Michigan State University, B. A. Political Science 1956.
Extra-curricular activities, Editor, Spartan Magazine, Student
Congress, Blue Key honorary fraternity, Phi Kappa Psi social
fraternity. Law School; University of Michigan, J. D. 1961. Case
Club judge, Toastmasters International.
Military:
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United States Army, 1956 - 1958. Korea and Ft. Lewis Wn.
Discharged with rank of 1st Lt., Artillery.
Law Practice:
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Admitted to Michigan Bar, Dec. 1961. Admitted to practice
before all Michigan courts, the Federal Courts of Appeal in the
6th, 7th and District of Columbia Circuits and the U.S. Supreme
Court.
Associate attorney, Charfoos & Charfoos, Detroit, MI 1961 -
1962. Associated with George Menendez (Legal Advisor to the
Consul of Mexico) as Menendez & Hadden, Detroit, MI 1962 - 1966.
Associated with Ripple & Chambers, P. C., (Professional
Corporation) Detroit and Pontiac, MI, 1966 - 1974. Private
practice since 1974. President of Donnelly W. Hadden, P.C. since
1979.
Professional and Civic Activities:
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Member, Governor's Special Commission on Migrant Labor, 1964
- 1966. Counsel for Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Dept. of Labor,
Migration Division, for State of Michigan, 1967 - 1972. Member,
State Bar of Michigan, Detroit Bar Association, Association of
Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), Michigan Trial Lawyers
Association, Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association. Member of Board of
Directors, Michigan Trial Lawyers Assoc., 1976 - 1984.
President, Metro Detroit Chapter, ATLA, 1977 - 1978. Member
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Detroit, MI, and Chairman
of Scholarship Fund Committee, Greek Orthodox Diocese of Detroit.
Published Articles:
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"Civil Action Against Air Pollution," Mich St. Bar J. Aug 1970.
"The Socio-Economic Aspects of Private Environmental Litigation,"
J of Urban Law, Apr 1970.
"Premises Liability - Contributory Negligence and the Forgetful
Plaintiff," Mich St. Bar J. Sept 1973.
"Handling the Air Pollution Damage Case," 24 Am Jur Trials, 1977.
"Governmental Immunity from Environmental Torts," Mich Envir. Law
J., Dec 1987.
"Damages for Stress in Environmental Claims," Mich Envir. Law J.,
Winter 1988.
"Governmental Immunity from Environmental Torts Since the Hadfield
Case," Mich Envir. Law J., Spring 1988.
"Pleading Sovereign Immunity," Mich. Bar J. 67:633, July 1988.
Chapter 1, "Common Law" for a book: Michigan Environmental Law
Deskbook published 1992 by the Institute for Continuing Legal
Education of the University of Michigan Law School.
"Legal Control of the Environment," (an essay) Mich. State Bar J.,
vol. 73 pg 1032, Oct. 1994.
"Proving Medical Monitoring Damages," (Co-authored with Steven Huff
and Thomas Corbett, M.D.) Trial Magazine, Vol. 31, No 7 pg 43,
July 1995.
"Michigan Nuisance Law: Fuzzy Logic at Work," Michigan Bar J. 76:187
Feb 1997.
"Increased Health, Life & Disability Insurance Premium Costs: A New
class of Economic Damages in Toxic Tort Cases in Michigan"
(co-authored), Mich. Env. Law J, Spring 1999.
Environmental Law Activities:
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Trial attorney in several environmental lawsuits and appeals
in state and federal courts in Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and the
District of Columbia. Successful attorney in charge of several
noteable environmental cases, including Michie v Great Lakes
Steel Corp., 495 F2d 213 (6th Cir 1974); Bleeda v
Hickman-Williams & Co., 44 Mich App 29, 205 NW2d 85 (1972);
Oakwood Homeowners' Association v Ford Motor Co., 77 Mich App
197, 258 NW2d 475 (1977); Oakwood Homeowners' Assoc. v Marathon
Oil Co., 104 Mich App 689, 305 NW2d 567 (1981) and Her Majesty
the Queen v City of Detroit, 874 F2d 332 [6th Cir 1989].
Guest lecturer on environmental law at many universities,
colleges meetings and conventions, including Michigan State Bar
Association, Upper Peninsula Legal Institute, Marquette, July
1970; ATLA national conventions; Institute of Continuing Legal
Education, University of Michigan Law School; Practicing Law
Institute, "Pollution Litigation, " and "Legal Control of the
Environment;" University of Windsor, Ontario; Alabama State Bar
Association; Wayne State University Law School and University of
Michigan Law School.
Member, Air & Waste Management Association.
Chairman of governing Council of the Environmental Law
Section, Michigan State Bar Association, 1993-1994.
Consultant to Aspen Systems Corp., Germantown Md. US EPA
project contract no. 68-01-4914, preparation of EPA "Guidance
Manual for State and Local Prosecutors: NOISE VIOLATIONS"
submitted Aug. 1979. Founding member of the Advisory Board of the
Institute of Pest Management, Inc., 1997.
Has represented in environmental litigation: Province of
Ontario Ministry of the Environment; the Carborundum Company; the
Windsor Utilities Commission; Oakwood Homeowners Association;
Citizens Against Polluted Environments; Citizens for Responsible
Development and many other homeowner groups, civic organizations
and others with claims regarding pollution or hazardous waste.
Language Skills:
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Spanish (moderate fluency), some Greek, a little Russian.
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