G. Mennen Williams Building
525 W. Ottawa Street
P.O. Box 30736
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 241-8887
Facsimile (517) 241-7982

Division Assignments:

Corrections

Finance

Public Employment, Elections, & Tort

Public Services

Revenue & Collection

State Operations

Transportation

Corrections Division

G. Mennen Williams Building, 4th Floor
525 W. Ottawa Street
P.O. Box 30217
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 335-7021
Facsimile (517) 335-7157

Duties/Representing:

• Department of Corrections
• Setting aside a criminal conviction to make it a non-public record
• Extraditions
• Michigan Parole and Commutation Board

Finance Division

G. Mennen Williams Building, 2nd Floor
525 W. Ottawa Street
P.O. Box 30754
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 373-1130
Facsimile (517) 335-3088

Duties/Representing:

• Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth
  • Energy Revolving Loan Fund
• Department of Management and Budget
  • State Building Authority
• Department of Natural Resources
  • Mackinac Island State Park Commission Bonds
  • Michigan Forest Finance Authority
  • State Park Bonds
• Department of Transportation
  • State Trunk Line Bond/Note Borrowings
  • Comprehensive Transportation Bond/Note Borrowings
• Department of Treasury
  • Michigan Finance Authority, including the former:
    • Michigan Higher Education Assistance Authority
    • Michigan Higher Education Facilities Authority
    • Michigan Higher Education Student Loan Authority
    • Michigan Municipal Bond Authority
    • Michigan Public Educational Facilities Authority
    • Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority
    • Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority
    • Michigan Underground Storage Tank Facilities Assurance Authority
  • Michigan Land Bank Fast Track Authority
  • Michigan State Housing Development Authority, including the former:
    • Michigan Broadband Development Authority
    • Michigan Strategic Fund
  • State of Michigan General Obligations Bonds/Notes
    • All voter-approved bonding initiatives
    • Clean Michigan Initiative Bonds
    • Environmental Protection Bonds
    • State School Bond Loan Fund
    • State cash flow borrowings
  • State of Michigan Retirement System Investments
    • Judges' Retirement System
    • Public School Employees' Retirement System
    • State Employees' Retirement System
    • State Police Retirement System
  • Surplus Funds Investments
• Municipal and Local Government Affairs
  • Attorney General Designee on the Boards of State Retirement System, Judges' Retirement System and Michigan State Police Retirement System
  • City and Village Charters, charter amendments and ballot questions
  • Intergovernmental agreements
  • Local audits and finance matters for the Department of Treasury
  • Local Emergency Financial Assistance Loan Board
  • State Boundary Commission

Public Employment, Elections, and Tort Division

Lansing Office:
G. Mennen Williams Building, 5th Floor
525 W. Ottawa St.
P.O. Box 30736
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 373-6434
Facsimile (517) 373-2454

Grand Rapids Office:
State Office Building, Suite 4C
350 Ottawa, NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 356-0402

Duties/Representing:

• All election campaign finance-related matters
• All employment discrimination matters for state agencies, including the Legislature and judiciary
• Auditor General representation
• Board of State Canvassers
• Department of Military & Veteran Affairs
• Department of State
  • Bureau of Elections
• Lobbyist issues
• Office of the State Employer
• State agency collective bargaining
• State Police personnel matters
• Assigned Claims Facility, Department of State
• Risk Management Fund, Department of Technology, Management and Budget
• Tort Defense

  • Federal civil rights and state tort litigation, excluding public highway litigation, including, but not limited to, personal injury, police liability, social worker liability, automobile negligence, medical malpractice, complex prisoner litigation and certain hospital and staff liability cases

Public Service Division

Lansing Office:
6545 Mercantile Way, Suite 15
Lansing, MI 48911
(517) 241-6680
Facsimile (517) 241-6678

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Federal Communications Commission regulatory matters

• Michigan Public Service Commission

• Motor carriers

• Protect MI Child Registry

• Public utilities

Revenue and Collections Division

Lansing Office:
G. Mennen Williams Building, 2nd Floor
525 W. Ottawa Street
P.O. Box 30754
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 373-3203
Facsimile (517) 241-2741

Detroit Office:
Cadillac Place, 10th Floor
3030 W Grand Blvd., Suite 10-450
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 456-0140
Facsimile (313) 456-0141

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Department of Labor and Economic Growth

  • State Survey & Remonumentation Program

• Department of Natural Resources

  • Office of Property Management (Tax Reverted Property Issues)

• Department of Treasury

  • Administrative Services Bureau

    • Unclaimed Property Division

  • Bureau of Local Government Services 

    • Assessment and Certification

    • Property Services

    • State Assessors Board

    • State Tax Commission

  • Bureau of Tax Policy

    • Defense of state tax assessments

      • Detroit Office: corporate officer liability

      • Lansing Office: all other tax appeals

  • Customer Service Bureau

  • Executive Office

  • Financial Services Bureau

    • Collections Division

    • Finance and Accounting Division

    • Receipts Processing Division

      • Bankruptcies:

        • Collection Actions in State Courts

        • Detroit Office: All counties in Eastern District of Michigan and New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeastern States

        • Garnishments (3rd Party)

        • Lansing Office: All counties in Western District of Michigan and Midwest, Southwest, and Western States

  • Student Financial Services Bureau

    • Michigan Guaranty Agency (delinquent loans)

  • Tax Compliance Bureau

  • Tax Processing Bureau

State Operations Division

G. Mennen Williams Building, 2nd Floor
525 W. Ottawa Street
P.O. Box 30754
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 373-1162
Facsimile (517) 373-2060

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Attorney General Designee on:
  • Michigan Public Safety Communications System State Advisory Board
  • State Administrative Board's Finance & Claims Committee
• Attorney General
  • Freedom of Information Act
  • Information Technology
• Judicial Branch
  • State Court Administrator
• Legislature
  • Legislative Retirement System
  • Michigan Capitol Committee
• Department of Environmental Quality
  • Hazardous & Solid Waste Management Programs Contracts
  • Small Business Pollution Prevention Loan Program
• Department of Labor & Economic Growth
  • Land Bank Fast Track Authority
  • Michigan Rehabilitation Services
  • Michigan State Housing Development Authority Litigation
  • Office of Workforce Development
  • Post-Secondary Education
• Department of History, Arts, & Libraries
  • Records Management
• Department of Information Technology
  • Agency Services
  • Center for Geographic Information
  • E-Michigan
  • Infrastructure Services
  • Management Services
  • Michigan Administrative Information Network (MAIN)
  • Michigan's Public Safety Communications System (MPSCS)
• Department of Management & Budget
  • Business Services
  • Facilities Administration
  • Office of the Budget
  • Office of Retirement Services
    • Defined Contribution & Deferred Compensation Plans
    • Judges Retirement System & Board
    • Public School Employees Retirement System & Board
    • State Employees Retirement System & Board
    • State Police Retirement System & Board
    • State Social Security Administrator
  • State Administrative Board
    • Building Committee
    • Finance & Claims Committee
  • State Fair
• Department of Military Affairs
  • Construction & Facilities Management Office
• Department of Natural Resources
  • Office of Land & Facilities
• Department of State
  • Bureau of Driver & Vehicle Records
  • Secretary of State
• Department of Treasury
  • Bureau of Investments Litigation
  • Michigan Economic Growth Authority
  • Michigan Education Savings Program
  • Michigan Education Trust
  • Michigan NextEnergy Authority
  • Michigan Strategic Fund
  • Pledged Securities
  • Renaissance Zone Program
  • Strategic Economic Investment & Commercialization Board

Transportation Division

Lansing Office:
Van Wagoner Building, 4th Floor
425 W. Ottawa St.
P.O. Box 30050
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 373-1470
Facsimile (517) 335-6586

Duties/Representing:

• Attorney General's designee
  •  Transportation and Natural Resources Committee
• Department of Transportation
  • Administrative regulatory matters
  • Aeronautics Commission
  • Contract litigation for or against those agencies
  • General Counsel for all client agencies
  • International Bridge Administration
  • Mackinac Bridge Authority
  • Michigan Truck Safety Commission
  • Small claims with State Administrative Board
  • State Transportation Commission
  • Tort litigation for or against those agencies