James Martone

Practice Areas

James Martone is a member of Dickinson Wright, where he counsels and advises businesses, ranging from Fortune 500 to nascent start-ups, across various industries, including without limitation automotive, cannabis, real estate, freight/logistics, e-bicycles, construction, medical, entertainment and more regarding day-to-day business and operational needs as well as resolution for complex legal challenges.

For over a decade James has been an integral part of the firm’s commercial litigation group. James’ practice focuses on a broad range of commercial litigation services and he has been annually recognized for the quality of that practice as a Michigan Top Lawyer as well as a Michigan Super Lawyers “Rising Star.” James has successfully represented business and individuals alike in trade secret and IP and trade-secret litigation, cannabis litigation, business tort disputes, commercial and residential foreclosures, shareholder and closed corporate disputes, landlord/tenant matters, education law litigation, domestic and international arbitrations, commercial and residential construction disputes and municipal/governmental litigation. James routinely handles both trial and appellate matters, requiring him to appear in courts throughout the entire state of Michigan, at both the State and Federal level. James has successfully completed numerous bench and jury trials to verdict, which have included a multi-million dollar judgment in favor of James’ client.

Professional Memberships

State Bar of Michigan; Oakland County Bar Association; Italian American Bar Association of Michigan

Publications

Non-Judicial Commercial Foreclosures (Foreclosure by Advertisement), Thomson ReutersPractical Law (2020); Judicial Commercial Foreclosures (Foreclosure by Action), Thomson Reuters Practical Law (2020)

Education

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