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ichael Malik’s Harsens Island development partner is actually a lawyer with ties to environmentally challenged, and often controversial, corporate interests and Malik's casino syndication partners the Ilitch Family.
Tim Stoepker, the spokesman for so-called Grande Pointe Development, the group fronting development plans for Harsens Island on property owned by Michael J. Malik (Lucky 7 Development LLC), is actually an attorney with one of Detroit’s venerable law firms, Dickinson Wright PLLC. Among other things Tim Stoepker has represented the Ilitch Family’s Little Caesars Enterprises and the firm has represented other Ilitch Family interests and partners including Detroit Entertainment LLC (dba MotorCity Casino), MGM Mirage, Mandalay Resort Group. Recently the firm hired another attorney tied to Ilitch casino projects in Barstow, CA and elsewhere.
ichael Malik’s Harsens Island development partner is actually a lawyer with ties to environmentally challenged, and often controversial, corporate interests and Malik's casino syndication partners the Ilitch Family.Tim Stoepker, the spokesman for so-called Grande Pointe Development, the group fronting development plans for Harsens Island on property owned by Michael J. Malik (Lucky 7 Development LLC), is actually an attorney with one of Detroit’s venerable law firms, Dickinson Wright PLLC. Among other things Tim Stoepker has represented the Ilitch Family’s Little Caesars Enterprises and the firm has represented other Ilitch Family interests and partners including Detroit Entertainment LLC (dba MotorCity Casino), MGM Mirage, Mandalay Resort Group. Recently the firm hired another attorney tied to Ilitch casino projects in Barstow, CA and elsewhere.
Stoepker’s official firm bio notes he’s experienced in the following areas:
- Real Estate Development and Litigation
- Woodlands, Wetlands, Land Use, and Zoning
- Condemnations
- Drafting of Construction Contracts
- Litigation and Arbitration of Construction Disputes
- Counsel to Waterfront and Casino Reclamation District
- Counsel to developers of private waste water plants
- Counsel for Lafarge Midwest, Inc. in relocation, development and construction of a Detroit Terminal for cement distribution
- Counsel for residential, commercial, and industrial developers in rezoning, site plan, special land use, variances, wetland/woodland and infrastructure permits and approvals
Former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer is chairman of Dickinson Wright PLLC. The firm employs approximately 200 attorneys in offices throughout Michigan and in Washington D.C. According to the firm's website, Fortune Magazine is set to name Dickinson Wright one of the top “Go-To” firms in the U.S. based on a recent survey of general counsels at the top 500 U.S. companies.
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