Adam D. Grant

Adam Grant’s practice is devoted entirely to litigation, with significant experience in state and federal courts in Michigan and Illinois in the following areas of law:

• Commercial litigation, including contractual disputes and business torts;
• Real estate and landlord-tenant litigation and disputes;
• Financial services litigation, with particular experience representing banks, brokerages, brokers/dealers, and lenders/servicers in contested cases with borrowers and investors; 
• Probate and estate litigation, with experience representing fiduciaries/trustees in actions alleging violations of prudent investor rules and other fiduciary duties;
• Products liability litigation, including representation of manufacturers in asbestos-related lawsuits; and
• Tax litigation, with particular emphasis on complex and novel tax issues.

• Represent landlord in multi-week trial involving claims that landlord breached its obligations to commercial tenant under long-term lease, resulting in victory for landlord.
• Represent manager in dispute under Michigan Limited Liability Company Act.
• Represented asset management firm in trial of multi-million dollar action in state court involving claims of tortious interference, conspiracy, and attempts to pierce the corporate veil.
• Represented bank in action alleging conspiracy in attempt by borrower to avoid liability on promissory notes.
• Represented bank, brokerage, and individual brokers in multi-week FINRA arbitration hearing and related state court proceedings related to claims of wrongdoing by investors.
• Represent lenders and mortgage services in contested litigation matters.
• Represented automotive suppliers in disputes against other suppliers, including crisis stop-ship situations and claim and delivery actions to recover tooling and materials.
• Served as special counsel to debtor in contested bankruptcy proceedings, handling all litigation and discovery aspects of the case.
• Achieved unanimous victory for Detroit Public Schools in Michigan Supreme Court on contested tax issue. (Briggs Tax Services v. Detroit Public Schools, 485 Mich. 69 (2010).)
• Successfully challenged applicability of certain tax obligations to Renaissance Zone property in appellate court. (Lafarge Midwest, Inc. v. City of Detroit, 801 N.W.2d 629 (Mich. App. 2010)). 
• Represented corporate trustees/fiduciaries in multiple actions alleging violations of Michigan’s prudent investor rule, conflicts of interest, and related claims.
• Obtained dismissal of certain defendants and claims in action against university and individual employees involving alleged violations of 42 U.S.C. 1983 for failure to disclose exculpatory evidence.
• Served as outside national discovery counsel for Ford Motor Company for products liability litigation matters.

• “Michigan Business Taxes,” Lorman Educational Services, April 2009, Co-author/presenter
• “Michigan Sales & Use Taxes,” Lorman Educational Services, October 2008, Co-author/presenter