Since its inception, Mark and his firm have been instrumental in organizing and producing the State Bar of Michigan’s Annual Symposium on Business Law, in conjunction with the Wayne State University Law School and its Journal of Business Law. Over the years, the Symposium has grown to include dozens of the top practitioners and academics in the field of business law.

The material and presentations from the Symposium provide outstanding resources for business owners and their lawyers alike, including presentations on negotiation, corporate governance, discovery, expert witnesses, damages theory, and pre-suit investigation and due diligence, all of which can be unearthed in the Symposia Archives.

The 7th Annual State Bar of Michigan Business Law Symposium, “Mediation Mastery,” will be held on Thursday, February 13, 2025, at the Gem Theatre in downtown Detroit, from 5:30 – 9:00. The program will feature individual speakers and panel discussions regarding negotiation and mediation strategy and method. Presenters include Charles “Chip” Brower, Thomas Cranmer, Dan McCarthy, Tom McNeill, E. Powell Miller, Hon, Denise Langford Morris (Ret.) Hon. Julie Nicholson (Ret.), Jerome Rock, and Mark Rossman.