 Sharon M. Woods Detroit, Michigan
Senior member in the law firm of Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, P.L.L.C. and Chairman of its Management Committee; Chairman of firm's Litigation Department. Practice is primarily in the area of business litigation (commercial and complex litigation, construction, securities, intellectual property litigation, employment litigation, class action litigation, professional malpractice defense). Member, State Bar of Michigan (admitted May 23, 1972); Admitted to practice before United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, United States Federal Court of Appeals, United States Court of Claims and various United States district courts.
Bar Admissions
Education B.S., 1968, University of Detroit, Magna Cum Laude
Honors, Awards and Professional Affiliations Recognized in Chambers USA, Client's Guide to America's Leading Lawyers, for Commercial Litigation Recognized in Michigan Super Lawyers, 2006 - Business Litigation, "Top 100" Michigan Lawyers, and "Top 50" Women Lawyers Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1989 to present. Regent -- 2001-2005 and member of its Committee of Federal Rules of Evidence, 1990 to 1998 and on Publications Committee, 1993 to present, Chairman, 1998-2000, and Complex Litigation Committee, 1995 to present Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2003 to present Fellow, American Bar Foundation Fellow, Michigan Bar Foundation Historical Society of the United States District Court for the Eastern District, 1993 to present; President, 1995-1997; Trustee 1993 to present Historical Society of the United States Supreme Court, member, 1993 to present, State Chairman 1994 to 1997 Member and Counsel, Board of Accounting of State of Michigan by gubernatorial appointment, 1977-1986 Administrative Committee (Grievance Committee) of State Board of Accountancy, 1977-1986 Trustee, Detroit Bar Association Foundation, 1996 to present, President-elect, 2001 Member, American Law Institute Leadership Detroit graduate, 1988 The Detroit Club, Director 1998 to Present, Vice-President, 2000-2001, President 2001-2002 Member, Board of Directors and Co-Chairman of Civil Litigation Committee, Federal Bar Association Member and Vice-Chairman, Advisory Committee on Local Rules of the United States District Court by appointment of U.S. district court judges, 1984-1991 Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association (including Complex Litigation Panel) Faculty, U.S. District Court Trial Advocacy Program, 1987 to present Faculty, ICLE Trial Advocacy Program, Ann Arbor Lecturer on business litigation, Detroit Bar Association, ICLE, Lorman Business Center, Inc. Lecturer on employment litigation, American Corporate Counsel Association, 1988 Coordinator, First Annual Torts Law Seminar, ICLE, 1990; Faculty, 1994 Business Tort Seminar ICLE Panelist, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution Completed week long course in ADR Training at Harvard Law School, 1999 Mediator, Oakland Circuit Court Member, ADR Section, Michigan Bar Association Member, Oakland Circuit Court Committee, 1992 Member, American Judicature Society Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation Fellow, American Bar Association Wayne County, Michigan Task Force on Competitiveness, Co-Chairman (Legal Committee) Wayne County, Michigan Highland Park Task Force, Chairman (Public Safety Committee)
Representative Publications "Commercial Torts", Chapter of Michigan Torts, 1992 (updated 1993, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004) (rewrote chapter, 2000)
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Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, P.L.L.C.
211 W Fort St. 15th Floor, Detroit, MI 48226-3202 Phone: (313) 965-9725