W. Peter Doren

Area Practice

• Municipal Law
• Real Estate Law
• Construction Contract Law
• Zoning and Planning Law
• Wills
• Trusts and Estates
• Probate
• Utility Law
• Mediation
• Administrative Hearings and Appeals
• Public Law
• Farm and Ranch Law
• Food and Agriculture
• Winery Law
• Arbitration
• Business Mediation
• Business Transactions
• Joint Ventures
• Limited Liability Company Law
• Commercial Mediation
• Commercial Transactions
• Commercial Conveyancing
• Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions
• Commercial Real Estate Contracts
• Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure
• Commercial Real Estate Sales
• Industrial Real Estate Law
• Cable Franchising
• Cellular Radio
• Cellular Telephone
• Freedom of Information
• Freedom of Religion
• Media and First Amendment
• Architectural Law
• Construction and Design Law
• Construction and Surety Law
• Construction Arbitration
• Construction Claims
• Construction Defects
• Construction Equipment Liability
• Construction Liability
• Construction Liens
• Construction Litigation
• Construction Mediation
• Construction Products Liability
• Construction Safety
• Contractor Performance Bonds
• Contractors Liability
• Environmental Construction Law
• Materialmens Liens
• Mechanics Liens
• Public Construction Law
• Public Works
• Roof Industry Liability
• Scaffolding Liability
• Breach of Contract
• Commercial Contracts
• Contract Fraud
• Contract Litigation
• Corporate Real Estate
• Public Corporations
• Election and Campaign Finance
• Election Law
• Condemnation
• Inverse Condemnation
• Land Annexation
• Property Rights
• Electric Power
• Electric Power Joint Ventures
• Power Pooling Contracts
• Wind Energy
• Brownfields Redevelopment
• Wetlands Protection
• Wetlands Regulation
• Government Construction Contracts
• Government Contract Arbitration
• Government Contract Cost Accounting
• Local Government Contracts
• Public Bidding
• Public Contract Law
• Public Works Contracts
• Government Contract Fraud
• County Government Law
• County Liability
• False Claims Act
• Federal Grants
• Federal Legislative Practice
• Government Affairs
• Government Agency Practice
• Government Ethics
• Government Immunity
• Government Investigations
• Government Relations
• Government Risk Management
• Government Tort Liability
• Governmental Defense
• Governmental Law
• Governmental Liability
• Initiative and Referendum
• Local Government Civil Rights
• Local Government Defense
• Local Government Law
• Local Government Liability
• Local Government Relations
• Political Subdivision Liability
• Public Officials Liability
• Public Policy
• Qui Tam Litigation
• State Government Law
• State Legislative Practice
• Township Law
• Adult Guardianship
• Advance Directives
• Conservatorship
• Guardian Ad Litem
• Guardianship
• Guardianship Administration
• Affordable Housing
• Housing Development
• Public Housing
• Senior Citizen Housing
• Subsidized Housing
• Police Liability
• Police Misconduct
• Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law
• Commercial Leasing
• Evictions
• Industrial Leasing
• Landlord and Tenant Law
• Lease Finance
• Lease Terminations
• Leasing
• Office Leasing
• Retail Leasing
• Conflicts of Interest
• Defamation
• Libel and Slander
• Libel Defense
• Media Libel
• Civil Litigation
• Chapter 9 Municipal Reorganization
• Firefighter Labor Law
• Municipal Bankruptcy
• Municipal Bonds
• Municipal Bonds Taxation
• Municipal Civil Rights
• Municipal Contracts
• Municipal Corporation Law
• Municipal Defense
• Municipal Derivative Products
• Municipal Finance
• Municipal Labor Law
• Municipal Leasing
• Municipal Liability
• Municipal License Tax
• Municipal Pension Law
• Municipal Prosecution
• Municipal Redevelopment
• Municipal Risk Management
• Municipal Securities
• Municipal Solid Waste
• Municipal Solid Waste Resource Recovery
• Municipal Taxation
• Municipal Torts
• Municipal Utility Law
• Municipal Utility Regulation
• Police Labor Law
• Tax Increment Finance
• Riparian Rights
• Water Law
• Water Rights
• Charitable Organizations Law
• Charitable Trusts and Foundations
• Nonprofit Organizations Law
• Tax Exempt Organizations
• Ancillary Probate
• International Probate
• Probate Administration
• Probate Litigation
• Probate Taxation
• Personal Property
• Personal Property Leasing
• Economic Development
• Industrial Development
• Adverse Possession
• Boundary Disputes
• Common Interest Community Law
• Community Association Law
• Condominium Association Law
• Condominium Conversions
• Condominium Development
• Condominium Law
• Condominium Timeshares
• Conservation Easements
• Conveyancing
• Cooperative Housing Association Law
• Cooperative Conversions
• Cooperative Housing Law
• Easements
• Historic Conservation Easements
• Homeowners Association Law
• International Real Estate
• Land Acquisitions
• Land Sales
• Land Trusts
• Manufactured Housing Law
• Mixed Use Development
• Mobile Home Law
• Planned Unit Development Law
• Property Management
• Quiet Title
• Real Estate Acquisitions
• Real Estate Arbitration
• Real Estate Banking Law
• Real Estate Bankruptcy
• Real Estate Brokerage Law
• Real Estate Brokers and Agents Liability
• Real Estate Brokers Licensing
• Real Estate Brokers Malpractice
• Real Estate Brokers Malpractice Defense
• Real Estate Collections
• Real Estate Contracts
• Real Estate Development
• Real Estate Errors and Omissions
• Real Estate Exchanges
• Real Estate Finance
• Real Estate Foreclosure
• Real Estate Fraud
• Real Estate Investment
• Real Estate Investment Taxation
• Real Estate Investment Trusts
• Real Estate Joint Ventures
• Real Estate Leasing
• Real Estate Litigation
• Real Estate Mediation
• Real Estate Partnerships
• Real Estate Restructuring
• Real Estate Sales
• Real Estate Secured Lending
• Real Estate Securities
• Real Estate Settlements
• Real Estate Syndication
• Real Estate Tax Appeals
• Real Estate Tax Assessment
• Real Estate Tax Foreclosure
• Real Estate Tax Liens
• Real Estate Taxation
• Real Estate Title
• Real Estate Title Examination
• Real Estate Title Insurance
• Real Estate Trade Association Law
• Real Estate Valuation
• Real Estate Workouts
• Real Property
• Real Property Acquisitions
• Real Property Development
• Real Property Finance
• Residential Real Estate
• Residential Real Estate Acquisitions
• Residential Real Estate Development
• Residential Real Estate Finance
• Residential Real Estate Foreclosure
• Residential Real Estate Sales
• Right of Way Easements
• Waterfront Development
• Ad Valorem Tax
• Personal Property Taxation
• Property Tax
• Property Tax Abatement
• Property Tax Appeals
• Property Tax Assessments
• Tax Appeals
• Tax Valuation
• Transfer Tax
• Public Transportation Law
• Contested Trusts and Estates
• Decedents Estates
• Estate Administration
• Estate Bankruptcy
• Estate Litigation
• Estate Planning
• Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples
• Estate Settlements
• Family Trusts
• Family Wealth Transfer
• Fiduciary Law
• Fiduciary Liability
• Fiduciary Litigation
• Financial Planning
• International Estate Planning
• International Trusts
• International Trusts and Estates
• Living Trusts
• Offshore Trusts
• Personal Planning
• Pet Trusts
• Powers of Attorney
• Retirement Planning
• Special Needs Trusts
• Trust Administration
• Trust and Estate Collections
• Trust Law
• Trust Planning
• Unclaimed Property
• Wealth Preservation
• Electric Utilities
• Public Utility Finance
• Public Utility Law
• Public Utility Regulation
• Public Utility Taxation
• Sewer Utilities
• Water Utilities
• Contested Wills
• Inheritance
• Living Wills
• Missing Heir Searches
• Successions
• Building and Public Safety Codes
• Cemetery Law
• Environmental Land Use
• Fire Districts
• Improvement Districts
• Land Conservation
• Land Development
• Land Entitlement
• Land Use
• Land Use Litigation
• Land Use Permitting
• Land Use Regulation
• Rezoning
• Special Districts
• Subdivisions
• Water Districts
• Zoning Law
• Zoning Variances
• First Amendment Law
• Public Utility Rates

Education

Law School Attended:

Wayne State University
Class of 1973
J.D.
cum laude

University Attended:

University of Michigan
Class of 1970
B.A.

Membership

Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim (President, 1989-1990) and American Bar Associations

State Bar of Michigan (Chairman, 1982-1983

Public Corporation Law Section)

Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys (President, 1986)

Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (Professional Mediator).

Additional Info

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