Timothy G. Orlando

Attorney

Tim Orlando is an experienced litigation attorney who joined Resnick Law, P.C.after spending the first fourteen years of his legal career representing individuals and corporations in a diverse defense litigation practice to include premises liability, automobile negligence, products liability, dram shop claims, subrogation claims, insurance coverage disputes, civil rights claims, and toxic tort actions.

In addition to his active trial court practice, Tim is an experienced civil appellate attorney having successfully briefed and argued cases before the Michigan Court of Appeals. Since joining Resnick Law, P.C., the focus of Tim’s practice has been in the areas of commercial litigation and transactions.  In the real estate and construction areas he has litigated contractual disputes between builders, subcontractors, suppliers, and/or homeowners, he has prosecuted and defended quiet title, slander of title actions, and foreclosure actions, as well as construction lien foreclosure actions and claims under the Michigan Builders Trust Fund Act.

Tim has represented clients in general civil actions for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, conversion, fraud, misrepresentation, and sexual harassment.  He has also represented clients in property damage claims based on both statutory and common law trespass, and when business relationships have soured, he has litigated shareholder disputes and business dissolution actions. In addition to his litigation practice, Tim has an active general business practice from initial entity choice, formation, and operation; drafting and reviewing contracts; transactional services; drafting and reviewing buy/sell agreements; risk management; mergers and acquisitions; and dissolutions.  In the real estate area, Tim drafts and reviews real estate purchase documents, residential and commercial leases, and loan documents, and he prepares applications for zoning matters before municipal planning commissions and zoning boards.  Finally, in this era of declining property values, Tim represents clients in property tax appealsbefore local boards of review and the Michigan Tax Tribunal.

Volunteer coach, Fraser Youth Soccer Club 1998-2000
Manager, Gators Soccer Club, 2005 -2008
Michigan Burn Soccer Club, 2008- Present
De La Salle Collegiate Dad’s Club, 2005- Present
Volunteer, Macomb County Food Program 2009 - Present

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Real Estate Transaction & Litigation
• Insurance Coverage Litigation
• Civil Appeals
• Property Tax Appeal

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 1988
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1988
• U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1989

Education

• Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan
  • J.D. – 1988
• Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
  • B.S. (Magna Cum Laude) – 1984
  • Honors: Recipient – Wayne State University Merit Scholarship

Classes/Seminars

• Adjunct Professor, University of Phoenix, 1995 – 2003
• Legal Aspects of Supervision
• Business Law
• Legal Environment of Business
• Employment Law
• Ethics in Management
• Conflict Management Systems
• Faculty Curriculum Coordinator for Undergraduate and Graduate Law & Ethics, 1999 – 2000

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Michigan, Member, 1988 – Present
• American Bar Association, Member, 1988 – Present
• Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Member, 1989 – Present
• Defense Research Institute, Member, 1989 – Present
• Case Evaluator for Macomb County Circuit Court, 2010 – Present

Pro Bono Activities

• Volunteer Mediator, 46th District Court, 1990 – 1997
• Volunteer, Macomb County Food Program, 2009 – Present
• Volunteer Judge, Michigan High School Mock Trial Tournament sponsored by Michigan Center for Civic Education