Thomas R. Schultz

Thomas R. Schultz is a shareholder in the firm and has concentrated his practice in municipal law for over 25 years. He is currently the City Attorney for the City of Novi, the City of Farmington, and the City of Sylvan Lake. He provides general counsel services to several other Oakland County communities including the City of Farmington Hills. Tom assists these communities and others with day-to-day legal work: reviewing and administering contracts, handling land use and development issues, assisting with FOIA and OMA compliance, property taxation and special assessments, property maintenance/nuisance abatement and ordinance prosecutions, public works support, and the acquisition of land for public purposes.

Tom has been regularly involved in litigation at all levels on issues affecting local governments, including in the state district, circuit, and appellate courts, and in the federal trial and appellate courts, as well as before various state administrative entities such as the Michigan Tax Tribunal. He has argued several cases on behalf of municipalities before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the Michigan Supreme Court, and the Michigan Court of Appeals. Tom has authored or co-authored several appellate amicus (or "friend of the court") briefs on local governmental issues for the Michigan Municipal League, the Government Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan and the American Society of Planners.

• General Municipal Law
• Zoning and Land Use
• Constitutional Law and Civil Rights
• Real Estate and Construction

• University of Detroit School of Law, J.D., 1988
• University of Detroit, B.A., 1985