1970 J.D. Detroit College of Law 1965 B.S. Western Michigan University OCCUPATION: Chairman & CEO, Dennis W. Archer PLLC Chairman Emeritus, Dickinson Wright PLLC Chairman, Dickinson Wright PLLC Jefferies Global Senior Advisory Board Mayor, City of Detroit, Michigan Partner, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Attorneys at Law Associate Justice, Michigan Supreme Court Shareholder, Charfoos, Christensen & Archer, P.C., Attorneys at Law Adjunct Professor, Wayne State University Law School Associate Professor, Detroit College of Law Shareholder, Hall, Stone, Allen, Archer & Glenn, P.C., Attorneys at Law Gragg & Gardner, P.C., Attorneys at Law Admitted to Practice: All courts in Michigan; Federal District Court, Eastern District; United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; District of Columbia; and United States Supreme Court Detroit Board of Education, Teacher, Learning Disabled Duffield Elementary School 1967-1970 Bunche Elementary School 1965-1967 CORPORATE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: TopBuild Progressus Therapy The Infilaw System - Chair, National Advisory Board MASCO Corporation Johnson Controls Inc. Compuware Corporation North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company NATIONAL COMMITTEES: National Association of Corporate Directors, Fellow International African American Museum, National Advisory Board National Democratic Party - At Large Member Bipartisan Policy Center, Co-Chair National Transportation Policy Project Skadden, Arps and City College of New York Honors Program Advisory Board The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation Advisory Board National League of Cities, President U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, National Task Force on Predatory Lending National League of Cities, First Vice President National Democratic Party, General Co-Chair AFL-CIO Working for America Institute, Board of Trustees U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Builders National Advisory Board Fannie Mae National Advisory Council U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Joint Center for Sustainable Communities Advisory Council The United States Conference of Mayors, Trustee The Brookings Institution, Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, Advisory Board National League of Cities, Community and Economic Development Policy Committee, Vice Chair 1996 Democratic Convention Platform Committee, Co-Chair National Conference of Democratic Mayors, President National League of Cities, Election '96 Task Force National Committee on Crime Control and Prevention The United States Conference of Mayors, Entitlements Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Urban Economic Policy, Chair The United States Conference of Mayors, Advisory Board National Conference of Black Mayors, Board of Directors Intergovernmental Policy Advisory Committee of the United States Trade Representative The United States Conference of Mayors, Crime Bill Task Force Honorary Doctor of Laws, Michigan State University, State University of New York - University at Albany, New York Law School, The University of Akron, University of Connecticut School of Law, Temple University, Stetson University College of Law, Nova Southeastern University, John Marshall School of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law, Wayne State University Law School, Hamline University, Marygrove College, Aquinas College, University of Michigan, Gonzaga University, The John Marshall Law School, University of Detroit School of Law, Detroit College of Law, Western Michigan University; Honorary Juris Doctor, Phoenix School of Law; Honorary Associate in Arts & Sciences, Schoolcraft College; Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Siena Heights University; Honorary Doctor of Education, Madonna University; Honorary Doctor of Public Service, Eastern Michigan University
