UDM Events

Jerome Pesick '78

October 29, 2009
Faculty Lounge – 1 to 2 p.m.

LUNCH WITH A LAWYER
Jerome Pesick ‘78

Jerome Pesick is a 1978 graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.  He was recently lead counsel on behalf of the property owners in the largest eminent domain verdict in Michigan history.  The original government offer was $13.7 million for a 6.3-acre piece of property on the Detroit River.  The verdict rendered was $25 million. During his 30 years in practice, Mr. Pesick has tried and settled condemnation cases throughout the State of Michigan for tens of millions of dollars.

Mr. Pesick is the managing shareholder of Steinhardt, Pesick & Cohen in Birmingham, MI.  His practice areas include eminent domain, condemnation, land use, and property taxation.  

Mr. Pesick's memberships include:  the Oakland County Bar Association, where he served as Chair of the Circuit Court committee from 1997-1998; the State Bar of Michigan, where he is a Member of Sections on Litigation and Real Property, the Chair of the Real Property Law Section, and is a past Chair of the Committee on Eminent Domain; and the American Bar Association, where he is a Member of the Section on Litigation, the Committee on Condemnation, Zoning, and Land Use Litigation, and current Co-Chair of the Subcommittee on Regulatory Takings

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While in law school, Mr. Pesick was the associate editor of the University of Detroit's Journal of Urban Law.  He is also a frequent speaker, instructor and lecturer at state and national eminent domain conferences.

Mr. Pesick has represented clients in major condemnation projects in Michigan for almost three decades, including Poletown, Detroit Waterfront Casino and Reclamation Project (casinos), Comerica Park and Ford Field (Detroit's baseball and football stadiums), I-696, M-59 (Hall Road), M-5 (Haggerty Connector), Northwestern Connector, Van Dyke Highway, Detroit Metropolitan Airport Expansion, Wayne State University Welcome Center, Wayne County Pinnacle AeroPark, Ypsilanti Water Street Redevelopment, Eastern Michigan University Business School, numerous road widenings, class actions and many others.