James P. Cunningham

Family, Mediation
Suite 300, 380 North Old Woodward Avenue
Birmingham, Michigan 48009


Family

Admitted

1980, Michigan

Law School

Detroit College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1980

Law School Graduation Year

1980

College

Brown University, B.A., honors, 1972

Memberships

Oakland County (Chair, Family Law Committee, 1988-1990; Member, Board of Directors, 1993—; President, 2003-2004) and American (Member, Family Law Section; Member, Executive Committee, Law Practice Management) Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan (Member, Family Law Section; Executive Board, Family Law Council, 1988-1994); American Inns of Court (Charter Master)

Biographical

Author: State of the Law-Family Law, ICLE, 1988, 1989, 1991; Torts and Family Law-Emerging Trends, Laches, February, 1989; Domestic Torts, Michigan Family Law Journal, March, 1990; The Pension Cases: A Shift from Property to Income, Michigan Bar Journal, February, 1990; Maintenance of Fault in Property Division in Divorce, Michigan Bar Journal, March, 1992; The Confusing Inter-Relationship of Visitation and Child Support, Laches, March, 1992; Domestic Violence: Effect on Visitation, Michigan Family Law Journal, 1994; Religious Divorces, Laches Magazine, Sept. 1999; Presentation of Expert Testimony, Michigan Farm Law Journal, 2000; Discovery Secrets, Family Advocate Magazine. Member, Board of Directors, Oakland Bar Foundation. Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

Military

Lt., U.S. Navy, 1972-1977