Leonard C. Wolfe Member

Government Reorganization and Restructuring

• Represented the incoming transition committee of Puerto Rico Governor-Elect Ricardo Rosselló on government reorganization and restructuring matters
• Represented Puerto Rico's Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (AAFAF) on government restructuring matters
• Appointed as a Special Assistant Attorney General and part of the Dykema team that represented the State of Michigan in the privatization of the State Accident Fund of Michigan
• Member of the Dykema team involved with the design, reorganization and restructuring of the Community School District in the City of Detroit
• Member of the Dykema team involved in the creation and organization of a district-wide public school systems in two financially distressed school districts
• Member of Dykema team involved in the creation and design of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC)
• Lead outside counsel on the creation and design of local economic development corporation involving county and multiple economic development corporations
• Advised business, government and education groups in proposal to create a consolidated city/county municipal governing entity
• Involved with the design and drafting of several Executive Orders reorganizing or creating new state departments, agencies, boards and new government instrumentalities

Education Law

• Represent companies doing business with the State of Michigan, K-12 schools and institutions of higher education
• Represent companies and public entities before the Michigan Department of Education on a variety of regulatory, compliance, data privacy, and funding issues
• Regularly counsel trade associations representing both public school and higher education member institutions on a variety of regulatory, data/student privacy, legislative and litigation issues
• Involved in the creation, design, funding and implementation of Michigan’s charter school laws over past two decades
• Involved in the formation of over 200 charter schools in Michigan on behalf of several state public universities, community colleges, intermediate school districts and school district authorizing bodies
• Represented community college in the creation, design and funding of one of State’s first middle college program
• Member of Dykema team involved in the design and funding of state-wide public school authority created by local public school and state public university

State Procurement, Administrative Law & Regulation

• Regularly counsels clients on state bid and contracting issues involving numerous state departments, agencies and boards
• Significant experience handling state procurement and bid protest matters in front of the Michigan State Administrative Board involving various state departments and agencies including Department of Technology Management and Budget
• Represented gaming and non-gaming related casino suppliers before the Michigan Gaming Control Board
• Lead outside regulatory counsel responsible for negotiating and obtaining Michigan Gaming Control Board approval of $1 billion acquisition and acquisition financing in connection with sale of ownership interest in Detroit Entertainment, L.L.C. (d/b/a MotorCity Casino)
• Served as an expert witness in Nevada trial and arbitration proceedings concerning Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act and Gaming Board Rules
• Successfully represented national trade association in administrative proceedings before State regulatory and licensing boards in opposing use of certain foreign made construction products and materials being used in state and public projects

Public Policy Litigation

• Member of the Dykema team that successfully defended the constitutionality of the state's original charter school law (Part 6a)
• Involved with the formulation and drafting of advisory opinion requests to the Michigan Supreme Court
• Drafted and filed amicus briefs for clients on a number of high profile public policy litigation matters