Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Division

Cadillac Place, 10th Floor
3030 W. Grand Blvd., Suite 10-200
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 456-0200
Facsimile (313) 456-0061

Duties/Representing:

• Department of Civil Rights
• Michigan Civil Rights Commission
• Michigan Woman's Commission
• Advisory Council on Arab & Chaldean Affairs
• Advisory Council for Asian & Pacific American Affairs
• Enforce and defend state civil rights statutes
• Liaison to various state departments and agencies relative to civil rights matters

Corrections Division

G. Mennen Williams Building, 4th Floor
525 W. Ottawa Street
P.O. Box 30217
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 335-7021
Facsimile (517) 335-7157

Duties/Representing:

• Department of Corrections
• Expungement of criminal records, extraditions

Driver License Restoration Section

Cadillac Place, 10th Floor
3030 W. Grand Blvd., Suite 10-200
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 456-0600
Facsimile (313) 456-0061

Duties/Representing:

• Defends licensing sanctions imposed by the Michigan Secretary of State in Wayne, Oakland, and Washtenaw Counties.  The section also handles appeals on behalf of the Secretary of State arising from all 83 Michigan counties.

Labor Division

Labor Unit
G. Mennen Williams Building, 5th Floor
525 W. Ottawa St.
P.O. Box 30736
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 373-2560
Facsimile (517) 335-4879

Duties/Representing:

• Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth
  • Agriculture Labor Commission
  • Barrier Free Designs
  • Board of Health & Safety Compliance & Appeals
  • Bureau of Construction Codes & Fire Safety
    • Boiler Board
    • Electrical Administrative Board
    • Elevator Board
    • Plumbing Board
  • Bureau of Employment Relations
  • Bureau of Safety & Regulation (MIOSHA and Wage/Hour)
  • Commission for the Blind
  • Commission on Handicapper Concerns
  • Construction Code Commission
  • Employment Relations Commission
  • Mine Safety Board
  • Occupational Safety Standard
  • State Fire Marshal
  • State Fire Safety Board
  • Wage Deviation
• Michigan Civil Service Commission
  • Michigan Employment Relations Board
• Michigan Department of Civil Service
  • State Personnel Director
• Michigan State Board of Ethics

Unemployment Unit
Unemployment - Detroit Office
Cadillac Place, 9th Floor
3030 W. Grand Blvd., Suite 9-600
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 456-2200
Facsimile (313) 456-2201

Unemployment - Grand Rapids Office
State Office Building, 7th Floor
350 Ottawa, NW, Suite 4-C
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 356-0400
Facsimile (616) 356-0411

Duties/Representing:

• Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth
  • Michigan Employment Security Board of Review
  • Unemployment Insurance Agency

Workers' Compensation Unit
Workers' Compensation - Detroit Office
Cadillac Place, 10th Floor
3030 W. Grand Blvd., Suite 10-150
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 456-0080
Facsimile (313) 456-0081

Workers' Compensation - Lansing Office
G. Mennen Williams Building, 5th Floor
525 W. Ottawa Street
P.O. Box 30736
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 373-1176
Facsimile (517) 335-4879

Duties/Representing:

• Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth
  • Bankruptcies of self-insured employers
  • Board of Funds Trustee
  • Enforce compliance of employers securing workers' compensation coverage
  • Medical Benefits Fund
  • Qualifications Advisory Board
  • Second Injury Fund
  • Self-Insurers' Security Fund
  • Silicosis, Dust Disease, and Logging Industry Compensation Fund
  • Workers' Compensation Agency
  • Workers' Compensation Appellate Commission
  • Workers' Compensation Board of Magistrates
• Michigan Department of Management & Budget
  • Office of the State Employer
    • Legal representation for state employee workers' compensation claims

Public Employment, Elections, and Tort Division

Lansing Office:
G. Mennen Williams Building, 5th Floor
525 W. Ottawa St.
P.O. Box 30736
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 373-6434
Facsimile (517) 373-2454

Grand Rapids Office:
State Office Building, Suite 4C
350 Ottawa, NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 356-0402

Duties/Representing:

• All election campaign finance-related matters
• All employment discrimination matters for state agencies, including the Legislature and judiciary
• Board of Canvassers
• Department of State
  • Bureau of Elections
• Lobbyist issues
• Office of State Employer
• State agency collective bargaining
• State Police personnel matters
• Tort Defense
  • Defense of tort suits against state officers and employees and all state departments except Corrections.  Also represent other agencies which are not state departments such as the State Board of Law Examiners and the State Court Administrator's office.
• Department of Military & Veteran Affairs
• Auditor General Representation
• Incompatibility Issues Involving Public Offices

Transportation Division

Van Wagoner Building, 4th Floor
425 W. Ottawa St.
Lansing, MI 48913
(517) 373-1470
Facsimile (517) 335-6586

Escanaba Office:
110 State Office Building
305 Ludington
Escanaba, MI 49829
(906) 786-0169
Facsimile (906) 786-6445

Petoskey Office:
6 Penn Plaza
Petoskey, MI 49770
(231) 348-2922
Facsimile (231) 348-3729

Duties/Representing:

• Attorney General's designee on:
  • State Administrative Board
  • Transportation and Natural Resources Committee, State Administrative Board
• Department of Transportation
  • General Counsel - all litigation filed by or against the Department of Transportation or an agency within that department
  • Defective building or highway matters, including administrative claims, tort and related insurance lawsuits
  • Property damage claims against motorists
  • Aeronautics Commission
  • International Bridge Administration
  • Mackinac Bridge Authority
  • Michigan Truck Safety Commission
  • Transportation Commission