Foley & Mansfield Attorney Scott Holmes Named Co-Chair for the Young Lawyers Section of the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel

        Detroit, MI (November 28, 2005) - The national litigation firm of Foley & Mansfield is pleased to announce that Detroit-based Attorney Scott Holmes has accepted the position of co-chair for the Young Lawyers Section of the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel.  Beginning in September 2005 Holmes and co-chair Timothy Diemer of John P. Jacobs, P.C., took over responsibilities for the activities and direction of the Young lawyers Section.  Their focus will be on educating young attorneys about the issues and concerns facing the civil defense bar.

        Holmes practices in the areas of commercial practice and litigation, construction law, general liability and civil litigation, intellectual property, and toxic torts and mass litigation. Prior to joining Foley & Mansfield, Holmes served as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Thomas L. Ludington of the 42nd Circuit Court in Midland, Michigan.  He is a graduate of Indiana University School of Law is a member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of Michigan and the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel.

        Founded in 1989, Foley & Mansfield is fast becoming one of the nation’s leading litigation law firms. Its attorneys serve clients ranging in size from multi-million dollar corporations to small businesses and their owners in the areas of admiralty and inland marine, catmn-web1phic loss, commercial litigation, commercial finance and corporate transactions, construction law, employment law, environmental and pollution law, general liability and civil litigation, insurance coverage and litigation, intellectual property, probate and trust, product liability, toxic tort and mass litigation, and pro bono services.   The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis and has additional offices in Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, St. Louis and San Francisco.