Phone: (248) 841-2200 Fax: (248) 652-2852 rlb@millerlawpc.com

Detroit College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1976
High Point College, High Point, NC, B.A., cum laude, 1970


Mr. Braun is of-counsel to the Firm.  He has had a 30-year career in litigating, mediating and arbitrating business and commercial, product liability, and general tort cases as an advocate, mediator and arbitrator on both sides and as a neutral. His litigation clients have included: Daimler Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Crane Carrier Company, GAF, Kentile Floors, Inc., Kress Corporation, Garlock, Dana Corporation, U.S. Suzuki, MP Tool & Engineering, and Terex Corporation, among others

PRACTICE AREAS

Alternative Dispute Resolution
Commercial and Business Litigation
Product Liability and General Tort Litigation
Risk Management
Loss Prevention and Control

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Law and Mediation Offices of Richard L. Braun: 2007 to present
• Benner and Foran P.C., Farmington Hills, MI  Of counsel: 2006 to present
• Dickinson Wright PLLC, Detroit, MI, Partner/Equity Member: 1991 to 2006
• Taylor and Braun P.C., Detroit, MI, Founding Member and Partner: 1981-1991
• Sommers Schwartz, P.C. and Tyler Canham, P.C.: 1976-1981

DISPUTE RESOLUTION and TEACHING POSITONS

Michigan State Bar ADR Section:

      - Chair: 2007- 2008
      - ADR Access Action Team Chair: 2003 to 2007
      - Michigan Business Mediation Program Chair: 2004 to 2007
      - Executive Committee: 2004 to present
      - Treasurer: 2004 and 2005

Metropolitan Detroit Bar Association ADR Section: Founding Member and
Executive Committee Member: 2007 to present

SCAO 40 hour Civil Mediator Training, 2001, and numerous ICLE Advanced Mediation Courses with attendant Circuit Court appointments

Member Wayne County Mediation Tribunal, 1990 to present

Adjunct Professor Cooley Law School, Oakland Campus: 2008 and 2009
Advanced Business Mediation

Adjunct Professor, Michigan State University College of Law, 2005

Dispute Resolution: Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration

Adjunct Professor, Detroit College of Law, 1981-1987

Created and presented Detroit College of Law’s first Litigation and Trial Advocacy Course 

  ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND ADR SERVICE   

Engineering Society of Detroit: Michigan Green Enterprise Zone Symposium, Presentation on  Conflict Resolution in the Zone and Chair of Subcommittee: Making the Business Case for Early ADR, 2009.

Moderator, 2005 and 2008 ICLE Advance Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Institute, Plymouth, MI.

Supreme Court Administrative Office, Task Force on Proposed Revisions to Michigan ADR Court Rules, 2008.

Supreme Court Administrative Office, Task Force Committee on Confidentiality in Mediation, 2008.

Presenter, Advanced Mediation Training for Business Mediators, June 2006, sponsored by Michigan State University College of Law and State Bar ADR Section.

Authored articles in numerous legal and business publications on Michigan Business Mediation        Program, with attendant presentations to business groups.

Created and presented Symposium on Risk Management for Product Liability and Environmental    Exposures, Detroit, MI, May 1996.

Presentation for 2000 and 2001 Michigan Safety Conferences on Identifying and Containing the Safety Professional's Exposure to Liability, Lansing, MI.

Presentation for Lorman Educational Services on Utilizing Sound Principles of Loss Prevention to Control Costs for Manufacturers and Distributors, Troy, MI, July 2003.