David J. Houston

About David J. Houston

I’m privileged to be a Shareholder at Fraser where I practice in our Lansing office. I have practiced law for 39 years, and I focus on business, labor & employment and commercial litigation matters. I represent businesses counseling and planning through litigation defenses in all subject matter areas. I have tried bench, jury and administrative commercial and employment cases, and defending and enforcing non-competition claims, and defending and prosecuting commercial litigation claims. I have been privileged to be trusted by my employer-clients to negotiate more than a hundred labor agreements, trying always to “exceed expectations.” Specialties: Commercial, Labor & employment, labor & employment litigation, alternative dispute resolution, business torts, commercial & business litigation, non-compete & anti-solicitation agreements, sales commission, telecommunications, healthcare, manufacturing, trucking and other industries

Experience

1. Shareholder

   Fraser Trebilcock

   Feb 2019 — Present · Lansing, MI, US

Education

• University of Michigan

  BGS, Magna Cum Laude, Psychology

  1970 — 1975

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Juris Doctor, Law

  1975 — 1979

Skills

• Healthcare
• Document Review
• White Collar Criminal Defense
• Restructuring
• Litigation Management
• Health Law
• Trusts
• Land Use
• Labor and Employment
• Dispute Resolution
• Arbitration
• Sales Commission
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Legal Advice
• Patent Litigation
• Due Diligence
• Legal Assistance
• Unfair Competition
• Breach of Contract
• Discrimination
• International Law
• Legal Research
• Employment Contracts
• Torts
• Contract Negotiation
• Telecommunications
• Patent Prosecution
• Employment Law
• Patents
• Administrative Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Collective Bargaining
• Legislative Relations
• Legal Issues
• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Business Transactions
• Civil Litigation
• Labor and Employment Litigation