Timothy Mulligan

Lead Appellate Attorney @Paletz Law

Troy, MI, US

Practice highlights:Successfully defeated tenant’s appeal to Kent County Circuit Court (2022). This was a termination of tenancy based on lack of approved occupancy, other violation notices, and a threat to another resident. Obtained a prompt and complete dismissal of the tenant’s appeal.Successfully defeated tenant’s appeal to Kenty County Circuit Court (2022). This was a termination suit based on numerous violations of the lease and community rules. Appeal dismissed on jurisdictional grounds.Defeated tenant’s appeal to Kent County Circuit Court (2022). This tenant had been litigating against our client since 2015. Was able to put to rest the final stages of the tenant’s series of spurious claims and illegitimate defenses.Promptly defeated tenant’s attorney’s appeal to Macomb County Circuit Court (2022). Attacked the jurisdictional basis for the appeal as well as cited multiple procedural defects raised by opposing counsel.Drafted the appeal motion that successfully defeated an attempted appeal by the tenant to the Ohio Court of Appeals (2023). The tenant failed to comply with appellate rules. The dismissal was also based on mootness because the tenant failed to comply with a trial court order requiring deposits of rent.Defeated an appeal to Jackson County Circuit Court (2023). The appeal was defeated based on jurisdictional grounds; the circuit court did not even have to reach the merits (or lack thereof), of tenant’s appeal.Defeated an appeal to Oakland County Circuit Court (2023), based on jurisdictional grounds as well as successfully defeated tenant’s effort to be represented in the appeal by a non-attorney.

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

J.D., civil litigation, insurance law

Boston College

Non-degree summer program

Kalamazoo College

B.A. Cum Laude, Political Science

Michigan State University

Non-degree program

Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra

Non-Degree Program