John J. Schrot Jr.

Birmingham Office

Tel: (248) 645-9680

Fax: (248) 645-1233

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Practice Areas

Business Law

Family Law

Civil Litigation

Education

B.S., Wayne State University, 1972

M.B.A., University of Toronto, 1974

J.D., Detroit College of Law, 1976

Admitted

State of Michigan Bar, 1977

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

U.S. Tax Court

Biography

John J. Schrot, Jr.'s legal career has predominantly focused on business law, family law, and other complex civil litigation matters. He also has extensive experience in contract negotiations, commercial transactions, employment law, real estate, insurance, construction, securities, corporate law, arbitration, and other intricate personal and contractual relationships.

Mr. Schrot has served by court appointment as a special master of discovery, facilitator, mediator, umpire, arbitrator and receiver. He has consistently achieved an "AV" rating, the highest peer rating by Martindale Hubbell, a nationally recognized directory of attorneys, for his legal ability and ethical standards. He has appeared in state and federal courts throughout Michigan and has argued in the Michigan Court of Appeals and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Professional memberships include the American Bar Association, State Bar of Michigan and Oakland County Bar Association. ABA section memberships include litigation, family law and business law. Section memberships in the State Bar of Michigan include family law and business law. He is an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.

Mr. Schrot is a past chairman of the Oakland County Bar Association's Circuit Court Committee. He is also a member of the City of Birmingham Board of Ethics, Advocate of the Holy Name Knights of Columbus, among other volunteer positions. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit, and has been past chair of both the Board of Directors of the Birmingham YMCA and the City of Birmingham Advisory Parking Committee.

Mr. Schrot is recognized in the 2010 dbusiness magazine as a Top Lawyer in Metropolitan Detroit in the practice areas of family law, litigation, and corporate law. He was the recipient of the Federal Bar Foundation Edward Rakow Scholarship Award at the Detroit College of Law in 1976, where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Detroit College of Law Review. He also served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Harold H. Bobier, Judge of the U.S. District Court in Bankruptcy for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Publications

Protecting Your Client's Business in Divorce (June 2010)