Licensed for 67 years

Government contracts Lawyer at Birmingham, MI
Practice Areas: Government Contracts, Commercial, Intellectual Property

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Reason: Not Practicing

About Norman

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Government Contracts 60%

drafting, reviewing, negotiating, interpreting government contracts, as USAF official, as member of General Motors legal staff and as practitioner; served as committee chair, council member and Section Chair of the ABA Section of Public Contract Law; Commander, USAF Contract Law Center

68 years

60%

Commercial Real Estate 30%

Joint research agreements, transactions, purchase orders, M&A, government contracts

38 years

30%

Intellectual Property 10%

NOT a patent lawyer, but experienced in negotiating and interpreting IP clauses in commercial transactions, especially government contracts

62 years

10%

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Licenses

Licensed in Michigan for 37 years

State: Michigan

Acquired: 1988

Emeritus

No misconduct found

Licensed in Illinois for 67 years

State: Illinois

Acquired: 1958

Administrative - Not Authorized to Practice

No misconduct found

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Location

Law Offices of Norman R. Thorpe

498 Abbey St, Birmingham, MI, 48009

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Experience

Rating: 8.3 (Excellent)

Honors

2002

Fellow, ABA Section of Public Contract Law

1988

Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit (2), lesser awards, Department of Defense

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Work Experience

2004 - 2016

Retained Counsel, US Council for Automotive Research

1988 - 2003

Legal Staff, General Motors Corporation

1958 - 1988

Brigadier General, United States Air Force

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Associations

2001 - 2002

American Bar Association, Public Contract Law Section

Chair

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Sample of Legal Cases

New City Hall, San Jose, CA

Successful re-procurement of IT systems

Ttransactional work

major transactions completed

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Education

1998

Hague Academy of International Law

n/a

1968

George Washington University National Law Center

LL.M - Master of Laws

1963

Squadron Officer School, USAF

1958

University of Illinois College of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1956

University of Illinois

AB

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Speaking Engagements

2008

CLE Teleconference: Model Procurement Code

Public Private Partnerships in Infrastructure Procurement

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Publications

2007

American Bar Association publication Model Code for Public Infrastructure Procurement

1981

Air University Review Discipline and Justice in the Armed Forces

1975

Law and Responsibility in Warfare: The Vietnam Experience; Edited by Peter Trooboff; University of North Carolina Press Comment, with James R. Miles, Methods and Means of Warfare

1967

George Washington University Masters Thesis Prisoners of Contemporary War: Enforcing Community Standards of Treatment

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