Areas of Practice

Telecommunications Law

Field Law Group is one of the leading firms in Michigan representing new entrant local phone companies and other competitive providers. Field Law Group is experienced in providing representation to fulfill all facets of such companies’ regulatory and legal needs, including obtaining state licenses to provide basic local exchange service, drafting tariffs, and negotiating interconnection agreements and other contracts with incumbent and other providers. Several of Field Law Group’s successes before the Michigan Public Service Commission and state and federal courts are highlighted on this site’s home page.

Energy and Public Utility

Field Law Group has significant experience representing clients in energy and public utility matters, including participating before the Michigan Public Service Commission in complex natural gas and electric rate cases and in gas cost recovery and power supply cost recovery plan and reconciliation cases. Field Law Group has also assisted alternate energy suppliers with their regulatory and general business needs. Whether the matter involves representation in a regulatory proceeding, negotiation of an interconnection agreement, contract drafting, legislative advocacy and lobbying, litigation and appellate representation, or other legal advice regarding energy and public utility issues, Field Law Group is committed to providing expert and efficient representation.

Renewable Energy

Field Law Group provides a broad array of legal services to developers, investors, utilities and project owners in the renewable energy sector. Field Law Group can assist with a variety of issues, whether it be permitting a renewable project or drafting and negotiating a power purchase agreement. Field Law Group can provide guidance through transmission interconnection issues or compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements. In addition, Field Law Group can assist in the identification of tax credits and other incentives, and in the sale or purchase of renewable energy development assets and projects.

Appellate Law

Field Law Group attorneys have years of experience pursuing and defending appeals at all levels of state and federal courts. Field Law Group understands the significant differences between the approach required for presenting a factual issue in trial court and the approach required for arguing an appellate issue to an appellate court. Field Law Group’s forte is reducing complex technical and corporate issues into concise and understandable briefs.

Oil and Gas Title Opinions

Field Law Group prepares oil and gas title opinions for drilling and storage projects in Michigan and other states. Working from prepared abstracts or courthouse research, Field Law Group attorneys provide advices concerning ownership of surface, oil, gas and mineral rights, and concerning encumbrances of records. In partnership with one of the premier oil and gas firms in the state, Field Law Group offers title service for gas production from the Marcellus shale formation in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

Immigration

Field Law Group attorneys provide assistance with citizenship and immigration concerns, including maintaining legal status in the United States, obtaining H1, H2 or F2 visas, applying for a green card under EB1, EB2 or EB5, and family based immigration. Field Law Group strives to provide the required assistance to make the time consuming and lengthy process of immigration simple and easy. Field Law Group attorney Hai Jiang particularly facilitates the immigration process for Chinese speakers by removing the language barrier.

Corporate Law/Business Formation

Field Law Group offers a wide range of legal services relating to business law issues. Field Law Group can assist in drafting and filing articles of business incorporation or organization, generating agreements and bylaws, securing EINs, and filing S corporation elections where applicable. Field Law Group also provides guidance in legal matters related to a broad spectrum of other business concerns.

Commercial Litigation

Field Law Group provides complete commercial litigation services over a wide variety of matters including contract disputes, receivership matters, commercial landlord/tenant matters, high volume residential landlord/tenant matters, and general business disputes. Field Law Group attorneys have litigated in state and federal courts throughout the state of Michigan at all trial levels, and are also experienced in Constitutional and election law matters.

Bankruptcy

Field Law Group, through its affiliation with Witte Law Offices, provides complete bankruptcy-related services ranging from filing of consumer bankruptcies through representation of both debtors and creditors in the most sophisticated reorganization proceedings. Field Law Group attorneys have represented creditors, trustees, debtors and official committees throughout the estate in insolvency proceedings.