DETROIT — The law firm of Miller Canfield has announced that Tim A. Attalla has joined the firm as senior counsel in the Detroit office. He will focus his practice on commercial and international matters.

Prior to joining Miller Canfield, Attalla was in private practice in Dearborn, for 18 years.

Attalla is a member of the State Bar of Michigan. He is active in and sits on the board of numerous organizations. He is a national board member of Seeds of Peace of New York, a member of Wayne County Mental Health Board and a member of Ishmael and Isaac of Chicago. He is a past board member of American Arab & Jewish Friends. He was the first Arab-American to be appointed to the Michigan Civil Rights Commission. He was appointed by Governor John Engler and served two, four-year terms from 1991-1998.

Attalla resides in Northville, Michigan. He received his J.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School and his B.A. is from Wayne State University in Political Science. He is fluent in Arabic.

The 350-attorney law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. was established in Detroit in 1852 and has offices in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Howell, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Monroe, Saginaw, and Troy, Michigan. Other offices are located in New York City; Naples; Pensacola, Florida; Windsor, Ontario; and in Gdynia, Warsaw, and Wroclaw, Poland.

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