Service Areas
- Businesses
- Litigation/Trial Practice
- Governments + Nonprofits
- Litigation/Trial Practice
- Individuals + Families
- Litigation/Trial Practice
Education
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D.
- University of Michigan, B.A.
Bar Admissions
- Michigan
For more than three decades Clarence L. Pozza Jr., a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, has handled complex business, commercial and securities trials, arbitrations and mediations with distinction across the United States. His principal practice areas are commercial, corporate, financial, securities and insurance litigation, regulatory representations, alternative dispute resolution and preventive counseling. A past chairman of the firm, Clarence served as a managing director of Miller Canfield for 10 years and was head of the Litigation Group for eight years.
“My clients have given me the opportunity to have a spectacular career, beyond my wildest dreams. I have had the privilege of litigating and resolving complicated disputes throughout the country for wonderful clients.”
Clarence L. Pozza Jr.
Experience
Clarence’s lengthy record of achievement includes complex trial and appellate work in the federal and state courts as well as arbitration before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and American Arbitration Association. He also has an extensive background in administrative and regulatory proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission, New York Stock Exchange, Michigan Insurance Bureau and Michigan Corporations and Securities Bureau as well as other state insurance and securities authorities. He is a past member of the Large Complex Case Panel of the American Arbitration Association and a certified mediator
“I believe that I have brought hard work, value, integrity, imagination, strength and common sense to all of the cases and disputes I have handled over the years.”
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of Michigan
- The American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
- Federal Bar Association, Former Board Member, Detroit Chapter
- Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
- National Association of Securities Dealers, Past Co-Chairman, Arbitrator Training Program, Michigan
- American Arbitration Association, Past Member, Large Complex Case Panel; Past Member, Commercial Advisory Panel; Past Co-Chairman, Securities Arbitration Training Program
- Securities Industry Association, Member
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, Judicial Qualifications Committee, multi-year member
Honors + Awards
- Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation 2003-2009
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Commercial Litigation, 2004-2008
- Michigan Super Lawyers, Top 100 Michigan Super Lawyers, 2007; Litigation, 2006-2007
Civic, Cultural + Social Activities
- Old Newsboys' Goodfellows Fund of Detroit, Past President and Board Member
- Van Patrick Memorial Foundation, Past Board Member and Secretary, Benefiting the Henry Ford Hospital Cancer Research Center and Van Patrick Chair in Oncology
- Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit, Board Member
- The University of Michigan Graduate M Club for Letter Winners, Past President and Board Member
- Detroit Athletic Club
Teaching Experience
- Past faculty member for Institute of Continuing Legal Education, American Arbitration Association, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (now FINRA), Midwest Securities Institute on securities and insurance law, and business litigation