03/10/2023
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐:
๐๐๐ธ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐พ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ- ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ:๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐บ
๐๐พ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ & ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐- ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ญ:๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐บ
Presenter Bios:
๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ฒ ๐. ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐๐๐พ.
๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ & ๐ฆ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ต, ๐ฃ๐
Julie I. Fershtman is a Shareholder with Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC, a full-service law firm with offices around the state. A lawyer for 36 years, her law practice crosses all equine breeds and disciplines, and she handles a wide variety of equine industry matters. She also drafts contracts to help her clients avoid disputes. Her expertise also includes business litigation, fraud litigation, and insurance law.
Working hard for her clients, she has achieved numerous courtroom victories in trial and appellate courts. She helped Michigan pass its Equine Activity Liability Act as well as the lawโs 2015 amendment.
Recognized for her legal work and service to the profession, Michigan Super Lawyersยฎ listed her as one of Michiganโs โTop 100 Lawyersโ and โTop 50 Women Lawyers.โ She received the American Bar Associationโs โExcellence in the Advancement of Animal Law Awardโ and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for years. Michigan Lawyers Weekly named her 2016 โWoman of the Year.โ
Her books include Equine Law and Horse Sense, published by the ABA in 2019 and Litigating Animal Law Disputes: A Complete Guide for Lawyers, also published by the ABA. She has written 400 articles that have appeared in magazines such as EQUUS. Her blog is www.equinelawblog.com
She has spoken on Equine Law in 29 states including conventions of American Horse Council, APHA, USPC, USHJA, USDF, Equine Affaire, Amer. Youth Horse Council, and National Conf. on Equine Law.
For more information, visit: www.equinelaw.net www.fershtmanlaw.com www.fosterswift.com
๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ, ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ:
โข Equine Law, Litigation and Liability โข Mediation Services
โข Business Litigation โข Recreational Liability โข Contract Disputes โข Contract Drafting
โข Construction Law โข Sales Disputes โข Property Disputes โข Uniform Commercial Code
Bar and Court Admissions:
Michigan, 1998
E.D. Michigan, 1998
W.D. Michigan, 2005
N.D. Ohio, 2005
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2005
Admitted pro hac vice in Ohio
Educational Experience:
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Juris Doctor 1997
Oakland University, Master of Arts 1980
University of Michigan, Bachelor of Arts English/French 1978
๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐. ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ has been an attorney in Michigan for over ten years. She is the owner of North Pointe Legal, PLLC in Ludington, Michigan where she focuses her practice exclusively on equine law, criminal defense, child abuse and neglect, and family law. Tracie is committed to helping people achieve justice in a system that is far too often unfair. A large part of her practice involves helping children, either by working to keep them with their families or advocating for their rights in the juvenile justice system.
Tracie is also an avid horse girl from a very young age. As a result, her equine industry knowledge, coupled with her experience in insurance defense, provides her the ability to represent clients from all aspects of the spectrum. From drafting sales contracts, boarding agreements, to litigating sales fraud cases and even criminal cases, she strives to ensure that her clients are zealously represented and properly educated to avoid legal pitfalls in the future.
๐๐ช๐ง๐๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ค: www.mihorseexpo.com/tickets
March 10-12, 2023 at the MSU Livestock Pavilion
