James F. Gehrke is the managing shareholder in Butzel Long’s Washington D.C. office. He is a seasoned litigator specializing in complex business disputes of all types, including all aspects of supply-chain and related contract disputes as well as the manufacture of both complex and commodity supplies for government and industry. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Appellate practice groups and has represented a wide variety of businesses and commercial concerns at the trial and appellate levels. Mr. Gehrke also chairs Butzel Long’s Pro Bono Committee and is a member of the firm’s PAC Committee.
Mr. Gehrke is a graduate of the University of Michigan (B.A., 1986), Harvard Divinity School (M.Div., 1990) and the University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1994). After law school, Mr. Gehrke clerked for the Honorable John Feikens of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and Chief Justice James H. Brickley of the Michigan Supreme Court. He is licensed in Michigan and Washington D.C. and is admitted to and has practiced before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the United States Court of International Trade, and many United States District Courts.
James F. Gehrke is the managing shareholder in Butzel Long’s Washington D.C. office. He is a seasoned litigator specializing in complex business disputes of all types, including all aspects of supply-chain and related contract disputes as well as the manufacture of both complex and commodity supplies for government and industry. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Appellate practice groups and has represented a wide variety of businesses and commercial concerns at the trial and appellate levels. Mr. Gehrke also chairs Butzel Long’s Pro Bono Committee and is a member of the firm’s PAC Committee.
Mr. Gehrke is a graduate of the University of Michigan (B.A., 1986), Harvard Divinity School (M.Div., 1990) and the University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1994). After law school, Mr. Gehrke clerked for the Honorable John Feikens of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and Chief Justice James H. Brickley of the Michigan Supreme Court. He is licensed in Michigan and Washington D.C. and is admitted to and has practiced before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the United States Court of International Trade, and many United States District Courts.
Mr. Gehrke is a member of the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the DC Bar Association and the Metropolitan Detroit Bar Association. He is also a graduate of the Michigan Political Leadership Program and Leadership Detroit (Class XXVI). He serves on the Board of Advisors for Paula Tutman’s Children’s Toothfairy Foundation, serves as General Counsel for Think Detroit and served many years on the Michigan Land Use Institute Board of Directors. Mr. Gehrke is an active member of his church and is a supporter of the Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Matanzas, Cuba.