John E. Anding

Since 1979 specialized in federal and state court litigation, with emphasis in complex commercial and consumer class action litigation.

Admitted to and have practiced before the following courts:

United States Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Southern Division)

U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (Tampa Division)

U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

U.S. District Court for the State of Texas (Austin Division)

U.S. District Court for the State of Texas (Houston Division)

Michigan Supreme Court

Michigan Court of Appeals

Twentieth Judicial Circuit for Lee County, Florida

Superior Court for the State of Alaska

London Court of International Arbitration

Western Michigan University                  B.S., Magna Cum Laude, 1975

Wayne State University                                                                  J.D., 1979

Appointed by Magistrate Doyle A. Rowland to serve as a panel member with federal judges to issue binding evaluation in a Complex Commercial action (1993)

Arbitration, American Arbitration Association (1990-2001)

Arbitration and Mediation, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan (1986-2008)

Mediation, Circuit Court for the County of Kent (1986-2008)

Settlement Conference Facilitator, Circuit Court for the County of Kent (1994)

“Wall of Distinction”                                    Western Michigan University

American Board of Trial Advocates

President (1999-2000), President-Elect (1998-1999), Treasurer (1996-1998), Vice President (1995-1996), Secretary (1994-1995), Federal Bar Association, Western Michigan Chapter

President (1994-1995), Treasurer (2000-2007), Catholic Lawyers Association

Chairman (1998-2008), State Bar of Michigan Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee

Chairman (1998-2008), Standing Committee on Local Rules, U.S. Dist. Crt., Western District of Mich.

Co-Chairman (2001-2002), U.S. District Court Bench/Bar Conference (Oct, 2002)

Michigan State Bar Foundation — Fellow

Member, Executive Committee, Federal Bar Association, Western Michigan Chapter (1991-2001)

Federal Bar Association

Michigan Bar Association

Grand Rapids Bar Association

Order of Barristers

National Association of Consumer Advocates

Frederick v Comerica Bank (FL)(1995) [Result: $2.4m Settlement]

Heintz v First National Bank (1996) [Result: $1.6m Verdict]

Martin v A.O. Smith Corporation, et al, 931 F Supp 543 (1996) (USDC WD Mich)

[Result: Rico Liability Verdict]

Lozada v Dale Baker Olds., 197 FRD 321 (USDC WD Mich 2000) [Result: 409 class members;

$750/class member]

VanDenBroeck v Commonpoint (USDC WD Mich 2000) [Result: 12,000 Class Members; Bankrupted; $1000/4218 Class Members]

VanDenBroeck v ContiMortgage (USDC WD Mich 2001) [Result: 1,489 Class Members; $100/Class Member]

VanDenBroeck v GreenTree (USDC WD Mich 2002) [Result: 41 Class Members; $643-$4,700 Class Members]

Venture v AutoStyle, (USBC WD Mich 2002) [Result: $7m Settlement]

Venture v Autoliv, (USDC ED Mich 2004) [Result: $27.5m Verdict]

Cowles v Bank West, 476 Mich 1 (2006) [Result: Class TILA Violation; 300 Class Members; $250/Class Member]

Prime Financial v Bank One (2006) [Result: $1.2m Verdict]

In Re: Teleservices, Debtor, M. Meoli, Trustee v HNB (USBC WD Mich Adv Pro) [Result: $72.4m Verdict]

Gilmore, et al v UTE City Mortgage, et al, 660 F. Supp. 437 (D. Colo. 1986)

Agristor Financial Corporation, et al v Merle E. VanSickle, et al, 907 F.2d 233 (1992)

Valleyside Dairy Farm v A.O. Smith Corporation, et al, 944 F. Supp. 612 (1995)

Martin v A.O. Smith Corporation, et al, 931 F. Supp. 543 (1996)

Lozada v Dale Baker Oldsmobile, 197 FRD 321 (WD Mich. 2000)

Lozada v Dale Baker Oldsmobile, 145 F. Supp. 2d 878 (WD Mich. 2001)

Dressel v AmeriBank, 247 Mich. App. 133, 635 NW2d 328 (2001)

Daenzer v Wayland Ford., Inc., 210 FRD 202 (WD Mich. 2002)

Venture v Autoliv, 457 F.3d 1322 (Fed. Cir. 2006)

Cowles v Bank West, 476 Mich. 1 (2006)

Meoli v Huntington National Bank (In Re Teleservices), 444 B.R. 767 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 2011)

Venture Global Engineering v Satyam Computer Services, 730 F.3d 580 (6^th Cir. 2013)

“Simplifying Complex Commercial Litigation,” Institute of Continuing Legal Education (1990)

Faculty Member, Hon. Douglas W. Hillman Federal Trial Advocacy Program, United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan

“Rights & Responsibilities—The Bill of Rights as a Living Proclamation,” Law Day Observance, G.R. Legal Secretaries Assoc. (1992)

“Lender Liability: The Mystery Unraveled,” Michigan Bankers Association (1988)

“SubPrime Lending—How It Works and What Lawyers Should Look For,” Michigan Poverty Law Program Road Show (1998)

“SubPrime Lenders: Fee Junkies,” Michigan Poverty Law Program Road Show (1999)

“A Pocket Guide to SubPrime Lending Abuses,” Michigan Poverty Law Program Road Show (2000)

“The New Predator on the Block: SubPrime Mortgage Lending Abuses,” Detroit NAACP (2001)

“Lender Liability: In Search of Good Faith and Fair Dealing,” Mich. Bus. Law Journal (January 1989)

“Lender Liability: The Done Deal?,” The Michigan Real Property Review (Winter 1988)

“Lender Liability: Scourge or Salvation,” Grand Rapids Business Journal (1987)

“Ten Things A Federal Judge Will Never Tell You About Civil RICO,” The Consumer Advocate, Vol. 4, No. 5 (Sept/Oct 1998)

“Junk Fees: What They Are and What To Do About Them,” The Consumer Advocate, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Mar/Apr 1999)

“Banks Bona Fide: A Good-Faith Approach to Lender Liability,” Mich. Bus. Law Journal (Fall 2013)

“Law & Religion: Should Past be Prologue?,” Bench & Bar, Federal Bar Association for Western District of Michigan (January 2005)