With experience in commercial and real estate litigation, Kevin J. Roragen represents a diverse group of real estate developers, owners and businesses in various litigation matters.  Mr. Roragen has particular expertise in municipal, zoning and land use matters.  He is a former city attorney for Grand Ledge, Michigan, and continues to represent that city’s Downtown Development Authority and Local Development Finance Authority.  Mr. Roragen is also general counsel for Impression 5 Science Center in Lansing, Michigan.

Roragen is a member of the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce and is a frequent speaker on employment law issues.  He has been a guest lecturer at Michigan State University College of Law as well as the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, where he earned his degree and is active in the Alumni Association.

Practice Areas

• Litigation: Commercial and Real Estate
• Municipal and Governmental Law
• Zoning and Land Use Planning
• Labor and Employment Law
• Appellate Practice

Professional Memberships

• Member, American Bar Association
  
  
  • Litigation Section
  • Employment & Labor Law Section
    
    
• Member, State Bar of Michigan
  
  
• Litigation Section
• Municipal Law Section
• Real Estate Section
• Employment Law Section
  
  
• Member, Ingham County Bar Association
• Admitted to practice:
  
  
  • State of Michigan
  • United States District Court, Western District of Michigan
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
  • United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Published And Significant Decisions

• In Re Petition by Wayne County Treasurer, 478 Mich 1 (2007)(amicus brief)
• Wayne County Treasurer v. Westhaven Manor LDHALP, 265 Mich App 285 (2005)
• In these companion cases, the Michigan Court of Appeals and Supreme Court both held that governmental foreclosure of property tax liens is invalid if the property owner was not afforded the protections of due process.
• Milan Township v. Jaworski, Unpublished Michigan Court of Appeals decision, Docket #240444 Rel’d 12/4/2003
• Seminal decision holding that the Michigan Right to Farm Act preempts local zoning regulations if the activities fall within the definition of a “farm operation.”

Recognition And Public Service

• General Counsel, Impression 5 Science Center
• Vice President, Board of Advisors, YMCA DeWitt
• Past President, Board of Directors, Spartan Child Development Center, East Lansing, Michigan
• Member, Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce - Delta Township Government Relations Committee (2000)
• Member, Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce - Legislative Analysis Committee (2000 – 2001)
• Member, Thomas M. Cooley Law School Alumni Association Board of Governors
• Co-author (with Howard J. Soifer), “No Pay, No Play: The 1998-99 NBA Lockout”, Thomas M. Cooley Journal of Practical and Clinical Law, Vol. 3, p.115, March 2000.
• Presenter at numerous seminars and various client and business group meetings on topics pertaining to Employment Law, Sexual Harassment, and Employer/Employee issues
  

Education

• Thomas M. Cooley Law School, J.D. (magna cum laude), 1997
• Associate Editor, Thomas M. Cooley Law Review (1996-1997)
• Michigan State University, B.A. (Economics, with honors), 1988