William R. Jansen

Representative Experience

• Principal outside counsel for Consumers Energy Company, the state of Michigan's largest publicly owned utility
• Lead outside counsel for Robert Bosch LLC in $250 million dispute with OEM concerning alleged brake system defaults
• Outside counsel for Robert Bosch LLC and affiliates in multiple customer-supplier based  disputes
• Principal outside counsel for MAHLE Industries Inc. and affiliates in customer- supplier related issues, contacting issues, litigation  issues  and commercial issues
• Lead trial counsel for Daewoo (America) Corporation in multiple customer-supplier based  disputes
• Principal outside counsel for Keiper LLC and Recaro North America on all automotive supplier related issues.
• Counsel for Johnson Controls Inc. on multiple business related  issues
• Principal outside counsel for JATCO, Inc. on multiple customer-supplier related issues
• Lead Counsel for multiple automotive suppliers during bankruptcies of GM, Chrysler, major suppliers
• Successful Co-lead trial counsel for Consumers Energy Company in billion dollar claim brought by the Michigan Attorney General, before the Michigan Public Service Commissions won by Consumers Energy on all counts
• Lead trial counsel for Vector Pipeline LP in the statewide acquisition by condemnation and negotiation of properties for the construction and installation of a 42-inch, 1-billion-cubic-feet-per-day interstate natural gas pipeline.  Involved in over 25 separate lawsuits and hundreds of individual acquisitions
• Successful lead trial counsel for Consumers Energy Company in massive coverage litigation against Lloyds London and London Market Insurer
• Successful lead trial counsel for The Detroit News in major defamation action brought against it by program manager of $1.5 billion Capital Funding Program which was dismissed on a no cause
• Coordinated over 170 complex "stray voltage" cases on behalf of Consumers Energy Company over the last eight years. Served as lead trial counsel in excess of 18 such cases.  Chief negotiator and appellate counsel in all cases
• Successful lead trial counsel for Robert Bosch GmbH in international contract dispute litigation and arbitration
• Successful lead trial counsel for Lear Corporation and Keiper Recaro, major German-based international automotive component manufacturer, in a multimillion-dollar international supplier lawsuit
• Successful lead trial counsel for Port Huron Hospital in multimillion-dollar arbitration proceedings against Mercy Hospital involving inpatient and outpatient heart programs
• Special arbitrator and facilitative mediator for Washington Power & Light, Georgia Power Company, Indiana & Michigan Power Company, Northern States Power Company, Wisconsin Electric Power Company, Iowa Power & Light and Thumb Electric Cooperative in complex electrical power distribution cases
• Successful trial counsel for Consumers Energy Company in six-week U.S. Tax Court case involving $90 million exposure on accrual revenue reporting issue
• Counsel for Keiper Enterprises and Keiper Delta Seat Components in multimillion-dollar dispute with motor supplier
• Lead trial counsel for Diagnostic Imaging of Florida/Physicians Health Services, Inc., in trademark and trade name litigation
• Successful lead trial counsel for Consumers Energy Company in substantial sexual discrimination/harassment litigation
• Successful trial counsel for Pillsbury Company, Green Giant Company, Dean Foods Company and Borden Foods in antitrust litigation involving the design, manufacture and pricing of folding cartons and corrugated containers
• Trial counsel for Standard Oil of Ohio and Reserve Oil and Minerals involving the design and implementation of a massive uranium mine in multimillion-dollar litigation against Gulf Oil Corporation
• Trial counsel for Consumers Energy Company in a lawsuit involving the design and construction of nuclear power plant, including related litigation