Emily S. Rucker
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- Represents commercial clients in supplier and customer disputes and contract termination situations, including product supply and software contracts.
- Represents parties in construction disputes, including construction lien and payment disputes and defect claims.
- Serves as trial counsel in litigation, arbitration, and mediation.
- Represents banking clients and other third parties in responding to subpoenas and garnishment requests.
- Secured injunctive relief for manufacturing clients in supply chain disputes.
- Successfully resolved breach of warranty dispute between banks resulting from fraudulent ACH transfers.
- Successfully prosecuted violations of the automatic stay on behalf of a debtor in Chapter 11 bankr
- Represents commercial clients in supplier and customer disputes and contract termination situations, including product supply and software contracts.
- Represents parties in construction disputes, including construction lien and payment disputes and defect claims.
- Serves as trial counsel in litigation, arbitration, and mediation.
- Represents banking clients and other third parties in responding to subpoenas and garnishment requests.
- Secured injunctive relief for manufacturing clients in supply chain disputes.
- Successfully resolved breach of warranty dispute between banks resulting from fraudulent ACH transfers.
- Successfully prosecuted violations of the automatic stay on behalf of a debtor in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, allowing the debtor to continue operating its business and confirm a Chapter 11 plan.
- Procured early dismissal of a construction materials supplier from a products liability lawsuit.
- Procured early dismissal of an architect from a premises liability lawsuit.
- Counsels clients in compliance with credit card surcharge statutes and rules.
- Panelist, “Dispositive Motion Drill Down,'” 2025 Bankruptcy Summer Seminar, July 25, 2025
- “Check and ACH Fraud Prevention and Mitigation Strategies,” Michigan Bankers Association Webinar, May 15, 2025
- 26th Michigan Automotive Suppliers Symposium, March 6, 2025, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- “Business Risk Mitigation,”
- Panelist, “Dispositive Motion Drill Down,'” 2025 Bankruptcy Summer Seminar, July 25, 2025
- “Check and ACH Fraud Prevention and Mitigation Strategies,” Michigan Bankers Association Webinar, May 15, 2025
- 26th Michigan Automotive Suppliers Symposium, March 6, 2025, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- “Business Risk Mitigation,” MTEC SmartZone’s Inaugural AMMP Accelerator Cohort, May 22, 2024
- “What Suppliers Across Every Industry Can Learn from the AirBoss Landmark Ruling,” Warner Webinar,
- “Nuts and Bolts of Michigan Construction Lien Act,” Warner Webinar,
- “Virtual Roundtable — Keeping Distressed Suppliers from Being Disruptive Suppliers,” December 5, 2022
- “Maneuvering Manufacturing Supply Chain Disruptions,” Strategies for Navigating Manufacturing Disruptors, November 29, 2022, Spring Lake, Michigan
- 2022 Virtual Automotive Executive Roundtable Series, July 12, 2022
- “Automatic Stay and Discharge Injunction Issues: SOS,” 31st Annual FBA (Western District of Michigan) Bankruptcy Section Seminar, July 27-28, 2019
- “Overhaul on Michigan’s New Garnishment Statute,” Employers Association of West Michigan, June 23, 2015
- Trial Courts Begin to Address Major Supply Chain Contracting Questions with Differing OutcomesAhead of the Curve Auto Supplier
- Supply Chain: Contract Performance HygieneIn the Know: Warner's Litigation Spotlight
- Contracting For New Product DevelopmentAhead of the Curve Auto Supplier
- 2025 Bankruptcy Summer Seminar
- Michigan Bankers Association: Check and ACH Fraud Prevention and Mitigation Strategies
- GVSU 26th Michigan Automotive Suppliers Symposium
- MTEC SmartZone’s Inaugural AMMP Accelerator Cohort
- Webinar — What Suppliers Across Every Industry Can Learn from the AirBoss Landmark Ruling
- Warner Attorneys Selected for Multiple Honors by Best Lawyers in America®
- Warner Attorneys Awarded Multiple Honors by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine
- Emily Rucker Appointed to Inforum West Michigan Regional Council
- Warner Attorneys Selected for Multiple Honors by Best Lawyers in America®
- Warner Attorneys Selected for Multiple Honors by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine
- 17 Warner Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers®: Ones to Watch List
- 18 Warner Attorneys Named to Rising Stars List by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine
- Warner Partner Emily S. Rucker Honored by Grand Rapids Bar Association
- Warner Names Four Attorneys as Partners
- 19 Warner Attorneys Named to Rising Stars List by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine
- 20 Warner Attorneys Named to Rising Stars List by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine
- 25 Warner Attorneys Named to Rising Stars List by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine
- 27 Warner Attorneys Named to Rising Stars List by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine
- 24 Warner Attorneys Recognized as Top Women Lawyers by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine
- This Is Not A Drill: 30-Day Canada and Mexico Tariff Pause Expiring
- Outcomes Not to be Overlooked during the Changing International Trade Landscape
- The Michigan Builders Trust Fund Act May Include More than Traditional Construction Projects
- Trial Courts Begin to Address Major Supply Chain Contracting Questions with Differing Outcomes
- Supply Chain: Contract Performance Hygiene
- Contracting For New Product Development
- Supreme Court: Michigan Counties Cannot Profit from Tax Foreclosures
- COVID-19 Construction Issues
- Debtor’s Statement About a Single Asset Must be in Writing to Prevent Discharge of Debt
- Those Who Purchase Debt Are Not “Debt Collectors” Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
- Proof of Claim on Stale Debt Does Not Violate Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
- Governor Snyder Signs New Garnishment Law to Ease Burden on Employers, Other Garnishees
