Mark E. Merlanti is an attorney with 25 years of experience. Mark concentrates his practice in the areas of shareholder disputes, construction law, business/commercial disputes and litigation, contract drafting and review, landlord-tenant, accounts receivable management and employee restrictive covenant matters.

He is a member of the Construction Lien Committee of the Real Property Section of the State Bar of Michigan. Mr. Merlanti authored Stokes v Millen Roofing Co.: The Michigan Supreme Court Puts Teeth Bank Into The Residential Builders Act’s Prohibition Against Suits for Compensation by Unlicensed Residential Contractors, Michigan Real Property Review, Spring 2003. He is a regular speaker for the Construction Association of Michigan and has presented seminars for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce. [He has been admitted to practice before the United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan as well as all State Courts in Michigan.]

Mark obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, with honors, was received from Michigan State University in 1980 and his Juris Doctorate from Wayne State University in 1983. Mark is active in community organizations, including serving on the Boards of Pathway Family Center, a 501(c)(3) organization that assists youths with substance abuse and behavioral issues and the Novi Parks Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization that provides financial support for the programs of Novi’s Parks, Recreation & Forestry Department.