Phone (248) 851-3434
Fax (248) 851-4743
joe@brrlawyers.com33493 W. 14 Mile Rd.
Suite 100, Farmington Hills, MI 48331-1587
Joseph M. Rogowski, II
Mr. Rogowski is an AV-rated attorney and joined Dave Berry and Ron
Reynolds in 2004 in the practice of eminent domain, property tax appeals,
commercial litigation, real property litigation, and land use law.
Mr. Rogowski represented the property owner in the recent Michigan Supreme
Court case Alibri v Detroit Wayne County Stadium Authority,
which established significant safeguards for property owners threatened
by eminent domain. Mr. Rogowski is the current Chair of the Real
Estate Section of the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association. Mr.
Rogowski was President of the Barristers of the Detroit Metropolitan
Bar Association in 2003-2004, was a memberof the 2004 and 2006 DMBA
Judicial Candidate Evaluation Committee,
and held the position of Barrister
in the Oakland County Inn of Court. Mr. Rogowski holds memberships
in the Oakland County, Detroit Metropolitan, Michigan, and American
Bar Associations. He is a 1990 graduate of Albion College (BA
in History), where he was a member of the Mortar Board and the Gerald
R. Ford Institute for Public Service. Mr. Rogowski is a graduate
of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law (JD, cum laude), where
he was a member of the Justice Frank Murphy Honor Society, the Moot
Court Board of Directors, and the American Inns of Court.
PUBLICATIONS
Author of Chapters 20, 21 and 22 of the ICLE publication, Michigan Law of Damages and Other Remedies, Third Edition, 2008, dealing with calculation of damages in condemnation cases (Joseph M. Rogowski, II and Ronald E. Reynolds)
"The MDEQ at odds with itself (and the law) over new guidance expanding jurisdiction over wetlands less than five acres in size - 2005" (Ronald E. Reynolds and Joseph M. Rogowski, II)
"Carrier Creek Drainage Dist. v Land One LLC” - 2005 Case Comment
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
"Taking it to the Extreme - Challenging the take on grounds other than public use." - Fall 2005 CLE Conference
“Wetland Jurisdictional Cases Pending Before the US Supreme Court”, 2006 Summer Conference Real Property Law Section, State Bar of Michigan
PROFESIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
American Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan
Oakland County Bar Association
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
Former Chair of the Real Estate Section of the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
President of the Barristers of the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association in 2003-2004
Member of the 2004 and 2006 DMBA Judicial Candidate Evaluation Committee
Barrister in the Oakland County Inn of Court