Lawrence R. Ternan Lawrence R. Ternan
(248) 645-9400
(248) 645-9344 fax
lternan@beierhowlett.com
Accomplishments Governor’s Special Committee on Revision of the Subdivision Control Act, member, 1980s

City Attorney, Rochester Hills, and Township Attorney, Avon Township, 28 years
Cases Fort Gratiot Sanitary Landfill, Inc v Michigan DNR, 504 US 353 (1992)

Gordon v City of Bloomfield Hills, 207 Mich App 231 (1994)

Guy v Brandon Twp, 181 Mich App 775 (1989)

Szluha v Charter Twp of Avon, 128 Mich App 402 (1983)

Rodney Lockwood & Co v City of Southfield, 93 Mich App 206 (1979)

Drummer Development Corp v Avon Twp, 51 Mich App 21 (1973)
Publications Zoning Administrative Decisions in Court, 63 Michigan Bar Journal 145 (1984)

Amendments to the Zoning Enabling Acts: New Concepts and Procedures, 59 Michigan Bar Journal, 100 (1980)

Michigan Zoning, A Need for Clarity and Stability, 55 Michigan Bar Journal 33 (1976)
Seminars ICLE

Michigan Planners Association

Michigan State University
Bar Activities Oakland County Bar Foundation (President 2003-04)

Oakland County Bar Association (President 1995-96; Director 1987)

Inns of Court, Oakland County (Founder and Member)

Michigan State Bar Foundation (Fellow)

State Bar of Michigan, Public Corporation Law Section (Chair, Zoning and Land Use Committee, 1974-1980)
Community Activities Methodist Children’s Home Society, Detroit, Vice President (3 years) and Director (10 years)

Oakland Housing Foundation (Trustee 2000-present)

Community Foundation of Greater Rochester (Trustee 2000-03)
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