Adam T. Ratliff
- Associate
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practices
- Represent several large automotive suppliers in a variety of supply-chain disputes
- Both successfully obtained and defended against injunctive relief on behalf of automotive clients in supply-chain litigation
- Represented manufacturing client in arbitration, obtaining an award equal to 100% of client’s claim
- Member of multiple Warner teams defending against class actions
- Represented environmental remediation company in federal fraud investigation; no charges were ever brought against the client
Appeals
- Lee v. United States, 137 S.Ct. 1958 (2017): Member of the WNJ team that earned victory before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case about a defendant’s right to make an informed plea decision
- Represent several large automotive suppliers in a variety of supply-chain disputes
- Both successfully obtained and defended against injunctive relief on behalf of automotive clients in supply-chain litigation
- Represented manufacturing client in arbitration, obtaining an award equal to 100% of client’s claim
- Member of multiple Warner teams defending against class actions
- Represented environmental remediation company in federal fraud investigation; no charges were ever brought against the client
Appeals
- Lee v. United States, 137 S.Ct. 1958 (2017): Member of the WNJ team that earned victory before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case about a defendant’s right to make an informed plea decision when facing deportation as a possible penalty
- Leapers, Inc. v. SMTS, LLC, 879 F.3d 731 (6th Cir. 2018): Obtained unanimous reversal of trial court decision that had found client’s product design functional and thus ineligible for trade dress protection
- Hetterscheidt v. Aleris Specification Alloys, Inc., Case No. 16-2417 (6th Cir. 2017): Successfully defended the lower court’s grant of summary judgment to client in a case concerning the intentional fraud exception to Michigan’s Worker’s Disability Compensation Act
- Magley v. M & W Incorporated, 926N.W.2d 1(Mich. Ct. App. 2018): Won reversal of trial court’s grant of summary disposition
- “Warner Virtual Automotive Executive Roundtable Series,” Warner Roundtable, March 25, 2021
- “Warner Virtual Automotive Executive Roundtable Series,” Warner Roundtable, March 25, 2021
- Stellantis Rethinks 2022 T&Cs After Supplier FeedbackAhead of the Curve Auto Supplier
- “A Pandemic Success Story,” dri™ Certworthy, 8/4/2021
- Stellantis Overhauls Terms and Conditions – What You Need to Know at a Glance
- “A Pandemic Success Story,” dri™ Certworthy, 8/4/2021
- Stellantis Overhauls Terms and Conditions – What You Need to Know at a Glance