Daniel P. Dalton

• Crain’s Detroit Business 2021 Notable Real Estate Executives
• 2022 dBusiness Top Lawyer in Land Use and Zoning
• America’s Top 100 Attorneys, Lifetime Achievement, 2018.
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 2020
• Top 25 Attorneys in Michigan, 2010. Michigan Lawyers Weekly.
• Top 5% of all Zoning and Land Use Attorneys in the United States by Martindale Hubble, 2011.
• Martindale Hubble rating: AV rating since 2000
• Michigan Super Lawyer: Zoning and Land Use 2009 through the present; Corporation Counsel 2010 to present.
• dBusiness/HOUR magazine, Top Lawyer 2009 through the present.
• Avvo legal ranking – 10 (highest ranking)
• Life Member of National Registry of Who’s Who of American Lawyers, No. 125584, published, January 2000.
• Admitted to the American Registry of Distinguished Professionals, July 2014
• Silver Award, 2015. Alliance Defending Freedom.
• Profiled in Detroit Legal News, May 2020.
• Michigan’s Go to Lawyers for Real Estate & Condo Law, July 2021. Michigan Lawyer’s Weekly.
• PDA Q&A: The E-Interview, Dan Dalton – DBusiness Magazine

United States Supreme Court:   

1. Clerk, Supreme Court of the U. S., September 1, 1995: Admissions Office, One First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20543

United States Court of Appeals:

1. Second Circuit Court of Appeals, (NY); June 29, 2018 – Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, New York 10007
2. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (MI):  November 8, 1993 – 540 Potter S Stewart Street, 100 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
3. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (MO): October 2, 2018.  Office of the Clerk, United States Court of Appeals, Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse, 111 South 10th Street, Room 24.329, St. Louis, Missouri 63102
4. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (CA):  July 14, 2009 – Office of the Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, P.O. Box 193939, San Francisco, CA 94119-3939
5. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (GA), February 2, 2015 – Office of the Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 96 Poplar Street, N.W. Atlanta, GA 30303.

United States District Court:

• Admitted

1. 1. United States District Court, Eastern District of MI:  admitted, December 9, 1992, U.S. District Court, Clerk’s Office, 231 W. Lafayette Blvd., Detroit, MI 48226
   2. United States District Court, Western District of Michigan:  admitted, March 26, 2008 – Clerk, U.S. District Court, 399 Federal Building. 110 Michigan St., N.W., Grand Rapids, MI 49503
   3. United States District Court, Central District of Illinois:  admitted, April 15, 2008 – Clerk, U.S. District Court, 151 U.S. Courthouse, 600 E. Monroe Street, Springfield, IL 62701
   4. United States District Court, Western District of Texas:  admitted, July 28, 2008 – U.S. District Clerk’s Office, 800 Franklin Ave., Room 380,Waco, Texas 76701
   5. United States District Court, District of Colorado:  admitted, June 11, 2010 – U.S. District Court Clerk, Alfred A. Arraj Courthouse, 901 19th Street Denver, CO 80294
   6. United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Michigan:  admitted, February 25, 2011 –Clerk, US Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 211 West Fort Street, Detroit, Michigan 48226 
   7. United States District Court, Northern District Indiana:  admitted May 8, 2014 – Clerk, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division, 204 S Main St, South Bend, IN 46601
   8. United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, admitted October 13, 2016; Paul Brown United States Courthouse, 101 East Pecan Street, Room 216, Sherman, Texas 75090.
   9. United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, admitted November 4, 2016; United States District Courthouse, 517 East Wisconsin Ave. Room 362, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202.
   10. United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, admitted November 28, 2016; United States District Courthouse, 501 West 10th Street, Room 310, Fort Worth, Texas 76102

• Pro Hac Vice:

1. 1. United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania:  May 8, 2009 – Pro Hac Vice – Clerk, U.S. District Court, 601 Market Street, Room 2609, Philadelphia, PA 19106-1717
   2. United States District Court, Southern District of California: June 23, 2012 – Pro Hac Vice – Clerk, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. 221 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101
   3. United States District Court, Eastern District of California:  August 16, 2012 – Pro Hac Vice – Clerk, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 501 I Street, Room 4-200, Sacramento, CA 95814
   4. United States District Court, Southern District of Mississippi:  April 17, 2013 – Pro Hac Vice – Clerk, U.S. District Court, William M. Colmer Federal Building & United States Courthouse, 701 North Main Street, Suite 200, Hattiesburg, MS 39401
   5. United States District Court, Middle District of Florida:  November 1, 2013 – Pro Hac Vice – Clerk, US District Court, Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division Bryan Simpson U.S. Courthouse, 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida 32202
   6. United States District Court, New Jersey, Newark Division: January 14, 2015, admitted Pro Hac Vice. Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse, 50 Walnut Street, Newark, New Jersey 07101; readmitted May 15, 2018
   7. United States District Court, Eastern District Missouri:  March 10, 2015, admitted Pro Hac Vice.  Clerk of Court, 111 South 10th Street St. Louis, MO 63102
   8. United States District Court, Central District of California, April 22, 2015, admitted Pro Hac Vice, Clerk of the Court, 312 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
   9. United States District Court, Western District Pennsylvania:  September 16, 2015, admitted Pro Hac Vice.  Clerk of Court, 700 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
   10. United States District Court, Northern District of West Virginia, November 10, 2015, admitted Pro Hac Vice, Clerk of the Court, 1125 Chapline Street, Wheeling, WV, 26003
   11. United States District Court, Northern District of California, February 26, 2016, admitted Pro Hac Vice, Clerk of the Court, 450 Golden Gate Street, San Francisco, CA 94102-3489.
   12. United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, Boston Division: June 10, 2016, admitted Pro Hac Vice.  Clerk of the Court, 1 Courthouse Way, Boston, MA. 02210. 
   13. United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, admitted Pro Hac Vice July 13, 2016; Dirksen Federal Building, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604
   14. United States District Court, Central District of California, April 14, 2017, admitted Pro Hac Vice, Clerk of the Court, 312 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
   15. United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, Miami Division, April 28, 2017, admitted Pro Hac Vice, Clerk of the Court, 400 North Miami Avenue, Miami, FL. 33128
   16. United States District Court, District of Connecticut, New Haven Division, June 28, 2017, admitted Pro Hac Vice, Clerk of the Court, 141 Church Street, Suite 200, New Haven, CT. 06510
   17. United States District Court, District of Maryland, Baltimore Division, November 22, 2017, admitted Pro Hac Vice, Clerk of the Court, 101 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 06510 
   18. United States District Court, District of Kansas, Kansas City Division, November 26, 2019, admitted Pro Hac Vice, Clerk of the Court, The Robert J. Dole Federal Court, 500 State Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101.
   19. United States District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, Northern & Western Division, Jackson, May 25, 2021, admitted Pro Hac Vice, Clerk of the Court, 501 East Court Street, Jackson, MS., 39201
   20. United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, January 27, 2022, admitted Pro Hac Vice, Clerk of the Court, 120 North Henry Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53703.

State Court

• Admitted:  

1. 1. Michigan:  State Bar of Michigan, Bar. No. P 44056.  Admitted November 13, 1990; Michigan Supreme Court Clerk’s Office, 925 W. Ottawa Street, Lansing, MI 48915

• Temporary Admission:

1. 1. Connecticut, Temporary Admission, Pro Hac Vic, JURIS No, 441284, Connecticut Judicial Branch, (AE04) Director of Court Operations, 225 Spring Street, Second Floor, Wethersfield, CT. 06109
   2. Florida, Temporary Admission, Pro Hac Vice, December 6, 2018, Hillsborough County, Florida, The Board of Trustees of the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc. v. Bayshore Christian School, Case No. 2018-CA-011192, Hon. Cheryl K. Thomas.
   3. Indiana:  Temporary Admission, State Bar of Indiana, Pro Hac Vice, November 11, 2014, Indiana Supreme Court, 217 State House, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
   4. Louisiana, Temporary Admission, Pro Hac Vice, December 9, 2019, 19th Judicial District Court, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Douglas Church vs. The Board of Trustees of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, Docket #C-690515, Section 25, Div. O, Hon. Wilson Fields. 
   5. Missouri. Temporary Admission, Pro Hac Vice, April 7, 2020, Cape Girardeau Chancery Court, 44 North Larimore, Cape Girardeau, Missouri: Hobbs Chapel United Methodist Church v. The Missouri Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Case No, 20GC-CC 00117, Hon. Benjamin Lewis.
   6. New Jersey, Temporary Admission, State Bar of New Jersey, Pro Hac Vice, State Bar No: PHV 032366: February 10, 2015, One Constitution Square, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
   7. Ohio, Temporary Admission, PHV bar number 20687, Pro Hac Vice, October 11, 2018, Supreme Court of Ohio, Office of Attorney Services, 65 Front Street, 5th floor, Columbus, OH 43215
   8. Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, Temporary Admission ,Pro Hac Vice, October 31, 2016. Department of State Land Buildings, 775 Summer Street NE, Suite 330, Salem, Oregon 97301-1283. 
   9. Washington, Temporary Admission, Pro Hac Vice, October 11, 2017, Spokane County Superior Court,  Case No. 17-02-03719-7, Hon. Timothy Fitzgerald,  1116 West Broadway, Spokane, WA. 99260
   10. West Virginia, Temporary Admission, State Bar of West Virginia, Pro Hac Vice, November 10, 2015; 2000 Deitrick Blvd., Charleston, WV 25311
   11. Missouri, Pro Hac Vice, Jasper County Court: First United Methodist Church, Sarcoxie v. Missouri Annual Conference, January 27, 2022.
   12. Missouri, Pro Hac Vice, Greene County Court: Schweitzer Church v. Missouri Annual Conference, February 6, 2022 
   13. Missouri, Pro Hac Vice, St. Charles County Court: Morning Star Church v. Missouri Annual Conference, February 7, 2022.
   14. California. Pro Hac Vice, Los Angeles County, PHV Number: 00798874, The Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad v. Eun-Sung Park, et al., Trial Case Number: 22STCV08858, April 6, 2022

Canonical Court

• Orthodox Church in America, P.O. Box 675, Syosset, New York, 11791, 05/22/17

• American Bar Foundation, life member
• The American Bar Association:
  • The State & Local Government Law Section, former Council member, current chair Religious Land use
  • The Litigation section, Condemnation committee.
  • The Appellate section.
  • The First Amendment section.
  • The Business law section, Banking committee
• American Planning Association/ Michigan Planning Association
• Alliance Defending Freedom, ally attorney. Silver Award recipient
• City of Plymouth, Michigan
  • City Commission, Elected November 2013
  • Zoning Board of Appeals 1990-1994; 2012-2013
  • Planning Commission: 1994-1996
  • Economic Development Corporation, Board of Directors, 1997-2013.
  • Brownfield Redevelopment Corporation, 1997- present
• Detroit Athletic Club
  • Finance Committee, 2013, 2014
  • Community Development, 2009
• FINRA, neutral arbitrator
• Leadership Detroit, (2004-2005) graduate of Class XVI
• Michigan Bar Association
  • Client Protection Fund, Board of Directors 2006-200
  • Real Estate section, member
• Federal Bar Association
• Cabrini Clinic, Detroit, Michigan, Board of Directors, Board Chair, 2009 – present
• The MORE program, Secretary, Member of the Board of Directors 2010- 2014
• University of Detroit School of Law, Deans Advisory Board of Directors, 2011- present
• Plymouth First United Methodist Church, Chair of the Board of Trustees 2011-2014

• Book
  • Daniel P. Dalton, House of God, Laws of Man: Religious Property Disputes, (published by the American Bar Association, July 2021) 
  • Daniel P. Dalton, Litigating Religious Land Use Cases, Second Edition (published by the American Bar Association, August 2016)
  • Daniel P. Dalton, Litigating Religious Land Use Cases, (published by the American Bar Association, August  2014)
• Book chapter author
  • Daniel P. Dalton, Rural Land Use Issues in Michigan in NBI Publications, Rural Land Use Issues in Michigan (2004)
  • Daniel P. Dalton, Fundamental Zoning and Land Use Actions in NBI Publications, Practical Guide to Zoning and Land Use Law in Michigan (2004)
  • Daniel P. Dalton, Understanding the Development and the Utilization of the Master Plan in NBI Publications, Land Use Law: Current Issues in Subdivision, Annexation and Zoning (2006)
  • Daniel P. Dalton, The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act Update in, At the Cutting Edge 2008, American Bar Association (Dwight Merriam ed. 2008)
  • Daniel P. Dalton, Top Ten Tips of Litigating Religious Land Use cases, in RLUIPA Reader: Religious Land Uses, Zoning and the Courts, American Planning Association, American Bar Association (Michael Giaimo and Lora Lucero ed. 2009)
  • Daniel P. Dalton, Defining “Appropriate Relief” under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act: the Availability of Damages and Injunctive Relief with RLUIPA, in 2010 Zoning and Planning Law Handbook, West Pub. (Patricia Salkin ed. 2010)
  • Daniel P. Dalton, The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act – Recent Developments in At the Cutting Edge 2010, American Bar Association, (Dwight Merriam ed. 2010)
  • Daniel P. Dalton, chapter author, History of Eminent Domain¸ in Eminent Domain: A Handbook of Condemnation Law, American Bar Association (William Scheiderich, Cynthia Fraser & David Callies ed. 2011)
  • Daniel P. Dalton, The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act – Recent Developments in At the Cutting Edge 2011, American Bar Association, (Dwight Merriam ed. 2011)
  • Daniel P. Dalton, The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act: Recent Developments in RLUIPA’s Land Use Jurisprudence in, At the Cutting Edge 2012, American Bar Association, (Dwight Merriam ed. 2012)
• Law Review
  • Daniel P. Dalton, Defining the Limited Public Purpose Figure, 70 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. Vol. 1. 47 (1992)
  • Daniel P. Dalton, The Cost of Extradition: Who pays the Expenses of a Fugitive Injure in the Court of his Arrest? ABA State and Local Law News, Vol. 19, No. 3 (1996), reprinted in Public Corporation Law Quarterly, Michigan Bar Ass. April 1996 No. 1.
  • Daniel P. Dalton, The Balance Between the ADA and Public Transit Concerns: Seat Belts vs. Civil Rights, 35 Urb. Law Vol. 4, p. 703 (2003)
  • Daniel P. Dalton, Downtown Development Guide: How to Establish and Finance a DDA, State Bar of Michigan, Public Corporations Law Quarterly, Spring 2005 No. 1
  • Daniel P. Dalton and Brett Miller. The Ever Expanding Scope of the Americans with Disability Act; Whether Title II of the ADA applies to Zoning Issues, 38 Urb. Law Vol. 3, p. 613 (2006) republished in Zoning and Land Law Report, Vol. 29, No. 10
  • Daniel P. Dalton, The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act Update, 40 Urb. Law Vol. 3, p. 603
  • Daniel P. Dalton, Religious Land Uses, Zoning and the Courts 2008, American Planning Association, Planning and Environmental Law, July 2009 Vol. 51, No. 7. p. 3.
  • Daniel P. Dalton, Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies and the Religious Land use and Institutionalized Persons Act, Zoning and Planning Law Report, West Pub., Vol. 31, No. 7 p. 1
  • Daniel P. Dalton, Defining “Appropriate Relief” under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act: the Availability of Damages and Injunctive Relief with RLUIPA, Vol. 2, Issue 2, Alb. L. Rev. 604 (2009).
  • Daniel P. Dalton, A History of Eminent Domain, State Bar of Michigan, Public Corporations Quarterly, Fall 2006 No. 3
  • Daniel P. Dalton, The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act – Recent Developments, 42 Urb. Law Vol. 3, p. 561 (2010)
  • Daniel P. Dalton, The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act – Recent Developments, 43 Urb. Law Vol. 3, p. 853 (2011)
  • Daniel P. Dalton, The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act: Recent Developments in RLUIPA’s Land Use Jurisprudence, 44 Urb. Law Vol. 3, p. 647 (2012)
  • Daniel P. Dalton, The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act – Recent Decisions and Developments, 45 Urb. Law Vol. 3, p. 741 (2013).
  • Daniel P. Dalton, Recent Developments in RLUIPA and Religious Land Use -, 46 Urb. Law Vol. 4, p. 849 (2014).
  • Daniel P. Dalton, The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act – Recent Decisions and Developments, 47 Urb. Law Vol. 3, p. 419 (Summer, 2015).
• Magazine contributor – legal updates
  • Islamic Horizons, Daniel P. Dalton, The Law That Defends Builders of Religious Structures, p. 50; January/February 2016
  • Church Solutions: October 2008 and August 2009
  • Church Executive: July 2008, January 2009; May 2010; August 2010; October 2010; January 2011; July 2011; September 2011; January 2012; January 2013; May 2013.
  • Islamic Horizons, Daniel P. Dalton, Mosque Builders Have Rights, p. 30; July/August 2013.
  • Michigan Association of Planners Magazine, Daniel P. Dalton, Bridging the Cultural Gap with Religious Entities, p. 9; May/June 2012
  • Detroiter Magazine; Daniel P. Dalton, Managing Collections: How to Collect Outstanding Debts in a Tough Economy, p. 12 (January 2009)
  • Michigan Banker, Daniel P. Dalton, Guiding Banks Through Michigan, National Economic Changes, p. 22, , Vol. 23, No. 12 (December 2011)

• November 9, 2022, Touro Law School, An Introduction to RLUIPA.
• May 19, 2022, Alliance Defending Freedom, Washington D.C., Religious Land Use lecture.
• April 4, 2022, Oakland University, Law and Religion class, Overview of the Religious Land Use Act, Prof. Nicole Asmussen Mathew
• October 2021, Touro Law School, Property Rights lecture on Religious Land Use
• March 26, 2021, American Bar Association, The Religious Land Use update, Webinar for the State and Local Section, Land Use Committee
• June 17, 2021, Auxano Webinar, Legal and Practical Concerns for local churches separating from the United Methodist Church
• April 21, 2021, California Pro Law CLE, Holy Wars, representing religious uses and neighbors opposing the religious use in land use matters in California
• June 26, 2019, Arizona Bar Association, Annual Meeting, Religious Liberty Law Section Seminar at the AZ Bar Convention, What is RLUIPA and How Does it Impact Religious Freedom? Scottsdale, Arizona.
• April 15, 2019, American Planning Association, 19th Annual Meeting, what is RLUIPA? Does RLUIPA expand Constitutional Rights? San Francisco, California.
• April 12, 2019, 33rd Annual ALI-ABA Land Use Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, Federal laws, Regulations, and Programs Affecting Local Land Use Decision Making
• April 12, 2019, 33rd Annual ALI-ABA Land Use Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, Nuts and Bolts of Land Use Practice; Bringing and Defending a Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) Case
• April 11, 2019, 33rd Annual ALI-ABA Land Use Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, Update on Planning, Land Use, and Eminent Domain decisions
• April 20, 2018, 32nd Annual ALI-ABA Land Use Institute, Detroit, MI. Federal Laws, Regulations, and Programs Affecting Local Land Use Decision Making.
• April 20, 2018, 32nd Annual ALI-ABA Land Use Institute, Detroit, MI. Private, Public Partnerships.
• April 20, 2018, 32nd Annual ALI-ABA Land Use Institute, Detroit, MI. Nuts and Bolts of Land Use Practice: Client Representation, developer, Government, and Citizen Groups.
• April 19, 2018, 32nd Annual ALI-ABA Land Use Institute, Detroit, MI. RLUIPA and Eminent Domain.
• April 28, 2017, American Bar Association Spring Meeting of the State & Local Law Section, Presentation of Paper, 2017 RLUIPA Update, St. Louis, MO. Washington University.
• February 8, 2017, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, Lecture on RLUIPA for Religion and the Law
• January 27, 2017, 34th Annual ALI Eminent Domain Conference, San Diego, California. RLUIPA and Eminent Domain.
• August 8, 2016, American Planning Society, Webinar, RLUIPA claims and Defenses
• November 29, 2016, American Bar Association, Webinar, RLUIPA Claims
• March 22, 2016, Michigan Municipal League, Annual Conference in Lansing, Michigan. Signage Regulation after Reed v. Gilbert.
• March 12, 2016, REALTORS Land Institute, National Land Conference, Dallas, Texas. Land Development, Riparian Rights.
• November 4, 2015, Audiosolutionz webinar, Understanding the Development and Regulations of the Use of Land: Planned unit Developments and appearing before Planning Commissions
• October 22, 2015, American Planning Association, webinar panel discussion, Planning for Religious Uses under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
• October 8, 2015, Michigan Planning Association, Annual Meeting: Reed v. Gilbert and its impact on Municipal Sign Codes
• April 5, 2015, American Bar Association, Midyear Meeting, Religion, Zoning, and the Courts: application of the Religious Land Use Act to Municipal Planning
• February 14, 2015, Wayne Law School, Small Business Legal Academy
• December 15, 2014, Webinar panel discussion, International Municipal Lawyers Association, Land Use IMLA Webinar
• December 2, 2014, Audiosolutionz webinar, Understanding the Development and Regulations of the Use of Land: CEQA, the California Environmental Quality Act
• November 16, 2014, Webinar panel discussion: American Bar Association, Litigating Religious Land Use Cases
• November 4, 2014, Audiosolutionz webinar, Understanding the Development and Regulations of the Use of Land: Riparian Rights and the Right to Farm Act
• October 9, 2014, Michigan Planning Association Annual Conference, Regulation of Donation Bins in Michigan
• October 7, 2014, Audiosolutionz webinar, Understanding the Development and Regulations of the Use of Land: Litigating land use cases
• September 9, 2014, Audiosolutionz webinar, Understanding the Development and Regulations of the Use of Land: Planned Unit Developments and appearing before Planning Commissions
• August 13, 2014, REALTORS web seminar, The Development, and Regulations of the Use of Land
• August 5, 2014, Audiosolutionz webinar, Land Use Law Primer: Variances and Zoning Boards of Appeals
• July 1, 2014, Audiosolutionz webinar, Understanding Land Development, and Regulation
• September 19, 2013, Leadership Macomb, Government Day. Land Use and Zoning Regulations
• June 5, 2013, Federal Bar Association, webinar: Religious Exercise free of Substantial Burden in Land Use and Beyond
• May 7, 2013, ADF webinar: Scottsdale, AZ. Protecting Churches from Pre-textual Zoning Ordinances
• May 3, 2013, ABA State and Local Law Section, Spring Meeting, Nashville, TN. RLUIPA update
• May 3, 2013, ABA State and Local Law Section, Spring Meeting, Nashville, TN. The Religious Land Use update
• November 12, 2012: International Municipal Lawyers Association: teleconference series. Religious Land Use debates
• November 7, 2012: Addressing contractual claims, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
• October 17, 2012: Michigan Planning Association, Michigan Land Use, and Zoning
• June 27, 2012: Alliance Defending Freedom, Naples, Florida; Religious Land Use
• May 2, 2012: Midland County Bar Association, Law Day presenting speaker: Protecting Religious Liberty
• April 21, 2012: Church of God, State of Michigan State Conference. Hot Topics in the law for Religious Leaders
• April 20, 2012: American Bar Association, State and Local Law Conference in Washington D.C. Religious Land Use & Institutionalized Persons Act year in review
• April 19, 2012: Michigan Bar Association, Young Lawyers: Starting and operating a law firm
• January 30, 2012: City of Hamtramck, Michigan; City Council, Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals presentation: Understanding Zoning and Religious Land Use
• November 15, 2011: International Municipal; Lawyers Association webinar: Six fact patterns of Substantial Burden
• November 11, 2011: Seventh-Day Adventist Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Religious Governance and Land Use
• October 20, 2011: University of Detroit Law School, Best Practices in Law Firm Operations
• September 16, 2011: Leadership Macomb, Michigan Land Use and Zoning
• May 13, 2011: Michigan Association of Planners, Lansing Michigan and Legal Update. Paeth Case Study, Lessons Learned
• April 5, 2011: Stafford Legal Education series, Religious Land Use Claims – Strategies for Local Governments to Avoid or Defend RLUIPA Litigation
• March 8, 2011: New York University, School of Law, A Symposium of Religious Land Use Experts
• February 22, 2011: Alliance Defense Fund webinar, Litigating Religious Land Use Cases on behalf of Religious Entities
• January 27, 2011; American Planning Association webinar, Religion, Zoning, and the Courts: an Overview of RLUIPA
• January 24, 2011: St. Clair Community College, The Constitution, and Property Rights.
• October 1, 2010, ABA State and Local Law Fall Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island: Land Use Roundtable
• April 30, 2010, “Religious Land Use Update, 2010,” American Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education presentation
• March 11, 2010: ABA State and Local Law Spring Meeting, Miami, Florida Hot Topics in Land Use
• September 30, 2009, Michigan Planning Association, Annual Conference, Mt. Pleasant, MI., “Religious Land Use and Zoning.”
• April 26, 2009, American Planning Association National Planning Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota; “Religion, Zoning and the Courts.”
• October 3, 2008, “God and the Land Symposium” – the Edwin L. Crawford Memorial Lecture Series, Albany Law School, Albany, New York.

• What are Denominational Trust Clauses? Can they be Challenged?
• What is RLUIPA? The Religious Land Use & Institutionalized Persons Act
• RLUIPA Mosque Case: American Islamic Community Center vs. City of Sterling Heights, Michigan
• What if RLUIPA Doesn’t Apply to My Case?
• What if My Zoning Request is Denied?
• What is a Conditional Use Permit?
• The Cost of RLUIPA: The Time and Expenses of a Typical Religious Land Use Case
• Podcast: The Litigation War Room: Litigating Religious Property Disputes with Daniel Dalton

• Adhi Parasakthi Charitable, Medical, Educational, and Cultural Society of North America v. Twp. of West Pikeland, 09-cv-1626 (E.D. Penn.) (2009)
• Academy of Our Lady of Peace v. City of San Diego, Cal., 09-cv-00962 (S. D. Cal.) (2012)
• Alger Bible Baptist Church v. Moffatt Township, MI. Case No. 1:13-cv-13637 (N.D. Mich., 2013)
• American Islamic Community Center, Inc. v. City of Sterling Heights, Mich., 16-cv-12920 (E.D. Mich.). (2017)
• Carlinville Southern Baptist Church v. City of Carlinville, Illinois, Case No. 3:08-cv-3074 (C.D. Illinois, 2008)
• Celebration Community Church  v. City of Muskegon, Case No. 1:08-cv-314 (W.D. Michigan, 2008)
• Centro de Ensenanza Palabra De Fe, Inc. v. The City of Hialeah, Florida, Case No. 1:17-cv-221524-DPG (S.D., Fl.) (2017)
• Church of Our Savior v. City of Jacksonville Beach, Fla., 13-cv-1346 (M.D. Fla.) (2013)
• Grace Community Church v. Lenox Township,  Case No. 2:06-cv-13526, (E.D. Mich., 2007)
• Grace Church of the Roaring Fork Valley v. Pitken County, CO. Case No. 1:05-cv-01673 (US Dist. Ct. Colorado, 2010)
• Hope Rising Community Church v. Municipality of Penn Hills, Penn., 2:15-cv-01165 (W. D. Pa.). (2015)
• House Where Jesus Shines v. City of Belmead, TX. Case No. 6:08-cv-00117, (W.D. Tx., 2009)
• Irish Oaks Community Church v. Lapeer Twp., MI. Case NO. 2:17-cv-10547 (E.D. Mi., 2017)
• Lighthouse Community Church of God v. City of Southfield, Michigan, Case No. 2:05-cv-40220 (E.D. Mi., 2005)
• Lighthouse Rescue Mission, Inc. v. City of Hattiesburg, Miss., 12-cv-184 (S.D. Miss.). (2012)
• Marianist Province of the United States, St. John Vianney High School v. City of Kirkwood, Missouri, Case No. 4:17-cv-00805 (E.D. Mo., 2017)
• Northridge Church v. Plymouth Township, Michigan, 2:94-cv-74045; 09-2388 (6th Cir. COA., 2009)
• Salvation Temple Church v. Hazel Park, Michigan,  Case No. 2:10-cv-14148 (E.D. Mi., 2010)
• Summit Church v. Randolph County Dev. Auth., 15-cv-82 (N.D. W.Va.). (2015)
• The Summit Church v. City of Hackensack, New Jersey, 2:18-cv-08072 (N.J., 2018)
• Tree of Life Christian Schools v. City of Upper Arlington, Ohio, United States Supreme Court, Case No. 17-4190 (Amicus Brief, 2019)
• West Valley Christian Academy v. City of Los Angeles, CA. Case No. 2:17-cv-02275, (Central District, CA., 2017)
• Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Monastery v. The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America, Washtenaw County Circuit Court, MI. Case No. 17-904 –CB (2017)
• Mead Community Church v. The Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Methodist Church, Superior County Court, Spokane, WA. Case No. 17-2-03719-7 (2017)
• The Romanian Orthodox Episcopal Church of American v. St. Nicholas Romanian Orthodox Church, Oakland County Circuit Court, Mi. Case No. 2018-168095-CZ. (2018)
• The Board of Trustees of the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church Inc vs. Bayshore Christian School, Inc., Thirteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Hillsborough County, Florida, Case No. 18-CA-011192 (2019)
• The California Nevada Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church v. The Board of Trustees of the Glide Foundation, Superior Court for the County of San Francisco, CA. Case No. CGC 18-571994 (2019)
• Living the Word Christian Church v. The West Ohio Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church,  Clermont County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio. Case No. 2019 CVH 00159 (2019)
• Mathew, et. al. v. St. Peter’s Mar Thoma Church, et. al. Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergan County, Case No. BER-C-49-19 (2019)
• Village Chapel Church v. The West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church, Pickaway County, Court of Common Pleas, Ohio. Case No. 18-CI-266 (2019)
• First United Methodist Church, Sarcoxie v. Missouri Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Jasper County Court, Case No. 22AO-CC00023
• Hebron Community Methodist Church v. Wisconsin Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, U.S. Dist. Ct. W. Dist. Wisconsin, Case No. 3:22-cv-00037

Planning Commission Approval for Religious Uses

1. American Tower Corporation – multiple planning commission approvals throughout the State of Michigan for cell towers (2018-present)
2. Plymouth Brethren, Bloomfield Township, Michigan, School and Church Site Plan Approval, 2020. 
3. Valley Family Church, Portage, MI., Planning Commission approval (2010)
4. Triumph Church, Northville Twp., MI,  Planning Commission approval (2012) 
5. Real Life Ministries, Parma Twp. Planning Commission approval (2010)
6. Life Church, Green Bay, WS.  Planning Commission approval, (2015)
7. The Morris Cerrullo Legacy Center, San Diego, CA. Planning Commission approval (2017)
8. Shepherdsfield Church, Deschutes County, Oregon. Planning Commission approval (2017)
9. Jackson Hole Classical Academy, Jackson, Wyoming. (2019)
10. The Summit Church, Hackensack, New Jersey. Zoning Board of Appeals Approval (2019)
11. Chabad Tri-Valley, Pleasanton, California City Council (April, 2019)
12. Faith Community Church, New. York City, February 2022

Representative Churches in Religious Property Disputes

1. Asbury Church, Tulsa Oklahoma
2. Ardmore Church, Ardmore, Oklahoma 
3. Christ Church, Fairview Heights, Illinois 
4. Elevation Church, St. Louis, Missouri
5. Quest Church, August, Georgia
6. Glide Memorial, San Francisco, California
7. Heritage Church, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
8. Crosspoint Church, Iowa]
9. Douglas Church, Ruston, Louisiana
10. Bethel Church, Marshall, Texas
11. Park Avenue, Valdosta, Georgia
12. Northside Church, Jackson, Tennessee
13. Punta Gorda, Punta Gorda, Florida
14. Creekside, Helton, North Carolina
15. Union, Brazil, Indiana 
16. Young-Nak Church, Los Angeles, California