Peter B. Worden, Jr.
Chosen as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” 2009 – 2012
Shareholder
Traverse City Office
1131 East Eighth Street
P.O. Box 3150
Traverse City, MI 49685-3150
(231) 941-1611
Education:
- B.S., Political Science, Lake Superior State University, 1985
- J.D., University of Detroit School of Law, 1988
Bar Admissions:
- Michigan, 1988
- Federal Eastern District of Michigan, 1988
- Federal Western District of Michigan, 1993
- Federal Sixth Circuit, 1993
Professional Memberships:
- State Bar of Michigan
- Grand Traverse / Leelanau / Antrim Bar Association
- Maritime Law Association
- Michigan Defense Trial Counsel
- Incorporated Society of Irish-American Lawyers
Practice:
Senior Member, Real Estate and Title Insurance Group, specializing in:
- adverse possession claims
- appraisal errors
- boundary disputes
- broker and agent claims
- closings
- construction bonding and mechanics’ liens
- construction contracts and disputes
- correction of errors in recorded documents
- document preparation and review
- easement formation and disputes
- landlord-tenant matters
- mortgages
- partition actions
- plat amendments
- purchase agreement formation and disputes
- title insurance defense
Member, Business Law Group, specializing in:
- Formation and operation of business entities
Member, Admiralty Practice Group, specializing in:
- First Preferred Ship’s Mortgages (perfecting, and foreclosing, same)
- Maritime Liens
- Jones Act litigation
- Vessel collisions and allisions
General Insurance and Litigation:
- Insurance coverage
- Municipal liability
- First-and Third-Party Automobile Accident Claims
- Premises Liability
- Errors and Omissions claims involving realtors and appraisers
- “Recreational Boating Law Manual,” first issued in 1999 and periodically updated to present;
- Co-Author with Christian Huffman, “Northern Michigan Recreational Accidents: An Overview of Civil Liability,” first issued in 2008 and periodically updated to present
- “Vessel Seaworthiness – The Rights of Passengers and the Responsibilities of Captains and Management,” 2006
- Gaylord, Michigan, June 15, 1999: Recreational Boating Accidents: Building the Claims File
- Gaylord, Michigan and Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2000: Construction Law
- Gaylord, Michigan and Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2001: Protecting the Claim File: The Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine
- Gaylord, Michigan and Traverse City, Michigan, 2002: An Overview of the Defense of Mold Claims
- Indianapolis, Indiana, 2004: Northern Michigan Recreational Accidents
- Lansing, Michigan 2005:The New Dynamic on Third-Party Automobile Negligence Actions & The Tort Threshold in the Aftermath of Kreiner
- Traverse City, Michigan 2006: The Rights of Passengers and the Responsibilities of Captains and Management
- Grand Rapids, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois 2008: Recreational Boating Accident Claims
- Grand Rapids, Michigan and Columbus, Ohio 2008: Northern Michigan Recreational Accidents
- And numerous in-house seminars on a variety of topics
