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Practice Expertise
- Litigation
- Business & Commercial
- Consumer Financial Services
Areas of Practice
- Business & Commercial
- Consumer Financial Services
- Litigation
- Real Estate Litigation
Profile
Ms. Chilson is a member in the Business Litigation Practice Group in Dykema's Detroit office. Her practice focuses on business, commercial, and contract litigation. Her primary emphasis is in the area of complex business and commercial disputes, privately-owned business disputes, shareholder disputes, business torts, recall and warranty cost-recovery matters, automotive supplier disputes, government investigations, construction lien disputes, financial services, commercial real estate, and lending litigation, in which she represents some of the nation’s largest financial institutions.
Ms. Chilson has achieved many successful outcomes in state, federal, and appellate courts, as well as arbitration and various forms of alternative dispute resolution. In 2011, Ms. Chilson successfully arbitrated a lawsuit against an investment advisor for mismanagement of client funds. In 2009, she was part of a trial team that obtained a $47.7 million verdict on behalf of Chrysler LLC against a Tier 1 supplier.
While in law school, she was an intern for the Honorable Avern Cohn, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan.
Bar Admissions
Michigan, 2007
Education
Wayne State University, J.D., cum laude
- Order of the Coif
- Law Review, Articles Editor
Areas of Practice
- Business & Commercial
- Consumer Financial Services
- Litigation
- Real Estate Litigation
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Ms. Chilson earned the Ira Spoon Award, given annually to the student who has written the best paper on the subject of urban development or property law (eminent domain).
Ms. Chilson earned the Ira Spoon Award, given annually to the student who has written the best paper on the subject of urban development or property law (eminent domain).
Articles
Blogs
NextGen Financial Services Report
NextGen Financial Services Report is published by the Financial Industry Group at Dykema. The Financial Services Industry has gone through a tremendous amount of regulatory and operational IT change in recent years, and with a new presidential administration more changes and developments are on the way. Fast-paced changes are also being driven by rapid technology developments, big data, mobile banking/payments, privacy and data security, and social media technologies affecting banks and credit...
The Firewall
The Firewall keeps you up to date on the hottest legal topics in the ever-changing world of data security and privacy. As information security becomes a critical facet of all businesses and industries and the target of many regulators, it is important to stay apprised of new legal developments. The Firewall provides insightful legal analysis of the emerging issues in data privacy and cybersecurity law to help businesses stay ahead of the curve.
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