Ackerman & Ackerman, P.C.

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988 S Adams Rd
Ste 207
Birmingham, Michigan 48009, United States
Phone: (248) 537-1155
Areas Of Practice
  • Energy & Utilities
  • Environmental Law
  • Real Estate
  • Transportation
  • Zoning, Planning & Land Use
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Other U.S. Locations
  • Michigan
Number of Attorneys
2-10 Attorneys

ITC Moves Forward with Mid-Michigan Transmission Line Project

The Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (“METC”), an International Transmission Company subsidiary, has filed two applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity for the construction of major…more
 /  Construction Law, Energy & Utilities, Real Estate - Residential

How to Make “Just Compensation” More “Just” for Displaced Homeowners

Last summer, I wrote a blog about why just compensation—which is based on the ‘objective’ standard of what a property would sell for on the open market—shortchanges residential property owners subjected to eminent domain. In…more
 /  Civil Procedure, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use

The Fundamentals of Easement Valuation

* The following blog is an adaptation of the presentation Alan Ackerman and Matthew Ackerman gave on “The Fundamentals of Easement Valuation” at the American Law Institute’s Eminent Domain & Land Valuation Litigation Seminar in…more
 /  Energy & Utilities, Zoning, Planning & Land Use

Transmission Lines and Eminent Domain: What Property Owners Need to Know

One of the most common types of cases we handle is utility takings for transmission lines. As governments attempt to improve the electrical grid to support the transportation of wind and solar energy, this type of case is…more
 /  Civil Procedure, Energy & Utilities, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use

Why condemnors should pay property owners’ attorney fees in eminent domain cases (and a 50-state survey on the issue)

In my last blog, I wrote about the shortcomings of compensating displaced property owners based on the ‘objective’ standard of the market value of their property.  That standard ignores the owners’ ‘subjective’ losses, such as…more
 /  Civil Remedies, Constitutional Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use

When Market Value Isn’t Enough: The Pitfalls of Objectively Measured Just Compensation

When we take on an eminent domain case, our primary goal is to put our client in the best position possible.  In some cases, that means fighting the taking itself, as my dad (and boss) did in the well-known Wayne County v…more
 /  Civil Remedies, Constitutional Law, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use

In cases involving partial takings of easements, just compensation must be based on the condemnor’s maximum possible use of the easement, even if that use is theoretical or unlikely

Our office routinely handles utility takings, which often involve partial takings of easements for transmission lines or pipelines. As governments attempt to improve the electrical grid to support the transportation of wind and…more
 /  Energy & Utilities, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
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