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Summary of Experience
Haider A. Kazim joined CMDA in 2007 as an attorney in the firm’s Traverse City office where he practices in the areas of zoning and land use, municipal law, tax tribunal appeals and insurance defense. Mr. Kazim specializes in ordinance enforcement and defending municipalities in zoning/land use cases and tax tribunal appeals. He has successfully represented municipalities in numerous ordinance enforcement actions throughout Northern Michigan and has defended local governmental units in tax tribunal appeals involving commercial, industrial and residential properties, golf courses, federally-subsidized low-income housing projects, as well as against tax-exemption claims. Mr. Kazim serves as civil counsel for a Northern Michigan County and has served as special counsel in the area of zoning and land use law for several Northern Michigan municipalities.
| Education |
Michigan State University College of Law, J.D.
St. John's University
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science
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| Honors |
Dean’s List: Michigan State University College of Law, 2001-2002
Jurisprudence Achievement Award in Juvenile Law
Who’s Who Among American Law Students, 2002
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| Representative Cases |
Miller v Roscommon Township, et al (Michigan Court of Appeals 2007)
Mr. Kazim successfully represented the Roscommon County Road Commission in a case involving dedication of a road that was located partly within a platted subdivision and partly outside of the plat and ended at an inland lake. The Court of Appeals also held that a trial court is free to find, based upon relevant evidence that public entity has accepted a longer portion of a road than indicated in the public entity’s records.
Higgins Lake Property Owners Assoc. v Gerrish Township et al (Michigan Court of Appeals 2005)
The Court of Appeals agreed with Mr. Kazim that any signs posted within the public right of way under a county road commission jurisdiction must be posted only at locations designated by the road commission.
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| Memberships and Associations |
Member, State Bar of Michigan
Member, Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association
Former Board Member, National Trout Festival, Kalkaska, MI
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