James P. Cunningham
Contact Information
Firm: Williams Williams Rattner & Plunkett PC
Address: 380 N Old Woodward Ave Ste 300, Birmingham, MI 48009
Phone: (248) 642-0333
Practice State
Michigan
Emphasis
Traditional Client Representation and Litigation
Legal Organizations
Family Law Council - State Bar of Michigan Family Law Section, since 1986-1992
Chair, Character and Fitness Committee - District 1-Oakland County, since 2004-2010
Executive Committee - American Bar Association
Member - Law Practice Management Section, Family Law Section
Past President - Oakland County Bar Association, since 2003-2004
Former Chair of Family Law - Circuit Court, Diversity, Bench Bar Conference, since 1992-200
Veteran’s Committee Chair - since 2014-2015 and 2012 to present
Charter Master - American Inns of Court
Board of Directors - Oakland County Bar Foundation, since 2002-2005
President - American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Michigan Chapter, since 2009-2010
Fellow - International Academy of Family Lawyers
Awards
American Bar Association National Pro Bono Award, Veterans Assistance, 2013
“The Best Lawyers in America,” selected by Woodward/White, Inc., 2011 to present
“Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit,” selected by DBusiness Magazine, 2012 to present
Michigan “SuperLawyers,” selected by Thompson Reuters Corporation, inception to present
“Top 100 Michigan Lawyers,” selected by Thompson Reuters Corporation, inception to 2017
“Preeminent”™ Lawyer, ranked by Martindale-Hubbell through peer review, 1988 to present
Leading Lawyer Peer Recognition, 2013 to present
Nation’s Top One Percent, 2014 to present
National Association of Distinctive Counsel. Who’s Who in American Law, 6th Edition, 1999
Who’s Who in the World, 19th edition, 1990
Distinguished Service Award, Oakland County Bar Association
Presentations
Authored
“Family Law and Military Issues,” Michigan Bar Journal, February, 2015
“Separate Property Law: Eating Jello with Chopsticks,” Michigan Bar Journal, June 2008
“Marriage in the 21st Century: The Death of "Till Death Do Us Part," Michigan Bar Journal, January 2004
“Religious Divorces,” Laches (Oakland County Bar Association Magazine), September 1999
“Domestic Violence: Effect on Visitation,” Michigan Family Law Journal, 1994
“The Confusing Inter-Relationship of Visitation and Child Support,” Laches (Oakland County Bar Association Magazine), March 1992
“Maintenance of Fault in Property Division in Divorce,” Michigan Bar Journal, March 1992
“The Pension Cases: A Shift from Property to Income,” Michigan Bar Journal, February 1990
“Domestic Torts,” Michigan Family Law Journal, 1990
“Torts and Family Law: Emerging Trends,” Laches (Oakland County Bar Association Magazine), February 1989
“State of the Law: Family Law,” Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1988, 1989, and 1991
Due Process TV - "Life After Divorce". March 2013, On this edition of Due Process, Henry Baskin, Donna Virkus, and James Cunningham discuss enforcing divorce decrees and ways to make sure child support is paid.
State of Practice
Michigan