Anthony J. Rusciano

Partner

Plunkett Cooney

Joined Firm: 1980

TEL: (248) 901-4038
FAX: (248) 901-4040

arusciano@plunkettcooney.com

Representative Client Work

• On behalf of one of the nation's leading marketing and media services companies, obtained a $300 million jury verdict as co-counsel in a high profile unfair competition case against Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. The verdict is the largest jury award in the history of the state of Michigan.  
• Defended a large cemetery in a dispute with a municipality concerning eminent domain issues.
• Defended a Michigan city in a condemnation dispute with a township.
• As Co-counsel for an integrated multi-provider network, prosecuted a multi-million dollar arbitration claim for breach of a managed care contract, resulting in mid-seven-figures settlement in client's favor.
• Defended a Michigan village in a condemnation action involving a landowner.
• Defended a large technology company in a multi-million dollar breach of contract action with an Ohio business.
• Represented businesses in various internal discrimination investigations and also audits by different federal agencies.

Professional Affiliations

• Massachusetts Bar Association
• State Bar of Michigan
• Oakland County Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• American Health Lawyers Association
• ALFA International (Health Care Practice Group Steering Committee)

Public Service

• Special Prosecuting Attorney, 1979
• Special Assistant Attorney General, Michigan, 1979-80

Community Involvement

• Downtown Detroit Partnership, Member of the Board of Trustees
• Bloomfield Chase Homeowners Association, Member of the Board of Directors

Publication and Lectures

• Michigan Employment Law, general editor, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co., 1992
• Lecturer on public officials’ liability to the Michigan Municipal League and Public Corporation Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan
• Lecturer on wrongful discharge and employment discrimination law to Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, Association of Defense Trial Counsel and the Defense Research Institute
• “Bakke v The Regents of the University of California: Preferential Racial Admissions, An Unconstitutional Road Paved with Good Intentions?” 12 New England Law Review 719, 1978

News

• Firm's Board of Directors re-elects Chairman, Secretary/Treasurer
• Plunkett Cooney assists Valassis in obtaining $500 million settlement with News America
• Rusciano assists Valassis in $300 million victory against News America
• Plunkett Cooney Board of Directors re-elects Rusciano Chairman
• Plunkett Cooney Board of Directors re-elects Chairman, Secretary/Treasurer
• Plunkett Cooney Attorneys Named 2007 Michigan 'Super Lawyers

Areas of Practice
Commercial Litigation

Corporate Compliance

Financial Services Liability

Healthcare Law

Labor & Employment Law

Honors & Awards
Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating-AV. AV is a registered certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies

2006 & 2007 Michigan Super Lawyer in Business Litigation, Michigan Super Lawyers, a publication of Law & Politics magazine

American Jurisprudence Awards in Torts and Contracts

Honors Moot Court - New England School of Law, 1976

New England Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, 1977-1978

Clerkship(s)

Law Clerk to Hon. Steven N. Andrews, Oakland County Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Circuit, Michigan, 1978-79

Education
New England School of Law, 1978, J.D., magna cum laude

Colgate University, 1971, B.A.

Bar & Court Admissions
Michigan, 1979

Massachusetts, 1979