PRACTICE AREAS

• Complex Litigation and Class Actions
• Business Litigation
• Employment and Labor Law
• Workers’ Disability Law

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, P.L.C.
Co-founder, 1974-present

Ford Motor Company
Human Resources, Labor Relations Staff, Workers’ Compensation, 1967-1974

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

• State of Michigan, Special Assistant Attorney General, 2000-present
• Supreme Court of United States
• Federal Bar Association- Labor, Litigation, Administrative Law and Workers’ Compensation Sections
• Federal Bar Association-Award for Pro Bono Activities, 2004
• State Bar of Michigan
• Chaldean Bar Association
• Federal District Courts of Michigan and Wisconsin
• Sigma Nu Phi
• Delta Sigma Pi
• Winner of 3 Recognition Awards at Ford Motor Company, 1969-1973

CIVIC, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

• Gabriel Richard Historical Society, Co-Founder and Board Member, 1991-present
• Bank of Michigan, Board Member, 2005-present
• Transition of Prisoners (Rehabilitation and Reentry), Advisor 2004-present
• Chaldean-Iraqi Association of Michigan, General Counsel, 1989-present
• United Way, “Alexis de Tocqueville Society,” 2004-present
• Vanderbilt Shores Condominium Association (Florida), Board Member, 2001-present
• Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce, Founding Member and Legal Counsel, 2003-present
• Federal Court Pro Bono Panel Member, 1995-present
• Maltese-American Club, 1999-present
• Our Lady of Sorrows Administration Commission, 1989-1994
• St. Anne's Parish Free Legal Clinic Panel Member, 1991-present
• Holy Trinity Church Free Legal Clinic Panel Member, 1974-1982
• Farmington Community, Parenting Instructor, 1977-1979
• St. Scholastica Parish, Youth Activities and Religious Leader, 1971-1974
• Chaldean-American Chamber of Commerce, Founding Member and General Counsel, 2003-present
• NAACP, Life Member, 1986-present
• Knights of Columbus, 1995-Present

PUBLICATIONS

• Disclosure of School Records Under the California Public Records Act, The Quarterly, Spring, 2004
• School District’s Liability when a Student Athlete is Injured, The Quarterly, Summer, 2004
• Workers’ Compensation- How to Avoid Liability, 2001, 1995
• Sexual Harassment in the Work Place, 1998, 2001, 2002
• Avoiding Liability in the Hiring, Discipline, and Discharge of Employees, 1996

SPEECHES AND LECTURES

• Mr. Acho has given numerous speeches throughout Michigan regarding employment, labor workers' compensation insurance liability, insurance and business issues.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

• Aramaic

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

• Reading

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Mr. Acho has handled over 8,000 litigation matters in 13 different states during his legal career. He has tried over 200 cases and lost six.