Dalton, Tomich & Pensler PLC

Articles

Dalton & Tomich, plc zoning and land use cases profiled in the Detroit Free Press, Sunday May 15, 2011. http://www.freep.com/article/20110515/NEWS06/105150586/UP-man-s-arrest-an-extreme-example-battles-between-citizens-governments-over-zoning 

Dalton & Tomich, plc comments on the status of religious land use in the United States. http://www.legalnews.com/oakland/939570/

Dan Dalton quoted in TheStreet.com http://www.thestreet.com/story/11078783/1/what-to-do-when-your-brother-is-your-boss.html  on family owned business.

Dan Dalton quoted in http://bankcom.net/2011/02/wells-fargo-investors-want-answers-thestreet-com/  concerning Wells Fargo and the departure of a corporate officer.

Dalton & Tomich, PLC quoted in "Forbearance Agreements, . . . Help Customers Avoid Foreclosure," Michigan Banker Magazine (January 2011). 

Tomich, Zana, "The Right to Negotiate: a Look at RFPs."  AdWeek, November 22, 2010.

Detroit Free Press, Sunday December 26, 2010:  The Paeth case.

Michigan Lawyers Weekly, "Know when to quit" Michigan Lawyers Weekly (August 23, 2010)

Michigan Lawyers Weekly, "Daniel Dalton selected as one of the twenty five leaders in the law by Michigan Lawyers Weekly" (March 1, 2010)

Levy, Douglas J. “Tax Law.” Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Volume 22.11 (28 January, 2008): 1, 17.

Kirvan, Tom. “Politics and the Pulpit: Churches Walk Fine Legal Line During Election Years.” Detroit Legal News (2008): 1-2.

"Where Site Plans Meet Sanctity"  by Carol Lundberg, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, June 29, 2009. Interview of Daniel Dalton regarding his legal expertise concerning religious land use issues.

Speaking Engagements

2011

  November 15, 2011:  IMLA webinar:  Religious land use update 

November 11, 2011:   Seventh Day Adventist Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Religious Governance and Land Use

  May 13, 2011:  Michigan Association of Planners, Lansing Michigan, Legal Update.  Lessons Learned from a Vindictive Zoning Case. Sign up at www.michiganplanners.com 

April 5, 2011:  Stafford Legal Education series, Religious Land Use for Municipal Attorneys.

February 22, 2011 : Alliance Defense Fund webinar, Litigating Religious Land Use Cases on behalf of Religious Entities

  February 8, 2011:  New York University, School of Law, A Symposium of Religious Land Use Experts 

January 27, 2011;  American Planning Association webinar, Religious Land Use for Planners 

January 24, 2011:  St. Clair Community College, The Constitution and Property Rights.

2010

March 11, 2010:  ABA State and Local Law Spring meeting, Miami, Florida Hot Topics in Land Use

April 30, 2010, "Religious Land Use Update, 2010," American Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education presentation.

October 1, 2010, ABA State and Local Law Fall meeting, Providence, Rhode Island:  Land Use Roundtable 

Law Review

Dalton, Daniel P. “The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.” The Urban Lawyer: The National Journal on State and Local Government Law, published by the ABA in cooperation with the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law, Summer 2010, Volume 42, Number 3. pp 561 - 580.

Dalton, Daniel P. “The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act update.” The American Planning Association, Planning and Environmental Law Journal, July, 2009 Volume 61, Number 7. pp 3 – 12.

Dalton, Daniel P. “Defining Appropriate Relief under RLUIPA.” Albany Governmental Law Review, Volume 2, (2009)

Dalton, Daniel P. “The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act update.” The Urban Lawyer; The National Journal on State and Local Government, University of Missouri, Kansas City School of law, Summer 2008, Volume 40, Number 3. pp 603 – 622.

Dalton, Daniel P. “Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.” Zoning and Planning Law Report, Volume 31.7 (Jul./Aug. 2008): 1-8.

Dalton, Daniel P. “RLUIPA: Two sides of the Story; The Lighthouse Story.” The American Planning Association, Planning and Environmental Law Journal, April, 2007 Volume 59, Number 4. pp 3 – 6.

Chapter Author

2010 Zoning and Planning Law Handbook, Religious Land Use article.  Published by West.

The Cutting Edge, 2010. The Religious Land Use update of 2009, published by the American Bar Association.

The RLUIPA Reader, 2009. Joint publication of the American Planning Association and American Planning Association.

The Cutting Edge, 2008. RLUIPA law case update, published by the American Bar Association.