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Biography
Kerry is Of Counsel to Pentiuk, Couvreur & Kobiljak, P.C. His chief areas of practice involve municipal law, employment discrimination, civil rights, labor law litigation, environmental law, educational policy and federal firearms law. Kerry has extensive experience in matter related to labor law, where he has worked zealously with municipal and business clients to resolve disputes.
In addition to advising parents on their rights in connection with the home education of their children, Kerry has also written a number of thought-provoking articles in the areas of natural law and unalienable rights. He completed an extensive legal review of religious liberty principles and Supreme Court cases titled, Unalienable Rights, Equality and the Free Exercise of Religion. In 1997, University Press of America published his book, Real Choice, Real Freedom in American Education, a scholarly work that articulates the legal and Constitutional case for parental rights and against governmental control of American Education. Kerry also engages in pro-bono work by advising parents on their rights in connection with the home education of their children.
Prior to his current legal affiliation, he served as an Attorney-Advisor with the United States Commission on Civil Rights in Washington, D.C. he also served as the Director of the U.S. Bicentennial Project for Regent University.
Professional Associations & Memberships
- State Bar of Michigan
- Virginia State Bar
- District of Columbia Bar
- License, Federal Firearms, 1991-2003
Recognition
- Michigan “Super Lawyer” – An honor given to fewer than five percent of the states’ most respected attorneys.
- Martindale Hubble “Client Champion” – An honor recognizing those attorneys who excel at service as affirmed by their clients.
Primary Practice Areas
- Labor Law
- Municipal Law
- Trial And Appellate Advocacy
- Business Law
Education
- Detroit College of Law, Detroit, Michigan
- 1981
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- B.A. - 1977
- Honors: With Honors
- Major: Political Science
- Major: Criminal Justice
- Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia
- M.A. - 1985
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Major: Public Policy
Admissions
- Michigan, 1981
- Virginia, 1993
- District of Columbia, 1990
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1981
- U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1986
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1986
Representative Cases
- For Amicus, Smith v. Board of Sch. Comm’rs, 827 F.2d 684, 1987, 11th Cir.
- Grutter v. Bollinger, 16 F. Supp. 2d 797, 1998, E.D. Mich.
- Grutter v. Bollinger, Rev.188 F.3d 394, 1999, 6th Cir
- Gratz v. Bollinger, 122 F. Supp. 2d 811 , 2000, E.D. Mich.
- On Brief, Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244, 2003
- On Brief, Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306, 2003
- United States ex rel. Mich. Natural Res. Comm’n v. Wayne County, 280 F. Supp. 2d 726, 2003, E.D. Mich.
- United States v. Wayne County, 369 F.3d 508 , 2004, 6th Cir.
- United States v. Wayne County, 406 F. Supp. 2d 760, 2005, E.D. Mich.
- On Brief, City of Riverview v. Surface Transp. Bd., 398 F.3d 434, 2005, 6th Cir.
- Coalition v. Granholm, 240 F.R.D. 368, 2006, E.D. Mich.
- Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Granholm, 473 F.3d 237, 2006, 6th Cir.
- Morgan v. United States DOJ, 473 F. Supp. 2d 756, 2007, E.D. Mich.
- People v. Walters, 266 Mich. App. 341 , 2005, Mich. Ct. App.
- City of Riverview v. Sibley Limestone, 270 Mich. App. 627, 2006, Mich. Ct. App.
Published Works
- Unalienable Rights, Equality and the Free Exercise of Religion
- The Unalienable Right of Government by Consent and The Independent Agency
- The Declaration of Independence and American Education
- First We Defend Law, Then We Defend Life: What The Pro-Life Movement Needs After 30 Years of Failure, 2005
- “Real Choice, Real Freedom in American Education, The Legal and Constitutional Case for Parental Rights and Against Governmental Control of American Education”, University Press of America, 1997
- The Unalienable Right of Government by Consent and the Independent Agency, 1990
- “A Declaration of Universal Rights”, CFJ International, 1988
- A Constitutional Presidency, 1987
- The Declaration of Independence and American Education, 1986
- Comment, Secular Humanism and Equal Protection: Focusing on Marital and Parental Status as Factors Determining Permissible Gender-Based Classifications and Their Impact on Family Integrity, Detroit College Law Review 821, 1980
- Note, People v. Wheeler: Has California Really Assured Impartial Juries by Revision of the Peremptory Challenge?, Detroit College Law Review, 527, 1997
Classes & Seminars
- Adjunct Professor, Business Law, William Tyndale College, Farmington Hills, Michigan, 1995 to 2002
Past Positions
- U.S. Bicentennial Project for Regent University, Director
- United States Commission on Civil Rights in Washington, D.C, Attorney-Advisor