Ronald M. Redick
I enjoy serving townships and other local government units because they are so responsive to and connected with their citizens. It is rewarding to help them solve their legal challenges, and to assist them in providing important public services to their communities, whether it be essential services like sewer and water, or recreational amenities like parks and bike paths. Also, given that Michigan is blessed with so many wonderful water resources, I am enthusiastic about riparian rights and other aspects of water rights law. I find it greatly satisfying to help clients understand and protect these important property rights.
I not only practice local government law, I also enjoy giving back to my community by serving as a local government official. I served as a township planning commission member for 15 years, including 13 years as chair, and I was an elected township trustee from 2015 through 2024, while also serving as chair of my township’s Parks & Rec Committee, and as my townships’s representative on the board of the Northwest Ottawa Recreational Authority. I now serve as general counsel for my township. I am a life-long resident of the lakeshore community of Grand Haven, and enjoy boating, fly fishing and the many other outdoor recreational opportunities West Michigan has to offer. You can find me with my wife and my best friend (my dog Charlie!) on the water most every summer weekend.
- Michigan, 2000
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Lansing, Michigan
Juris Doctorate
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Bachelor’s of Science
Honors: With Class Honors
State Bar of Michigan
Member
Grand Haven Charter Township
Former Trustee (2015-2024)
- Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America
- Selected for inclusion in Grand Rapids Magazine’s 2019-2025 Top Lawyers
- Michigan Lawyers Weekly Up and Coming Lawyer 2009
- What is Riparian Land, Jerdon Real Estate Lake Property News, February 2023
- Manufactured Housing Community and Exclusionary Zoning, Planning and Zoning News, September, 2003
- Federated Publications v. MSU Trustees: Where Do We Go From Here?, Administrative Law Quarterly, Spring, 2000
- Litigation of Constitutional and Section 1983 Employment Issues – Current Case Law Developments in Procedural and Substantive Due Process, American Bar Association, August, 1999
- Clam Lake Twp v Dep’t of Licensing & Regulatory Affairs, 500 Mich 362; 902 NW2d 293 (2017)
- Landon Holdings Inc v Grattan Township, 257 Mich App 154 (2003)
- Hess v Cannon Township et al, 265 Mich App 582 (2005)
- Polkton Twp v Pellegrom, 88; 693 NW2d 170 (2005)
- Glass v Goeckel, 473 Mich 667; 703 NW2d 1 (2005)
- Jackson County Drain Comm v Vill of Stockbridge, 270 Mich App 273; 717 NW2d 391 (2006)
- Speaker, “Go With the Flow: Water Resources and Your Township,” Michigan Townships Association Annual Conference, April 23, 2024
- Expert Panelist, “Water Law and Community Involvement,” Michigan State University Extension Webinar, offered as part of MSUE’s “Introduction to Lakes Online” program, March 20, 2024
- Educator and Speaker, “Legal Issues and Common Zoning Questions,” Michigan State University Extension Zoning Administrator Certification Seminar, February 8, 2024, February 9 2023, and February 8, 2022
- Speaker, “Common Zoning Questions,” Local Government Client Seminar, October 26, 2023
- Understanding Michigan Surface Water and Groundwater Rights: Riparian Rights, Access Easement, Road Ends and Related Issues,” Half-Moon Educational Webinar, October 23, 2023
- Speaker, “Whose Land is it Anyway?,” Michigan Townships Association Annual Conference, April 27, 2022
- Speaker, “Protecting the Waterfront – Local Regulation of Riparian Rights and Road Ends,” Local Government Client Seminar, October 2019
- Speaker, “Surface Water-Related Property Rights: Riparian Rights, Access Easements, Road Ends and Related Issues,” Michigan Association of Professional Landmen Conference, September 19, 2019
- Speaker, “Surface Water-Related Property Rights: Riparian Rights, Access Easements, Road Ends and Related Issues,” State Bar of Michigan Real Property Law Academy, May 11, 2023, September 21, 2022, May 9, 2019, and October 11, 2018
- Speaker, “Water, Water Everywhere: Can We Regulate Its Use?” Michigan Townships Association Annual Conference, April 25, 2018
- Speaker, “Protecting the Waterfront: Local Regulation of Riparian Rights and Road Ends,” Local Government Client Seminar, October 8, 2015
- Speaker, “OMA and FOIA in a Digital Age,” Michigan Townships Association Annual Conference, January, 2014
- Speaker, “Outpacing the Law: OMA and FOIA in the Age of Email, Twitter and Skype,” Local Government Law Seminar, October 16, 2013
- Speaker, “Discussion and Analysis of Haring Charter Twp v City of Cadillac,” Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys/Public Law Corporation Section Summer Conference, June 24, 2011
- Speaker, “Preemption: Where State Law Prohibits or Restricts Local Regulation,” Local Government Client Seminar, October, 2010
- Speaker, “Overview of the Open Meetings Act,” County Road Association of Michigan Finance & Human Resource Seminar, May 20, 2008.
- Speaker, “State Law Zoning and Planning Issues,” Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys Annual Meeting, September 18, 2007
- Speaker, “Michigan Zoning Enabling Act and Proposed Consolidated Planning Act,” Local Government Client Seminar, October, 2006
- Speaker, “Freedom of Information Act Responses,” Local Government Client Seminar, October, 2003
- Speaker, “Effective Strategies for Dealing with Manufactured Housing Issues,” Michigan Townships Association 50th Annual Educational Conference, January 30, 2003
- Speaker, “Major Land Use Laws in Michigan,” National Business Institute Seminar, October 30, 2002
- Speaker, “Land Use Planning and Eminent Domain in Michigan,” National Business Institute Seminar, April 11, 2002
- Speaker, “The New Open Space Preservation Legislation,” Meeting of Grand Rapids Area Planners, 2001
