James Cunningham
Birmingham, MI

James Cunningham

Williams Williams Rattner & Plunkett PC

Divorce and SeparationAdoption and SurrogacyComplex Divorce

James P. Cunningham is a partner at Williams Williams Rattner & Plunkett with over 30 years of experience in family law and divorce litigation. He has published ten appellate family-law decisions, including three before the Michigan Supreme…

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James P. Cunningham is a partner at Williams Williams Rattner & Plunkett with over 30 years of experience in family law and divorce litigation. He has published ten appellate family-law decisions, including three before the Michigan Supreme Court, and has written more than twenty articles on family law topics. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers and has held an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell since 1988. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from Michigan State University College of Law (formerly Detroit College of Law) in 1980.

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Practice Areas

Divorce and SeparationAdoption and SurrogacyComplex Divorce

Awards & Recognition

  • Michigan Lawyers Weekly "Leaders in the Law" (2022)
  • Michigan Super Lawyer (since inception)
  • Best Lawyers in America (2011–present)
  • Top 100 Michigan Lawyers (Thomson Reuters)
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Bar Admissions

  • Michigan
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan

Education

  • J.D. (cum laude), Michigan State University College of Law (formerly Detroit College of Law), 1980
  • B.A. (with honors), Brown University, 1972

Service Offers

  • Accepting New Clients

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