Jeffrey L. Jocks

Associate with the firm, Jeff specializes in environmental and land use law. He attended Michigan State University College of Law where he graduated summa cum laude and second in his class. He was also a member of the Michigan State Law Review where he acted as Managing Editor of Competitions and Student Writing.

While attending law school, Jeff received Juris Prudence Awards in the following classes: Civil Procedure II, Constitutional Law II, Decedents Estates and Trusts, Basic Income Tax, Natural Resources Law, Constitutional Law: Free Expression, Administrative Law, and Problem-Solving Approaches to Conflict. He also received: The Helen G. Buchanan Award for the full-time student who was most proficient in the study of the law of evidence for 2002-2003; The Amy D. Bloomer Award for the highest ranking member of the first-year class for 2001-2002; The Louis J. Columbo Award for academic excellence for 2001-2002; The Rodney Martin Lockwood Memorial Scholarship Award for outstanding work in Property for 2001-2002; The Harold Norris Writing Award for the best examination paper in the course of Criminal Law for 2001-2002.

Before joining Olson, Bzdok & Howard, Jeff was as a Law Clerk for the United States Attorney in the Western District of Michigan and an extern for the Michigan Attorney General-Consumer Protection Division. Prior to law school Jeff received a Bachelors of Science in Packaging with an environmental specialization from Michigan State University and worked as a Packaging Engineer for three and one half years.

Jeff is a member of the State Bar of Michigan.

Jeff authored an article titled "The Right of Access to Deportation Hearings: A Threat to National Security or a Threat to Constitutional Rights?", 2004 Mich. St. DCL L. Rev. 165.

E-mail: jeff@envlaw.com