Curriculum Vitae
Bar Admissions
California (inactive) 1977; Michigan 1978; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan 1983; U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit 1994; United States Supreme Court 2015
Law School
University of California, Berkeley, J.D., 1977; Clerkship, Hon. Spurgeon Avakian, Alameda County Superior Court; Associate Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly
College
University of Michigan, B.S. in biology with high distinction, 1974; Charles B. Angell Scholar; Phi Beta Kappa
Memberships
Washtenaw County Bar Association, 1978-present; State Bar of Michigan, 1978-present; State Bar of California (inactive) 1978-present; State Bar Committee on Character and Fitness, 1995-1999; Washtenaw County Trial Court Case Evaluation Committee 2007–2009; Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2004-present; ICLE Family Law Advisory Board, 2004-present; Fellow, Michigan State Bar Foundation, 2005–present
Employment
2021-present: Principal, Diana Raimi Law & Mediation
2017-2020: Of Counsel, Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss, P.C.
2012-2016: Partner, Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss, P.C.
1982-2012: Moran, Raimi, Goethel & Karnani, P.C. (formerly Moran, Raimi & Goethel; Stein, Moran, Raimi & Goethel; Stein, Moran & Westerman; O’Brien, Moran & Stein; O’Brien, Moran & Dimond)
1980-1982: Private Practice, Matuszak and Raimi
1978-1980: Associate, Law Offices of Gerard J. Matuszak
Speaking and Writing
Chapter Author: “Property Settlement,” Michigan Family Law, ICLE, 3rd, 4th, 5th , 6th and 7th Editions
Reviewing Editor: Michigan Family Law Bench Book for Michigan Judges, ICLE 1999–2019
Speaker for University of Michigan Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE): Multiple in-person and webinar presentations 2002 to present on family law subjects including Negotiating and Drafting Property Settlement Agreements and Pre- and Post-Nuptial Agreements, Handling Debts in Divorce, Separate Property, Bankruptcy and Divorce, Tax Law for the Family Lawyer, Drafting Divorce Documents, Business Valuation in Divorce, Client Interview Techniques, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Settlement, Business Valuation, Dividing Retirement in Divorce, and Court Motion and Trial Practice
Curriculum Planner/Designer: “Marital Property Update,” ICLE, 2002-2010; Annual Family Law Institutes, ICLE, 2002–present; Family Law Certificate program of ICLE and State Bar of Michigan Family Law Section, 2005-present
Other Speaking Engagements: “Bankruptcy and the Family Court,” Annual Judicial Institute, 2005; “Timely Topics for Divorce Practitioners,” Legal Services Training, 2008; Child Support Guideline Tips, Washtenaw County Women Lawyers, 2013; “Child Custody Evaluations,” Center for Forensic Psychiatry, 2018-2019; Multiple topics at AAML Annual Seminar 2006-2019 including Direct and Cross Examination of a Financial Expert, Documenting Alimony Claims, Michigan Rule of Evidence 703, the Double Dip and Business Valuations
Mediation Training
Completed 40 Hour Course in Divorce Mediation, 1996
Reported Cases
Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015) (Amicus Curiae Brief on behalf of the AAML in support of Plaintiffs); DeBoer v Snyder et al. 772 F.3d 388 (2014) (Amicus Curiae Brief); Shield Benefit Administrators, Inc. and Oven-Fresh Bakeries, Inc. v. Regents of the University of Michigan, 225 Mich App 467 (1997); Regents of the University of Michigan v. Employees of Agency Rent-A-Car Hospital Association et. al., 122 F3d 336 (1997)
Photo by Jessica Raimi