Biography
Edward R. (Ted) Becker was a litigator with Dickinson Wright in Lansing, specializing in telecommunications arbitrations and other administrative agency proceedings. He also has substantial appellate experience in general corporate litigation, both with Dickinson Wright and as a sole practitioner. Before joining the Law School faculty as a clinical assistant professor in fall 2000, he served as an adjunct professor at Thomas M. Cooley Law School, teaching an upper-level course in litigation skills, including discovery and motion practice, as well as the practical business aspects of law firm operation. He received his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Illinois College of Law, where he was a member of Order of the Coif and an articles editor of the University of Illinois Law Review. Professor Becker has contributed to articles published in the Michigan Defense Quarterly and the Public Corporation Law Quarterly, ranging in subjects from employment liability insurance to a continuing survey of statutory developments in the area of municipal finance.