John G. Cameron, Jr., practices in the areas of real estate and construction law. Mr. Cameron is admitted to practice in Michigan, Illinois, Colorado, and North Carolina. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy, received his AB in economics and business administration from Albion College in 1971, and graduated cum laude from Wayne State University Law School in 1974. He has written numerous chapters and articles and is the author of the five-volume treatise “Michigan Real Estate Forms & Practice” (Aspen Publishers) and “A Practitioner’s Guide to Construction Law” (ALI-ABA). Mr. Cameron is listed in “Who’s Who in American Law” and “The Best Lawyers in America” and has been named a Michigan Super Lawyer annually since 2006. He is an elected member of both the American Law Institute and the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, is a real estate law advisor to ALI-ABA, serves as the public director on the board of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, and for six years served on the National Board of Editors of “The Practical Real Estate Lawyer.” A former instructor on real estate law at Grand Valley State University’s Seidman School of Business and at Grand Rapids Community College, Mr. Cameron lectures frequently on real estate law throughout the United States. He served as law clerk to the Honorable William H. Webster, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, in 1974-1975. As a specialist in real estate transactions and construction law matters, Mr. Cameron represents a wide variety of clients in a variety of real estate and construction law matters.
Publications/Presentations
Teaching:
- Lecturer at numerous real estate and construction law programs, ABA, ALI-ABA and ALI CLE
- Instructor, Michigan Supreme Court Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Program
- Adjunct professor of real estate at both Grand Valley State University and Grand Rapids Community College
- Lecturer, Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education other trade and professional groups
Treatises:
- Michigan Real Property Law: Principles and Commentary (The Institute of Continuing Legal Education),1st Ed. 1984; 2nd Ed. 1993; 3rd Ed. 2005 (supplemented annually); cited as persuasive authority in more than 100 reported decisions in the State and Federal courts
- A Practitioner’s Guide to Construction Law (ALI-ABA 2000; supplemented in 2004 and 2009)
- Michigan Real Estate Forms with Practice Commentary, Volumes 1, 1A, 2, 3 and 4 (LexisNexis, 1988, supplemented periodically)
Book Chapters:
- “Real Property and Zoning,” The Research Edge (The Institute of Continuing Legal Education 1993)
- “Income Taxation of the Condominium Association,” Condominium Law And Practice (Matthew Bender 1993) (rewrite of original chapter by Nina J. Crimm)
- “Real Estate Sale Contracts and Land Contracts,” Michigan Law of Damages (The Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1989)
- “Condominiums,” Michigan Real Estate Form Book (The Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1982)
Papers:
- Michigan Property Tax Matters, Eastern Mineral Law Foundation, Fall 1990
- The Michigan Dormant Minerals Act, Eastern Mineral Law Foundation Special Institute, Fall 1985
- Michigan Tax Titles, Eastern Mineral Law Foundation Special Institute, Fall 1985
- An Introduction to “Deregulated” Condominium Projects in Michigan
- The Responsibility of Attorneys and Accountants Under the Federal Securities Acts
- Class Actions
- “Goods” Under Article Two of the Uniform Commercial Code
Articles:
- Construction Site Safety: Protecting the Worker/ Protecting the Owner, Journal of the American College of Construction Lawyers, Volume 7, No. 1 (Winter 2013)
- Construction Warranties: How Long Do They Last?, Journal of the American College of Construction Lawyers, Volume 6, No. 1 (Winter 2012)
- Real Estate Development in 2012: Tax Credits and Governmental Grants, Practical Real Estate Lawyer (with Christina K. McDonald), Volume 28, No. 2, at page 25 (2012)
- Restitution- The Art of Recovery, 58 Practical Real Estate Lawyer, No. 2, at page 53 (2012)
- The Wonderful World of Construction, 26 Practical Real Estate Lawyer, Number 6 at page 7 (2010)
- A Construction Litigator’s ADR Primer, 21 The Practical Litigator, Number 4 at page 37 (2010)
- Restrictive Covenants, Reciprocal Negative Easements, and Building and Use Restrictions, 26 Practical Real Estate Lawyer, Number 5 at page 47 (2010)
- What You Should Know About Easements, 26 Practical Real Estate Lawyer, Number 2 at page 9 (2010)
- What You Should Know About Conservation Easements (With Form), 26 Practical Real Estate Lawyer, Number 4 at page 9 (2010)
- Some Questions and Answers About Title Insurance, 13 Practical Real Estate Lawyer, Number 6 at page 23 (1997)
- Dealing with Brokers and Managers for the Commercial Lessor (with checklists), 12 Practical Real Estate Lawyer, Number 3 at page 25 (1996)
- Buyer-Brokering–More Complicated Than It Sounds (with form), 12 Practical Real Estate Lawyer, Number 6 at page 13 (1996)
- 1993 Annual Survey of Real Estate Law, Wayne Law Review (with James J. Rabaut)
