Wayne State University Law School (L.L.M, Labor and Employment Law, 2008)
Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2001)
University of Wisconsin – Madison (B.A., 1997)
Thomas M. Cooley Law Review, Managing Editor 2000-2001
Thomas M. Cooley Law Review, Assistant Editor 1999-2000
Moot Court Participant, 2000
BAR ADMISSIONS:
State Bar of Michigan (2002)
U.S. Dist. Court for the Eastern District of Mich. (2004)
EMPLOYMENT:
Associate Attorney at Harvey Kruse, P.C. 2002-Present
Associate Attorney/Law Clerk at Secrest Wardle 2001-2002
Intern at Ingham County Prosecutor's Office 2000
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Thomas M. Cooley Law Review Eugene Krasicky Award (2001)
Thomas M. Cooley Leadership Achievement Award (2001)
EXPERIENCE:
Ms. Calandra joined Harvey Kruse, P.C. in 2002. Specializing in defense litigation, Ms. Calandra has successfully represented and counseled corporate clients through all phases of litigation throughout the State of Michigan. Ms. Calandra specializes in a variety of litigation matters such as employment litigation, insurance defense, premises liability, and asbestos product liability defense.
She has assisted in obtaining successful summary judgments as well as secured nominal alternative dispute resolution awards and case evaluations in favor of insurance carriers in employment and insurance defense cases.
Ms. Calandra has also successfully argued motions and obtained favorable settlements on behalf of the firm’s numerous corporate clients in thousands of asbestos product liability and premise liability claims.
Ms. Calandra obtained her L.L.M in Labor and Employment Law at Wayne State University in May 2008. She received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2001, where she was an Assistant Editor from 1999-2000 and a Managing Editor from 2000-2001 on the Thomas M. Cooley Law Review. In addition, she was a recipient of the Thomas M. Cooley Law Review Eugene Krasicky Award and Thomas M. Cooley Leadership Achievement Award in 2001. She is also a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS:
Amchem Products Incorporated
Arkema Incorporated
BASF Corporation
Certainteed Corporation
C.E. Thurston and Sons
Chicago-Wilcox Manufacturing Company
Cleaver Brooks
Crane Company
Dana Corporation
Darco Southern
Emerson Electric
Faulkner Construction
Fisher Controls
Foseco Incorporated
Industrial Insulation Incorporated
I.U. North America
J & L America Incorporated
J.H. France
Lipe-Rollway Corporation
Magnetek Incorporated
Manitowoc
Maremont Corporation
National Service Industries
Nationwide Insurance
Taylor Instruments
Union Carbide Corporation
MEMBER:
State Bar of Michigan (Labor and Employment Section)
AUTHOR:
Comment, "The Unborn Victims of Violence Act: Friend or Foe to the Unborn?," 2000 Thomas M. Cooley Law Review, Michaelmas vol. 17, no. 3.
COBRA and Mergers and Acquisitions, LL.M. Master’s Thesis (2008).
