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Todd Perkins
Prominent attorney Todd Perkins on Tuesday officially announced that he's running for a mayor in a race that is expected to get crowded.
“I am excited and compelled to pursue this opportunity because Detroit deserves strong and experienced leadership,” Perkins said in a statement. “The committee and my community engagement helped us better understand the issues, identify unmet promises, and define unfulfilled commitments that matter most and continue to impact our community. It will also help to define and determine the best path forward.”
Perkins runs the Perkins Law Group, a small boutique firm in downtown Detroit. His campaign commmittee will be headed by retired Judge Richard P. Hathaway.
Perkins has had a lot of high profile cases, both civil and criminal. His clients have included 36th District Court Judge Kenneth King, media personality Charlie LeDuff and former Flint emergency manager Darnell Earley.
He earned an undegraduate degree from Dartmouth College and a law degree from the University of Detroit Mercy. Besides criminal law, he's also involved in transactional law and the financial world and management, foreign currency trading and real estate investment.
Before becoming a lawyer, he taught French at Peace Lutheran School in Detroit.
