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ROYAL OAK, Mich., April 30 /Christian Newswire/ -- Attorney Daniel P. Dalton of Tomkiw Dalton, plc in Royal Oak, Mich. will be a featured speaker at the 2010 American Bar Association spring meeting, which will be held in Miami from April 29 to May 2. Dalton will share his expertise in the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) on Friday, April 30.

Dalton dedicates much of his practice to representing religious institutions acting both as general counsel and offering special counsel in land use litigation matters. In his own words, "RLUIPA is the great equalizer in land use law; it truly levels the playing field for religious institutions." Each of Dalton's RLUIPA cases resulted in the religious institution achieving permission to worship on the disputed parcel of land. Previously, Dalton won a landmark case in Carlinville, Ill., securing the rights to a former Wal-Mart building Carlinville Southern Baptist Church had purchased and also secured a cash settlement. He has done the same for several houses of worship in Michigan and many other states.

Dalton will moderate a panel of national land use experts on Friday, April 30 throughout the day on land use issues. Panelists will include other top land use attorneys from Oregon, Florida, Illinois, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Following the panel discussion, he will present on the Religious Land Use update for 2010.

In addition to being the Chair of the ABA's Religious Land Use section, Dalton serves as Vice Chair of the Land Use of the ABA, State and Local Law section. Dalton recently launched www.attorneysforlanduse.com, the preeminent religious land use and property law resource for attorneys nationwide.

Following the panel discussion, he will present on the Religious Land Use update for 2010 [should we focus on the Update as opposed to the panel moderation? I think the update sounds more impressive.

Tomkiw Dalton, plc is a business law firm located in Royal Oak, Mich., offering a broad range of sophisticated legal services for businesses, communities and churches as general counsel, zoning and land use attorneys, management side labor and employment lawyers and commercial litigators. For more information, please visit www.tomkiwdalton.com or call (248) 591-7000.