Carl Rashid, Jr.
Director and Shareholder, Butzel Long

Mr. Rashid is a vice president of Butzel Long and also serves on the firm's Board of Directors. He joined Butzel Long in 1980. Previously, he served as an assistant corporation counsel of the City of Detroit from 1974 to 1980 representing the Finance Department, the Detroit Board of Assessors and the City Treasurer.
His areas of practice include real estate, state and local taxes, investment related tax incentives, condemnation law and government affairs matters.

Mr. Rashid's investment-related tax incentives practice includes implementing the first Act 198 Industrial Development District in the State of Michigan. More recently, he represented Global Engine Alliance, LLC in obtaining one of the largest investment-related tax incentives in the State of Michigan for its engine manufacturing facility in Dundee. Mr. Rashid has authored property tax legislation including the Commercial Redevelopment District Act (Act 255 of 1978), and Public Act 317 of 2000, involving personal property inventory.

He has had extensive experience representing clients in Federal and State Courts, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the Michigan Supreme Court, the Michigan Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the Wayne, Oakland and Macomb County Circuit Courts, the Michigan Tax Tribunal and the Michigan State Tax Commission.

Mr. Rashid is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, American Bar Association and Metropolitan Detroit Bar Association's Committees on Real Property and Taxation. He is a co-author of Michigan Tax Practice and Procedure and co-editor of Michigan Real Estate Law. He has also served as co-chair and lecturer for Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) seminars on property tax and is a frequent lecturer for the Michigan Municipal League. Mr. Rashid is a past Commodore of the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club, Past Co-Chair of the American Arabic and Jewish Friends and former City Councilman of the City of Grosse Pointe.

Mr. Rashid earned his B.S. degree in Accounting in 1970 from St. Joseph's College and his J.D. in 1974 from Michigan State University College of Law. Mr. Rashid is a resident of the City of Grosse Pointe Woods.