Kurt L. Heise
Mr. Heise is Of Counsel to the law firm of Hemming, Polaczyk, Smith, Witthoff & Bennett, representing clients and providing counsel on municipal law, labor law, water and sewer law, land use, energy policy, natural resource management, and environmental policy.
For more than 6 years, Mr. Heise was Director of the Wayne County Department of Environment and Wayne County Drain Commissioner. He also served as the Mayor’s Deputy and Assistant City Attorney in Dearborn Heights and Woodhaven, Co-Chairman of the Michigan Groundwater Conservation Advisory Council, and was instrumental in the development of the original Rouge Assembly charter and Michigan’s Watershed Alliance Act (PA 517) of 2005. He is the former Chairman of the Rouge River Remedial Action Plan Advisory Council, and currently serves on the Rouge Watershed Alliance, the Blue Ribbon Commission for Lake St. Clair, and the Wayne State University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Advisory Board.
He is also affiliated with Public Sector Consultants in Lansing, where he assists with special environmental and public policy matters for municipal and corporate clients.
Mr. Heise is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, has participated in trade and educational missions to China and South Korea, and serves on the Plymouth-Canton Schools Educational Excellence Foundation Board of Directors.
Mr. Heise holds a BA in Honors Political Science from the University of Michigan, a Juris Doctor (JD – 1991) from Wayne State University Law School, and a Masters of Laws in Labor Law (LL.M – 1993) from Wayne State University Law School.