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Dickinson Wright is pleased to announce that 94 of the firm’s attorneys in Michigan have been included in Best Lawyers in America® 2024 edition.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Almost 87,000 industry-leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and over 10 million evaluations are received on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas worldwide. For the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, 7.8 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in almost 60,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. To learn more about Best Lawyers in America®, please visit www.bestlawyers.com.

Dickinson Wright attorneys recognized on this year’s list include:

Ann Arbor, MI

John S. Artz, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law

Paul R. Fransway, Franchise Law

Michael C. Hammer, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy

Mark Heusel, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment

Steven L. Oberholtzer, Patent Law

Philip E. Rettig, Patent Law

Jordan Schreier, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management

Colleen M. Shevnock, Banking and Finance Law

Suzanne K. Sukkar, Immigration Law

William M. Thacker, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law - Management

Doron Yitzchaki, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Detroit, MI

Allison R. Bach, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Richard M. Bolton, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law

William T. Burgess, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy

Dawn R. Copley, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Christopher A. Cornwall, Construction Law

David R. Deromedi, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management

Phillip J. DeRosier, Appellate Practice

Patrick B. Green, Commercial Litigation

K. Scott Hamilton, Appellate Practice

Mark R. High, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law

Steven G. Howell, Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy

Timothy H. Howlett, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment

John K. Lawrence, Banking and Finance Law

Andrew W. MacLeod, Corporate Law, International Mergers & Acquisitions, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law

Sharon R. Newlon, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental

James A. Plemmons, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Bankruptcy

William P. Shield, Jr., Banking and Finance Law

Theodore B. Sylwestrzak, Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Bruce C. Thelen, International Trade and Finance Law

L. Pahl Zinn, Litigation – Antitrust

Grand Rapids, MI

Ronald A. Bultje, Municipal Law

John G. Cameron, Jr., Construction Law, Real Estate Law

Brian S. Fleetham, Health Care Law

Daniel F. Gosch, Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Bankruptcy

Leslee M. Lewis, Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law

Christopher A. Mitchell, Litigation - Intellectual Property

John T. Schuring, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Timothy A. Stoepker, Construction Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law

Billee Lightvoet Ward, Health Care Law

Richard A. Wendt, Municipal Law, Public Finance Law

Jeffrey G. York, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Lansing, MI

Peter H. Ellsworth, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Gaming Law, Government Relations Practice

Brandon C. Hubbard, Commercial Litigation

Scott R. Knapp, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Commercial Litigation

Peter J. Kulick, International Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law

James F. Mauro, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law

Ryan M. Shannon, Insurance Law

Kester K. So, Energy Law, Municipal Law, Public Finance Law, Utilities Law

Jeffery V. Stuckey, Administrative/Regulatory Law, Appellate Practice, Energy Law

Saginaw, MI

Michael H. Allen, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estate

James C. Foresman, Health Care Law

Troy, MI

Roger H. Cummings, Corporate Law, International Trade and Finance Law

Joseph W. DeLave, Litigation – Construction

J. Benjamin Dolan, Litigation – Real Estate

Alison F. Duffy, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

John P. Gonway, Real Estate Law

Deborah L. Grace, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Roberta P. Granadier, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Eric W. Gregory, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Henry M. Grix, Nonprofit/Charities Law, Trusts and Estates

Craig W. Hammond, Banking and Finance Law, Public Finance Law

William H. Honaker, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, Patent Law, Trademark Law

Richard A. Jones, Patent Law

Mark Jotanovic, Patent Law

Michael R. Kramer, Corporate Law

Monica J. Labe, Real Estate Law

Elise S. Levasseur, Immigration Law

Elizabeth L. Luckenbach, Trusts and Estates

Michael J. Lusardi, Real Estate Law

Michael N. MacCallum, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Patent Law

Christopher C. Maeso, Corporate Law

Scott A. McBain, Patent Law

Eric McGlothlin, Public Finance Law

Cynthia A. Moore, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Gregory W. Moore, Health Care Law

Mahesh K. Nayak, Commercial Litigation

Shannon M. Nichols, Banking and Finance Law

Edward H. Pappas, Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate, Mediation

Erin M. Pawlowski, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law

Scott A. Petz, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants

Daniel D. Quick, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Intellectual Property

Paul Rodriguez, Patent Law

William L. Rosin, Corporate Law

Kimberly J. Ruppel, Commercial Litigation

Lynn Capp Sirich, Family Law

Joan Cripe Skrzyniarz, Trusts and Estates

Kimberly M. Slaven, Patent Law

Robert L. Stearns, Litigation – Intellectual Property

Peter H. Webster, Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Municipal Law

Mark E. Wilson, Health Care Law

Kathryn S. Wood, Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment

Katheryne L. Zelenock, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law

About Dickinson Wright

Dickinson Wright is a general practice business law firm with more than 475 attorneys among more than 40 practice areas and 16 industry groups. The firm has 20 offices, including six in Michigan (Detroit, Troy, Ann Arbor, Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Saginaw) and 13 other domestic offices in Austin and El Paso, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Columbus, Ohio; Denver, Colo.; Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Lexington, Ky.; Nashville, Tenn.; Las Vegas and Reno, Nev.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Silicon Valley, Calif.; and Washington, D.C. The firm’s Canadian office is located in Toronto.

Dickinson Wright offers our clients a distinctive combination of superb client service, exceptional quality, value for fees, industry expertise, and business acumen. As one of the few law firms with ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification and one of the only firms with ISO/IEC 27701:2019 certification, Dickinson Wright has built state-of-the-art, independently-verified risk management procedures,  security controls and privacy processes for our commercial transactions. Dickinson Wright lawyers are known for delivering commercially-oriented advice on sophisticated transactions and have a remarkable record of wins in high-stakes litigation. Dickinson Wright lawyers are regularly cited for their expertise and experience by Chambers, Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and other leading independent law firm evaluating organizations.

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