Best Lawyers Recognizes 70 Dykema Attorneys
Rankings Put Firm’s Attorneys on Top of the Pack in 25 Practices
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10.27.11
DETROIT—Leading national law firm Dykema today announced that dozens of the firm’s lawyers won high rankings in multiple practice areas and in key regional markets in the 2012 Best Lawyers in America guide.
Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Seven Dykema attorneys received the prestigious Lawyer of the Year award, given to a single lawyer in each practice area in communities examined by the organization. Additionally, nearly 70 attorneys, representing multiple offices and practice areas, were ranked as Best Lawyers.
Dykema’s 2012 Lawyer of the Year recipients include Alan Greene (Litigation-Real Estate) and Joanne Lax (Health Care Law) in Bloomfield Hills; Margaret Adams Hunter (Employee Benefits ERISA Law) in Detroit; Brian Page (Real Estate Law) in Grand Rapids; Ann Fillingham (Corporate Law) and Lori McAllister (Insurance Law) in Lansing; and E. Lee Horton (Mass Tort Litigation) in Los Angeles.
The Dykema lawyers recognized as 2012 Best Lawyers represent more than two dozen of Dykema’s sophisticated practices and seven of the firm’s national offices.
Ann Arbor, MI
- Phyllis Donaldson Adams—Health Care Law
- James M. Cameron, Jr.—Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Litigation - Land Use & Zoning , Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation - Municipal, Litigation—Intellectual Property
- Marie R. Deveney—Trusts and Estates
- Melvin J. Muskovitz—Employment Law - Management Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
- Roselyn R. Parmenter—Health Care Law
- Ronald J. Santo—Employment Law - Management Labor Law - Management
- Robert P. Tiplady—Trusts and Estates, Litigation - Trusts & Estates
Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Maria B. Abrahamsen—Health Care Law
- Michael G. Cumming—Trusts and Estates
- Robert L. Duty—Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
- James P. Feeney—Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Alan M. Greene—Land Use & Zoning Law, Litigation - Real Estate, Litigation - Land Use & Zoning
- Dennis M. Haffey—Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking & Finance, Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Litigation - Securities, Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions
- Howard B. Iwrey—Litigation - Antitrust
- Joel D. Kellman—Litigation - Real Estate, Real Estate Law
- Joanne R. Lax—Health Care Law
- Gerald T. Lievois—Securities/Capital Markets Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- D. Richard McDonald—Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
- Marilyn A. Peters—Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking & Finance, Litigation - Securities, Litigation – Construction, Litigation - Environmental
- Ronald L. Rose—Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Sheryl L. Toby—Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Stephen L. Tupper—Information Technology Law
Charlotte, NC
- Donald C. Lampe—Corporate Law/Corporate Finance, Financial Services Regulation Law
Chicago, IL
- Richard M. Bendix, Jr.—Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Michael C. Borders—Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Terrence M. Burns—Medical Malpractice Law
- Thomas R. Hill—Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Michael S. Kurtzon—Real Estate Law
- Andrew P. Scott—Land Use & Zoning Law
- Michael F. Sexton—Real Estate Law
- Allan J. Sternstein—Litigation - Intellectual Property
Detroit, MI
- Susan Artinian—Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation Class Actions - Defendants, Mass Tort Litigation
- J. Michael Bernard—Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Eric T. Carver—Trusts and Estates
- Samuel C. Damren—Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Mediation
- James M. Elsworth—Trusts and Estates
- John A. Entenman—Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
- Robert J. Franzinger—Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Litigation - Intellectual, Litigation - Environmental
- Martin Jay Galvin—Employment Law – Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
- Grant P. Gilezan—Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
- Steven E. Grob—Litigation & Controversy - Tax, Tax Law
- Patrick F. Hickey—Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Labor & Employment, Litigation - ERISA
- Margaret Adams Hunter—Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Mark D. Jacobs—Environmental Law
- Peter M. Kellett—Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Antitrust, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Mediation, Litigation - Securities
- Jin-Kyu Koh—Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Kathrin E. Kudner—Health Care Law
- Mark A. Metz—Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
- Aleksandra A. Miziolek—Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Cameron H. Piggott—Real Estate Law, Litigation - Real Estate
- Carl Rashid, Jr.—Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Litigation & Controversy - Tax, Tax Law, Real Estate Law, Litigation - Real Estate
- Joseph A. Ritok, Jr.—Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
- Rex E. Schlaybaugh, Jr.—Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Wilfred A. Steiner, Jr.—Real Estate Law
- Thomas S. Vaughn—Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
Grand Rapids, MI
- James S. Brady—Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, DUI/DWI Defense, Family Law, Litigation - Environmental, Personal Injury Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Litigation - First Amendment
- John A. Ferroli—Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
- Stephen S. Muhich—Employment Law - Management
- Brian J. Page—Corporate Law, Litigation - Real Estate, Real Estate Law
Lansing, MI
- R. Lance Boldrey—Gaming Law
- Albert Ernst—Administrative/Regulatory Law, Energy Law
- Ann D. Fillingham—Corporate Law, Public Finance Law
- Gary P. Gordon—Administrative/Regulatory Law, Government Relations Practice
- James P. Kiefer—Corporate Law, Public Finance Law
- Lori McAllister—Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation - Banking & Finance
- William J. Perrone—Banking and Finance Law, Government Relations Practice
- W. Alan Wilk—Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law
- Leonard C. Wolfe—Gaming Law, Government Relations Practice
Los Angeles, CA
- E. Lee Horton—Mass Tort Litigation
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- Class Action Defense
- Commercial Litigation
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
- Environmental
- Estate Planning and Administration
- Government Investigations and Corporate Compliance
- Government Solutions
- Healthcare
- Intellectual Property
- Labor and Employment
- Litigation
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Product Liability Defense
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Acquisitions, Dispositions, and Developments
- Restructuring and Bankruptcy
- Securities
- Zoning and Land Use