Ninety-Two Dykema Attorneys Recognized By Best Lawyers

Nearly One in Four Dykema Practitioners Earn Distinction; Seven Merit “Lawyer of the Year” Honors

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8.16.13

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that nearly one hundred of the firm’s lawyers, in multiple practice areas and in key regional markets, have been named in the 2014 Best Lawyers in America guide. This figure, consistent with the number of Dykema attorneys on last year’s Best Lawyers list, represents nearly 25 percent of all lawyers in the firm.

Additionally, seven of the firm’s practitioners have been named Best Lawyers’ 2014 “Lawyers of the Year.” This special distinction is conferred upon a single lawyer within a practice area and metropolitan market.

The Best Lawyers in America© (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC) is the pre-eminent national listing of outstanding attorneys. This annual guide is derived from exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The 2014 guide recognizes 92 Dykema attorneys in more than five dozen practice areas in eight of the firm’s national offices.

Peter M. Kellett, Dykema’s Chairman and CEO, observes, “We are honored to have so many of our attorneys—almost a quarter of those in the firm—earn Best Lawyers recognition. This distinction is particularly meaningful as it reflects the judgments of one’s peers, a discerning audience that truly understands the value of legal service excellence.”

The Dykema attorneys named Best Lawyers’ 2014 “Lawyers of the Year” are:

  • J. Michael Bernard—Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Detroit
  • R. Lance Boldrey—Gaming Law, Lansing
  • James P. Feeney—Bet-the-Company Litigation, Detroit
  • Howard B. Iwrey—Antitrust Law, Detroit
  • Joseph A. Ritok, Jr.—Labor Law-Management, Detroit
  • Wayne D. Roberts—Tax Law, Grand Rapids
  • Robert P. Tiplady—Trusts and Estates, Ann Arbor

The Dykema attorneys listed in the 2014 Best Lawyers in America guide, identified by market and the practice areas for which they have been recognized, are:

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-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Municipal
  • 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
  • Jill M. Wheaton—Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation

Bloomfield Hills, MI

  • Maria B. Abrahamsen—Health Care Law
  • Bowden V. Brown—Public Finance Law
  • Brendan Cahill—Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Amy M. Christen—Employee Benefits (ERISA) 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
  • Adam M. Fishkind—Real Estate Law
  • Fred J. Fresard—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—Antitrust Law, Litigation-Antitrust
  • Joel D. Kellman—Litigation-Real Estate, Real Estate Law
  • Joanne R. Lax—Health Care Law
  • Gerald T. Lievois—Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
  • D. Richard McDonald—Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • James D. Obermanns—Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Marilyn A. Peters—Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Banking & Finance, Litigation-Securities, Litigation-Construction, Litigation-Environmental
  • Rex E. Schlaybaugh, Jr.—Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law Brittany M. Schultz—Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
  • Sheryl L. Toby—Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation-Bankruptcy
  • Stephen L. Tupper—Information Technology Law

Chicago, IL

  • Ross J. Altman—Construction Law, Real Estate Law
  • Richard M. Bendix, Jr.—Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Jay S. Berlinsky—Corporate Law
  • Michael C. Borders—Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
  • Terrence M. Burns—Medical Malpractice Law-Defendants
  • Derek L. Cottier—Real Estate Law
  • C. Elizabeth Darke—Real Estate Law
  • Thomas R. Hill—Professional Malpractice Law-Defendants
  • Michael S. Kurtzon—Real Estate Law
  • Neil T. Neumark—Real Estate Law
  • Andrew P. Scott—Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Michael F. Sexton—Real Estate Law
  • Ian M. Sherman—Insurance Law
  • Allan J. Sternstein—Litigation-Intellectual Property

Dallas, TX

  • William Finkelstein— Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Brian R. Forbes—Real Estate Law
  • Mark K. Sales—Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Trusts & Estates

Detroit, MI

  • Susan Artinian—Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants
  • J. Michael Bernard—Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Thomas S. Bishoff—Commercial Litigation
  • Eric T. Carver—Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates,
  • Michael P. Cooney—Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
  • Samuel C. Damren—Commercial Litigation, Mediation
  • James M. Elsworth—Trusts and Estates
  • John A. Entenman—Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management
  • Sherrie Farrell—Commercial Litigation
  • Robert J. Franzinger—Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Environmental, Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
  • 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
  • Mark E. Hauck—Commercial Litigation
  • James Hermon—Litigation-Labor & Employment
  • Patrick F. Hickey—Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law- Management, Labor Law-Management, Litigation-Construction, Litigation-Labor & Employment, Litigation-ERISA
  • Kathryn J. Humphrey-- Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
  • Margaret Adams Hunter—Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Mark D. Jacobs—Environmental Law
  • Peter M. Kellett—Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Antitrust, Litigation-Securities, Mediation, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
  • 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—Commercial Finance Law, 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
  • Thomas M. Schehr—Commercial Litigation
  • 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-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, Litigation-Labor & Employment
  • Brian J. Page—Corporate Law, Litigation-Real Estate, Real Estate Law
  • Wayne D. Roberts—Litigation & Controversy-Tax, Tax Law

Lansing, MI

  • R. Lance Boldrey—Gaming Law, Native American Law
  • Sandra M. Cotter—Administrative/Regulatory Law,
  • Albert Ernst—Administrative/Regulatory Law, Energy Law, Natural Resources 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, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation-Banking & Finance
  • William J. Perrone—Banking and Finance Law, Government Relations Practice
  • W. Alan Wilk—Administrative/Regulatory Law, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law
  • Leonard C. Wolfe—Administrative/Regulatory Law, Gaming Law, Government Relations Practice

Los Angeles, CA

  • Daniel J. Stephenson—Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Intellectual Property

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