Administrative Hearings and Licensing


When bills and policy changes are on the horizon, you need to understand the impact it can have on your business and get ahead of the situation. Our government and public policy team can help you find a voice in the process, whether at the federal or state level. From offices in Washington, D.C., Lansing, and Chicago, we advocate for clients before cabinet-level departments, executive branch agencies, independent agencies and commissions, and in the courts.

Our attorneys and government policy team work with members of Congress on policy rulemaking with your voice and interest in mind. When a bill or change is adopted, we can advise you on how those changes impact you so you can plan. We can assist you with:

  • Advising clients on compliance with agency rules, regulations, and policies.
  • Representing clients in the rulemaking process, including drafting and commenting on rules, regulations, guidelines, and policy statements.
  • Preparing requests for advisory opinions, declaratory rulings, or other agency interpretations.
  • Reviewing final agency rules for possible judicial challenge.
  • Litigating challenges to agency rules.
  • Representing clients in agency adjudications.
  • Preparing applications for licenses and permits.
  • Preparing FOIA requests.
  • Preparing requests for confidential agency treatment of client information under FOIA.
  • Litigating FOIA and Open Meeting Act disputes.
  • Participating in development of mandatory and voluntary standards.
  • Responding to agency investigations and audits.
  • Negotiating consent decrees.
  • Participating in industry coalitions to address specific agency issues.
  • Representing clients before Congress and state legislatures on agency reauthorization, agency oversight, and specific agency-related issues pending before legislative committees.
The Dykema team includes problem solvers—that is very important to us.

— Confidential statewide trade association client

Latest News and Insights

Press Releases11.2.23

Dykema Receives 14 National Rankings and 153 Metro Rankings in Best Law Firms for 2024

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that the firm was nationally ranked in 14…

Learn more

Press Releases8.17.23

194 Dykema Lawyers Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 and Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch”

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that 194 of its attorneys, in multiple practice…

Learn more

Press Releases8.11.23

46 Dykema Attorneys Named to 2023 Michigan Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that 25 of its attorneys from the firm’s…

Learn more