Dykema Gossett, PLLC issued the following announcement on Aug. 15.
Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced that 113 of its attorneys, in multiple practice areas and markets, have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 guide. Additionally, 13 of the firm’s practitioners have been named Best Lawyers 2019 “Lawyer of the Year,” a special distinction conferred upon a single lawyer within a practice area and metropolitan market.
The Best Lawyers in America® 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 Dykema attorneys named Best Lawyers 2019 “Lawyers of the Year,” the practice area(s) for which they are being recognized and office location are:
Phyllis G. Adams – Health Care Law, Ann Arbor
Robert A. Boonin– Litigation - Labor and Employment, Detroit
Grant P. Gilezan – Litigation - Environmental, Detroit
James P. Kiefer – Public Finance Law, Lansing
Jin-Kyu Koh – Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Detroit
Wilhelm E. Liebmann – Corporate Law, San Antonio
Gerald T. Lievois – Securities / Capital Markets Law, Bloomfield Hills
Richard McDonald– Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Bloomfield Hills
Melvin J. Muskovitz – Labor Law - Management, Ann Arbor
Carl Rashid, Jr.– Litigation - Real Estate, Detroit
Phylis J. Speedlin – Arbitration, San Antonio
Thomas S. Vaughn – Securities / Capital Markets Law, Detroit
Leonard C. Wolfe – Gaming Law, Lansing
The Dykema attorneys listed in the 2019 Best Lawyers in America guide, identified by office location and the practice areas for which they have been recognized, are:
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Phyllis G. Adams– Health Care Law
Marie R. Deveney– Trusts and Estates
Kathrin E. Kudner– Health Care Law
Melvin J. Muskovitz– Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Ronald J. Santo– Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management
Robert P. Tiplady– Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Jill M. Wheaton– Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
Austin, Texas
Michael P. Adams – Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent; Patent Law; Trademark Law
Michael Klein – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
Keith A. Shuley– Environmental Law; Water Law
Phillip M. Slinkard– Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Bowden V. Brown– Public Finance Law
Brendan J. Cahill– Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Amy M. Christen– Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Michael G. Cumming– Trusts and Estates
Stephen R. Estey– Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation - Real Estate; Real Estate Law
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 and Zoning Law; Litigation - Land Use and Zoning; Litigation - Real Estate
Dennis M. Haffey– Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Banking and Finance; Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation - Securities; Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Kyle R. Hauberg– Project Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Margaret Adams Hunter– Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Howard B. Iwrey– Antitrust Law; Litigation - Antitrust
Joanne R. Lax– Health Care Law
Gerald T. Lievois– Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
Bonnie Mayfield – Litigation - Labor and Employment
Richard McDonald– Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
Paul Nystrom – Commercial Litigation
James D. Obermanns– Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Brian Smith – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Sheryl L. Toby– Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
Chicago, Illinois
Heather K. Aeschleman– Real Estate Law
Michael C. Borders– Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Derek L. Cottier– Real Estate Law
Elizabeth Darke– Real Estate Law
Michael S. Kurtzon– Real Estate Law
Robert C. Linton– Real Estate Law
Andrew P. Scott– Land Use and Zoning Law
Michael F. Sexton– Real Estate Law
Ian M. Sherman– Insurance Law
Dallas, Texas
Thomas B. Alleman– Insurance Law; Litigation - Environmental
Mark E. Andrews– Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
David Bryant, Jr.– Commercial Litigation
Bob H. Feroze– Real Estate Law
Jeffrey R. Fine – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
William B. Finkelstein– Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Brian R. Forbes– Real Estate Law
Chris Harvey– Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Christopher D. Kratovil– Appellate Practice
Arlene Switzer Steinfield– Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Edwin J. Tomko– Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Detroit, Michigan
Michael Bernard – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Robert A. Boonin– Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Lisa A. Brown – Commercial Litigation
Michael P. Cooney – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Sherrie L. Farrell– Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Todd G. Gattoni – Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Grant P. Gilezan– Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
Steven E. Grob– Litigation and Controversy - Tax; Tax Law
James F. Hermon– Litigation - Labor and Employment
Kathryn J. Humphrey– Aviation Law; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Mark D. Jacobs– Environmental Law
Peter M. Kellett– Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Antitrust; Litigation - Securities; Mediation; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Joel D. Kellman– Litigation - Real Estate; Real Estate Law
Jin-Kyu Koh– Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
Brian M. Moore – Commercial Litigation
Cameron H. Piggott– Litigation - Real Estate; Real Estate Law
Harold D. Pope – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Carl Rashid, Jr.– Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law; Litigation - Real Estate; Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Real Estate Law; Tax Law
Thomas M. Schehr– Commercial Litigation
Thomas S. Vaughn– Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
Grand Rapids, Michigan
James S. Brady– Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: General Practice; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; DUI/DWI Defense; Family Law; Litigation - First Amendment; Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy); Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
John A. Ferroli– Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
Stephen S. Muhich– Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Brian J. Page– Corporate Law; Litigation - Real Estate; Real Estate Law
Lansing, Michigan
Richard J. Aaron– Administrative / Regulatory Law; Energy Law
Lance Boldrey– Gaming Law; Native American Law
Sandra M. Cotter– Administrative / Regulatory Law
Ann D. Fillingham– Corporate Law; Public Finance Law
Gary P. Gordon– Administrative / Regulatory Law; Government Relations Practice
Jason Hanselman – Energy 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 and Finance; Litigation - Insurance
Alan Wilk– Administrative / Regulatory Law; Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law
Leonard C. Wolfe– Administrative / Regulatory Law; Gaming Law; Government Relations Practice
Los Angeles, California
James S. Azadian – Litigation - Intellectual Property
McAllen, Texas
Diann M. Bartek – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Reed R. Heimbecher – Patent Law
Timothy D. Kelly – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Banking and Finance; Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation - Real Estate
San Antonio, Texas
Kerry T. Benedict – Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law
Ramon D. Bissmeyer – Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Daniel Harkins – Copyright Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent; Patent Law; Trademark Law
David Kinder – Commercial Litigation
Wilhelm E. Liebmann – Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
Donna K. McElroy – Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management
Robert W. Nelson – Tax Law
Patrick Ryan – Corporate Law
Thomas E. Sanders – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - ERISA
Brett W. Schouest – Commercial Litigation
Andrew Sherwood – Real Estate Law
James B. Smith, Jr.– Corporate Law
Phylis J. Speedlin– Appellate Practice; Arbitration; Mediation
Daniel R. Stern – Employment Law - Individuals; Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Labor Law - Union; Litigation - Labor and Employment
John B. Stewart – Real Estate Law
James M. Truss – Commercial Litigation; Energy Law; Litigation - Environmental; Litigation - Real Estate; Oil and Gas Law
Dan G. Webster III – Corporate Law
David B. West – Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Banking and Finance; Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Deborah D. Williamson – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
In addition to all of the lawyers listed above, we are proud to note that a few recently retired Dykema alumni have earned recognition from Best Lawyers for 2019 as well:
Maria B. Abrahamsen – Health Care Law
Samuel C. Damren– Commercial Litigation; Mediation
Mark A. Metz– Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
William J. Perrone– Banking and Finance Law; Government Relations Practice
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