FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Robert A. Boonin will serve on the newly formed Ann Arbor/ Ypsilanti Regional Chamber Board of Directors. The Ann Arbor/ Ypsilanti Regional Chamber’s formation is the result of the merger of the former Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce and the Ypsilanti Area Chamber of Commerce. The combined Chamber is a 1,500-member community organization that actively facilitates, educates and advocates on behalf of its members through its services and programs. Prior to the merger, Mr. Boonin served on the Ann Arbor Area Chamber’s Board of Directors.
Butzel Long maintains one of the largest law offices in Washtenaw County and many of its attorneys are active in local community organizations. In addition to his current role with the Chamber, Mr. Boonin has been active in such organizations as the Ann Arbor YMCA, the American Red Cross (Washtenaw County Chapter), and Washtenaw Literacy.
Based in Butzel Long's Ann Arbor office, Mr. Boonin's law practice is largely concentrated in the areas of labor, employment discrimination, public contract and education law. He has represented public and private sector clients across the country, in over 30 jurisdictions, in wrongful termination, employment discrimination, wage and hour, tenure proceedings and other employment-related lawsuits and claims, as well as in labor grievance arbitrations, labor negotiations, unfair labor practices and representational proceedings and labor strikes.
Mr. Boonin is active in national and state bar association sections in labor and employment law and public contract law. He is an active member of the American Bar Association's Fair Labor Standards Legislation Committee and the American Employment Law Council. He is a Fellow and a past-president of the Litigation Counsel of America (a national legal honorary) and a co-founder and Chair-Elect of the Wage and Hour Defense Institute of the Litigation Counsel of America.
Mr. Boonin also is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (a prestigious and highly limited national honorary of employment law practitioners). Mr. Boonin has been repeatedly recognized by his peers as a Super Lawyer in labor and employment law matters.
Mr. Boonin is an honors graduate of The University of Michigan Law School (J.D. 1985) and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (B.S. Economics 1976). He also holds a Masters Degree in Labor and Industrial Relations from Michigan State University (M.L.I.R. 1980).
About Butzel Long
Established in 1854, Butzel Long is one of America’s leading law firms. With 190 attorneys, it has offices in Detroit, Bloomfield Hills, Lansing and Ann Arbor, Michigan, New York City and Washington, D.C., as well as Alliance offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Mexico City and Monterrey. The firm is also a member of the Washington, D.C. law firm, Butzel Long Tighe Patton. Butzel Long represents clients from diverse industries on regional, national, and multi-national levels and is a member of Lex Mundi, a global association of 160 independent law firms. Visit the Butzel Long website at www.butzel.com.
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