Richard E. Rassel

Richard E. Rassel is a shareholder and serves as Chairman of Butzel Long. He holds a B.A. from University of Notre Dame and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.  Mr. Rassel is also a Certified Judge Advocate having graduated from the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate School.  He practices primarily in the area of complex business litigation and arbitration with a special concentration in media law.  He has been a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers since 1989 and is a graduate of the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution Mediation and Arbitration Training Program.

Mr. Rassel is listed in The Best Lawyers in America  (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation and First Amendment Law).

Mr. Rassel is a Director and Secretary of the Detroit Legal News, Inc. 

Mr. Rassel is also active in the community.  He was honored with the Community Service Award by the Birmingham (Michigan) Community House, where he is a past President.  His community activities also include serving as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Detroit Public Television; Chairman of the Board of the Holy Cross Foundation; a Director of the Michigan Strategic Fund; a Trustee of the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Foundation Board; a Trustee of William Beaumont Hospital and Vice-Chairman of its Research Institute; a former President and Trustee of the Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation; an Ambassador of the College of Arts and Sciences of Oakland University; and a member of the Board of Advisors for the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.