Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America 2022

8.20.2021

Firm attorneys named to Best Lawyers in America® 2022 Ones to Watch and Lawyer of the Year

DETROIT, Mich. – Sixty-nine Butzel Long attorneys have been chosen by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2022 (copyright 2022 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Augusta, GA). Moreover, 11 firm attorneys have been named to Best Lawyers in America® 2022 Ones to Watch. In addition, nine attorneys have been named “Lawyer of the Year.”

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 50,000 leading attorneys cast votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

“Lawyer of the Year”

The following firm attorneys have been named “Lawyer of the Year “ – Andrew W. Stumpff (Employee Benefits – ERISA Law) – Ann Arbor; Bushra A. Malik (Immigration Law) – Bloomfield Hills; Daniel B. Tukel (Labor Law – Management) – Bloomfield Hills; Debra A. Geroux (Health Care Law) – Bloomfield Hills; Michael F. Golab (Business Organizations including LLCs and Partnerships) – Bloomfield Hills; W. Patrick Dreisig (Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law) – Bloomfield Hills; Eric J. Flessland (Litigation – Construction) – Detroit; James C. Bruno (International Mergers and Acquisitions) – Detroit; and, James J. Urban (Litigation – Construction) – Lansing.

Butzel Long attorney named to Best Lawyers for the first time

Notably, Steven R. Pohl (Corporate Law) – Bloomfield Hills, has been named to Best Lawyers for the first time:

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

The following firm attorneys have been named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch: Ashley Aldea (Real Estate) – Bloomfield Hills; Javon R. David (Commercial Litigation) – Bloomfield Hills; Damien DuMouchel (Criminal Defense: White-Collar) – Bloomfield Hills; Sarah Nirenberg, (Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment) – Bloomfield Hills; Rebecca Klein (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; Shanika A. Owens (Corporate Law and Real Estate Law) – Detroit; Quendale G. Simmons (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; Ivonne M. Soler (Family Law); Bill Quan Yang (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; and,
Mitchell Zajac (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit.

The following Butzel Long attorneys were selected for the 2022 edition:

Butzel Long – Ann Arbor – office

Regan K. Dahle: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Jennifer A. Dukarski: Litigation – Intellectual Property; Privacy and Data Security Law
Nancy Keppelman: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
George E. Kuehn: Corporate Law
Terrence J. Miglio: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Mark T. Nelson: Litigation – Labor and Employment; Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Claudia Rast: CleanTech Law; Environmental Law; Information Technology Law; Privacy and Data Security Law
Diane M. Soubly: Employment Law – Management; Litigation – ERISA
Robert B. Stevenson: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation – ERISA
Andrew W. Stumpff: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Butzel Long – Bloomfield Hills office

Barbara E. Buchanan: Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Carey A. DeWitt: Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
George B. Donnini: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
W. Patrick Dreisig: Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law; Corporate Governance Law
Geoffrey S. Gallinger: Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
Debra A. Geroux: Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law
Michael F. Golab: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law
Beth S. Gotthelf: Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
David W. Hipp: Real Estate Law
Susan L. Johnson: Litigation – Environmental
Thomas A. Kabel: Real Estate Law
Kaveh Kashef: Litigation – Labor and Employment
Sheldon H. Klein: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Antitrust
Bushra A. Malik: Immigration Law
Daniel J. McCarthy: Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
Max J. Newman: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Scott T. Patterson: Employment Law – Management
William A. Penner: Trusts and Estates
Robert P. Perry: Trusts and Estates
Steven R. Pohl: Corporate Law
R. Peter Prokop: Corporate Law; Tax Law
Thomas B. Radom: Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Richard E. Rassel: Commercial Litigation
Brett A. Rendeiro: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Dennis B. Schultz: Construction Law; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Real Estate
Robert H. Schwartz: Health Care Law
T. Gordon Scupholm II: Family Law
John D. Selesko: Trusts and Estates
Thomas L. Shaevsky: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation – ERISA
Thomas C. Simpson: Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
David W. Sommerfeld: Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
Daniel B. Tukel: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Roxana Zaha: Real Estate Law

Butzel Long – Detroit office

Linda J. Armstrong: Immigration Law
James C. Bruno: Corporate Law; International Mergers and Acquisitions; International Trade and Finance Law
Maura Corrigan: Appellate Practice
David Devine: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Arthur Dudley II: Corporate Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
David F. DuMouchel: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
Darius W. Dynkowski: Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Eric J. Flessland: Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
John P. Hancock, Jr.: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Robert A. Hudson: Corporate Law; International Trade and Finance Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
William J. Kliffel: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Justin G. Klimko: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Compliance Law: Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/ Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
Phillip C. Korovesis: Commercial Litigation
Mark R. Lezotte: Health Care Law; Tax Law
Clara DeMatteis Mager: Immigration Law
Donald B. Miller: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Mass Tort Litigation/ Class Actions - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Reginald A. Pacis: Immigration Law
James S. Rosenfeld: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Daniel R.W. Rustmann: Commercial Litigation
Bruce L. Sendek: Commercial Litigation
Nicholas J. Stasevich: Corporate Law
Kurtis T. Wilder: Appellate Practice
James E. Wynne: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants