Butzel adds attorney to firm’s growing litigation team

Scott J. Fishwick joins firm as a shareholder

DETROIT, Mich. –  Butzel has added attorney Scott J. Fishwick as a shareholder to one of the firm’s largest practice areas – the Litigation Department.

Fishwick, based in Butzel’s Detroit office, represents public and private companies, their officers and directors, and other high-profile individuals in complex business and financial litigation. He has a broad practice in state and federal court focusing on complex contractual disputes, class action defense, business torts, internal investigations, securities litigation, real estate litigation, and arbitration. His representations span various sectors, including finance, manufacturing, technology, sports, and real estate.

Before joining Butzel, Fishwick served as a law clerk in Detroit to the Honorable Victoria A. Roberts, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He also practiced for more than a decade at international law firms in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, California.

Fishwick maintains a national litigation practice. He is admitted to practice in California, the District of Columbia, Michigan, New York, and federal courts throughout the country.

He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2011, cum laude), where he was a Contributing Editor of the Michigan Law Review. Fishwick also earned a degree from Dartmouth College (A.B., 2007, cum laude).