Butzel Attorney Thomas Kabel Named to Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s ‘Leaders in the Law’
TROY, Mich. – Butzel attorney and shareholder Thomas A. Kabel has been named to Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s “Leaders in the Law” Class of 2024. He is one of 37 attorneys who will be recognized at a luncheon and awards celebration on December 3 at Petruzzello’s Banquet and Conference Center in Troy. Profiles of honorees will appear in the December 2 edition.
Notably, “Leaders in the Law” have demonstrated tremendous leadership and offer a wealth of expertise in diverse areas of law.
Kabel, who serves on Butzel’s Board of Directors and is a former Chair of the firm’s Corporate/Real Estate Practice Department, concentrates his practice in the area of commercial real estate and real estate-related finance. He has been involved in all facets of acquisition, disposition, leasing, financing and development of real property throughout his career.
His real estate practice spans a wide range of diverse areas and clients, representing developers, automotive companies, manufacturing companies, and colleges and universities in all aspects of their real estate needs. He also has extensive experience representing commercial lenders in conventional financing and has served as bank counsel on numerous industrial revenue and other tax-exempt financings.
Kabel is certified by the Small Business Administration to close SBA loans under the SBA’s 504 loan program. He is the author of Equitable Subrogation: Why the Refinance Lender's Security Interest May Not be as Secure as it Thinks (Michigan Real Property Review) and has participated as a speaker and/or author in numerous seminars and other continuing legal education programs over the years.
He is the former Chair of the State Bar of Michigan’s Real Property Law Section. Kabel is a member of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys and of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association.
Kabel’s honors include recognition by The Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law, 2016-2025; Oakland County Executive's Elite 40 Under 40, Class of 2014; Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Senior Statesperson Real Estate, 2015, 2018-2023; Michigan Super Lawyers, Rising Star in Real Estate, 2012; Michigan Super Lawyers, Real Estate, 2013-2024; and, DBusiness Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law, 2011-2012, 2014, 2016-2018, 2020-2023; Banking & Financial Service Law, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021.
Kabel is a graduate of Wayne State University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1999), where he was Senior Articles Editor of the Wayne Law Review, and Grand Valley State University (B.S., 1995).
