Butzel attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2023

8.18.2022

Firm attorneys named to Best Lawyers in America® 2023 Ones to Watch and Lawyer of the Year

DETROIT, Mich. –  Seventy-one Butzel attorneys have been chosen by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 (copyright 2023 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Augusta, GA). Moreover, 13 firm attorneys have been named to Best Lawyers in America® 2023 Ones to Watch. In addition, six 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 “ – George B. Donnini (Criminal Defense: White Collar) – Troy; Beth S. Gotthelf (Litigation – Environmental) – Troy; Sheldon H. Klein (Litigation – Antitrust) – Troy; George E. Kuehn (Corporate Law) – Ann Arbor; Reginald A. Pacis (Immigration Law) – Detroit; and, James J. Urban (Litigation – Construction) – Lansing.

Butzel attorneys named to Best Lawyers for the first time

Notably, Jennifer E. Consiglio (Business Organizations including LLCs and Partnerships and Corporate Governance Law) – Troy; Laura Johnson (Corporate Governance Law) – Troy; and John C. Valenti (Mass Tort/ Class Actions – Defendants) – Detroit; have 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) – Troy; Javon R. David (Commercial Litigation) – Troy; Damien DuMouchel (Criminal Defense: White-Collar) – Troy; Rebecca Klein (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; Joseph Kuzmiak (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; Sarah Nirenberg, (Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment) – Troy; Shanika A. Owens (Corporate Law and Real Estate Law) – Detroit; Blake Padget (Litigation – Labor and Employment) – Troy; Louis Ronayne (Appellate Practice and Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; Quendale G. Simmons (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; Bill Quan Yang (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; Barrett Young (Appellate Practice and Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; and, Mitchell Zajac (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit.

The following Butzel attorneys were selected for the 2023 edition:

Butzel – Ann Arbor office

– Jennifer A. Dukarski

Litigation – Intellectual Property
Privacy and Data Security Law

– Nancy Keppelman

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

– George E. Kuehn

Corporate Law

– Lynn McGuire

Employee Benefits (ERISA) 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

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Employment Law – Management
Litigation – ERISA

– Robert B. Stevenson

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Litigation – ERISA

– Andrew W. Stumpff

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

– James E. Wynne

Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Butzel – 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

– Arthur Dudley II

Corporate Law
Securitization and Structured Finance 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

– 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

– John C. Valenti

Mass Tort Litigation/ Class Actions – Defendants

– Kurtis T. Wilder

Appellate Practice

Butzel – Troy office

– Barbara E. Buchanan

Employment Law – Management
Litigation – Labor and Employment

– Jennifer E. Consiglio

Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Corporate Governance Law

– Michael C. Decker

Litigation – Construction

– David J. Devine

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law

– 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

– David F. DuMouchel

Bet-the-Company Litigation
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Ethics and Professional Responsibility 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

– Robert A. Hudson

Corporate Law
International Trade and Finance Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law

– Laura Johnson

Corporate Governance Law

– Susan L. Johnson

Litigation – Environmental

– Thomas A. Kabel

Real Estate Law

– Sheldon H. Klein

Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Antitrust

– William J. Kliffel

Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

– Bushra A. Malik

Immigration Law

– Daniel J. McCarthy

Appellate Practice
Commercial Litigation

– Allan Nachman

Real Estate Law

– 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

– 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 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 – Lansing office

– James J. Urban

Construction Law
Litigation – Construction

Butzel – Washington, D.C. office

– Thomas Bick

Environmental Law