Butzel attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2024

Firm attorneys named to Best Lawyers in America® 2024 Ones to Watch and Lawyer of the Year

DETROIT, Mich. –  Seventy-five Butzel attorneys have been chosen by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 (copyright 2024 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Augusta, GA). Moreover, 14 firm attorneys have been named to Best Lawyers in America® 2024 Ones to Watch. In addition, five 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" – Debra A. Geroux (Health Care Law) – Troy; Lee T. Silver (Mediation) – Grand Rapids; Terrence J. Miglio (Litigation in Labor and Employment) – Ann Arbor; Diane M. Soubly (Employee Benefits – ERISA Law) – Ann Arbor; and R. Peter Prokop (Tax Law) – Detroit.

Butzel attorneys named to Best Lawyers for the first time

Notably, Frederick Berg (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; Damien DuMouchel (Criminal Defense: White-Collar) – Troy; Cynthia J. Haffey (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; Robin Luce Herrmann (First Amendment Law) – Troy; Paul Mersino (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; Brett Miller (Employment Law – Management) – Detroit; Joseph Richotte (Appellate Practice) – Troy; Craig S. Schwartz (Employment Law – Management; Labor Law - Management) – Troy; and Paul L. Triemstra (Trusts and Estates) – Troy; have been named to Best Lawyers for the first time.

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch named for the first time

Steven Eatherly (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit, was named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for the first time.

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

The following firm attorneys have been named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch: Ashley Aldea (Corporate Law; Real Estate) – Troy; Javon R. David (Commercial Litigation) – Troy; Scott J. Fishwick (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; Rebecca Klein (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; Joseph Kuzmiak (Commercial Litigation) – Troy; Sarah Nirenberg (Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment) – Troy; Shanika A. Owens (Corporate Law and Real Estate Law) – Detroit; Blake Padget (Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment) – Troy; Louis Ronayne (Construction Law, Appellate Practice and Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; Quendale G. Simmons (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; Ivonne M. Soler (Family Law) – 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 2024 edition:

Butzel Ann Arbor office

•  Jennifer A. Dukarski - Privacy and Data Security 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

• Frederick Berg - Commercial Litigation

• James C. Bruno - Corporate Law, International Mergers and Acquisitions, International Trade and Finance Law

• Arthur Dudley II - Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Corporate Law
• Darius Dynkowski - Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• Eric J. Flessland - Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
• Cynthia J. Haffey - Commercial Litigation
• John P. Hancock, Jr. - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• 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
• Paul Mersino - Commercial Litigation
• Brett Miller - Employment Law – Management
• 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 Grand Rapids office

• Lee T. Silver - Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Mediation

Butzel Troy office

• Linda J. Armstrong - Immigration Law
• Barbara E. Buchanan - Labor Law – Management, Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Jennifer E. Consiglio - Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Corporate Governance Law
• Michael C. Decker - Litigation – Construction
• David J. Devine - Commercial Litigation, 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
• Damien DuMouchel - Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• 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 - Litigation – Health Care, 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 - Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
• Thomas A. Kabel - Real Estate Law
• Sheldon H. Klein - Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust
• William J. Kliffel - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Robin Luce Herrmann - First Amendment Law
• 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
• Joseph Richotte - Appellate Practice
• Craig S. Schwartz - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
• Robert H. Schwartz - Health Care Law
• T. Gordon Scupholm II - Family Law
• David W. Sommerfeld - Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
• Paul L. Triemstra - 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