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DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorneys and shareholders Geaneen M. Arends and Clara DeMatteis Mager have been named to Crain’s Detroit Business’ 2017 Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan. The news appears in the December 11 edition. The women honored in this inaugural report set legal precedents, manage high-profile cases, serve on community boards, win awards and mentor their co-workers.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long immigration law attorney Reginald A. Pacis was interviewed recently on GlobalAutoIndustry.com, a comprehensive online resource for automotive supplier executives, to discuss key immigration matters impacting businesses today. Pacis discussed recent current and future changes impacting immigration. A link to the interview can be found here: http://globalbusinessprofessor.com/u-s-immigration-issues-update.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney James H. (Jim) Townsend has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the Levin Center at Wayne State University School of Law. The Center has a goal to educate future attorneys, business leaders, legislators and public servants on their role overseeing public and private institutions and using oversight as an instrument of change.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Robin Luce Herrmann has been elected to the Executive Committee of The Defense Counsel Section of the Media Law Resource Center (MLRC). The MLRC Executive Committee oversees activities of MLRC's law firm members.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – Attorney Kaveh Kashef has joined Butzel Long as a Shareholder practicing in Butzel Long’s Bloomfield Hills office. He specializes in complex litigation in the fields of automotive, shareholder disputes, employment, commercial, construction, riparian rights and real property law. He has prepared and succeeded in numerous trials, arbitrations and appeals in various states across the country.

Jennifer Dukarski discusses ‘Data: The Unknown Commodity from Your Car’

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney Joshua J. Chinsky is one of only 30 attorneys in the state named to Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s 2017 Class of “Up & Coming Lawyers.”

DETROIT, Mich. – Beth S. Gotthelf, Attorney, Shareholder and Director of Innovation and External Relations, Butzel Long, will be a featured panelist during a Michigan Association of Environmental Professionals (MAEP) professional development program on November 9, 2017 in Howell.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Ira E. Hoffman, will serve as a moderator on a cybersecurity panel during Automation Alley’s Integr8™ Summit on November 9, 2017 at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center in Detroit.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long has received national recognition in the 2018 “Best Law Firms,” rankings by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®.

DETROIT, Mich. – Sixty-two Butzel Long attorneys have been named Top Lawyers in metro Detroit 2018 by DBusiness magazine. The list appears in the November/December 2017 edition. The attorneys and their practice areas are listed below:

The Autonomous Vehicle Safety Regulation World Congress, taking place from October 23-24, 2017, the US city of Novi, Michigan, will be the focal point for experts to consider the challenges and implications to the creation of autonomous vehicle regulations. Jennifer Dukarski, shareholder at Butzel Long, will be speaking at the event and considers some of the implications around autonomous vehicle regulations.

DETROIT, Mich. – Beth S. Gotthelf, Attorney, Shareholder and Director of Innovation and External Relations, Butzel Long, will be a featured speaker during a two-day symposium in Detroit focused on HUD’s Past, Present and Future – November 13-14, 2017.

NAFTA Talks Could Face Stormy Negotiations in Round Four

DETROIT, Mich. – Mark Lezotte, a leading southeast Michigan health care attorney with Butzel Long, will receive the Richard L. Beer Volunteer Award from United Cerebral Palsy of Metropolitan Detroit (UCP/Detroit) on October 20, 2017 during an awards ceremony in Birmingham. Lezotte is being honored for his longstanding commitment to the UCP/Detroit and the disability community.

Butzel Long hosts 30th Annual Labor, Employment, Benefits and Immigration Law Forum at MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit

Panel program will feature experts from Butzel Long, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, FBI, Detroit; Blue Cross/ Blue Shield, Detroit; General Motors and more

Catherine M. Karol joins firm as Counsel after a 38-year career on General Motors legal staff

DETROIT, Mich. – Attorney Catherine M. Karol has joined Butzel Long as Counsel practicing in the firm’s Detroit office. She concentrates her practice in transactional negotiations, regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and divestitures.

Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton turned many long-understood answers into questions, especially when it comes to trade. For instance, Mr. Trump claimed NAFTA was a much bigger benefit to our neighbors and threatened to change it. And with so much of the auto industry involved John McElroy invited Washington, D.C. NAFTA expert, Les Glick, to enlighten us on what may, can or will happen. Joining the panel is Jamie Butters of Bloomberg and Daniel Howes of The Detroit News.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney Jennifer Dukarski has been appointed Co-Chair of the Women in Communication Law Committee in the American Bar Association (ABA) Forum on Communication Law. She will remain a member of the Governing Committee for the next three years.