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DETROIT, Mich..– Butzel Long Attorney, Shareholder and Vice President James F. Gehrke has been elected to serve on the firm’s Board of Directors. He practices in the firm’s Detroit and Washington, D.C. offices and is the Managing Shareholder of the D.C. office.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long immigration law attorney Reginald A. Pacis will co-present a workshop on immigration compliance issues during an Association of Chinese American program on April 4 at the Chinese Community Center in Madison Heights.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Geaneen M. Arends was recently elected to serve as a member of the Detroit Educational Television Foundation/ Detroit Public Television (DPTV) Board of Trustees.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder George B. Donnini is one of 30 attorneys named to Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s “Leaders in the Law” Class of 2016. Honorees will be recognized at a luncheon and awards celebration on March 17, 2016, at the Detroit Marriott Troy.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Robin Luce Herrmann is a speaker in demand. She will moderate a panel program presented by the Association of Women in Communications (AWC) and the Detroit Press Club (DPC) on March 24, 2016 at the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) in Southfield.

Attorney Rebecca S. Davies co-chairs event for the seventh year

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long labor and employment law attorneys Rebecca S. Davies, Gary W. Klotz, Scott T. Patterson and Brett J. Miller will be featured speakers during Walsh College’s Seventh Annual Human Resources Summit on March 4, 2016 at its Troy campus.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Robin Luce Herrmann will moderate a State Bar of Michigan Law and the Media Committee panel program on March 9, 2016 at Wayne State University Law School.

"A future filled with self-driving and connected vehicles lays just around the bend -- but it's riddled with a minefield of legal, hacking and financial risks."

Butzel Long conducts free webinar February 25

DETROIT, Mich. – Employers and healthcare practitioners can gain key insight on various regulations under the HIPPA Omnibus Rule, related laws and the Affordable Care Act during a free webinar hosted by Butzel Long from Noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, February 25, 2016. Attorneys Deb Geroux, Lynne McGuire and Mark Jane, will discuss the following:

DETROIT, Mich. – Justin G. Klimko, President and Managing Shareholder, Butzel Long, received the Meritorious Service Award from the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Detroit on February 9, 2016. Klimko is a Board Member and Secretary of ACG Detroit.

DETROIT, Mich. – The automotive industry is in the midst of a technological evolution – taking the connected and autonomous vehicle from concept to reality. However, along with innovation comes a lot of unchartered territory. The Butzel Long Connected Car Symposium will navigate some of that territory by presenting expert insight on topics including intellectual property, deal making, contractual issues, regulatory and legislative developments, hacking and tracking, data ownership, and privacy issues.

DETROIT, Mich. – Attorneys Laura Mazor and Alan Seagrave have joined Butzel Long law firm. Mazor, an associate who specializes in White Collar Criminal Defense, is based in the firm’s Detroit office. Seagrave, a shareholder, is an Immigration, Nationality and Consular attorney, based in Butzel Long’s Washington, D.C. office.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alan Seagrave, a Florida Bar Board Certified Expert in Immigration and Nationality Law, has joined Butzel Long as a Shareholder in the firm’s growing Washington, D.C. office.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Bernard (Bernie) J. Fuhs was a featured panelist during the 33rd Annual National CEL Conference in Vail, Colo. on January 9, 2016.

DETROIT, Mich. – Daniel B. Tukel, a labor and employment attorney with Butzel Long, will conduct a training session during a Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce program on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Baker College in Flint.

Cases more difficult, rare as child support offers ‘different arsenal’

By: Lee Dryden in News Stories January 13, 2016

Attorneys say there are avenues to pursue spousal support but there is little dispute that it’s much more rare and much more difficult than in cases involving children.

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DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorneys Laura E. Johnson and Roxana Zaha have been elected shareholders. Previously, they were associates with the firm.

The United Auto Workers union filed an unfair labor practices charge on Monday against Volkswagen AG, saying the auto maker declined to negotiate on a labor contract with a newly formed bargaining unit.