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Fifty-seven Butzel Long attorneys have been named to the 2015 Michigan Super Lawyers list. At the same time, attorneys Gary W. Klotz and Daniel R.W. Rustmann are named to the 2015 Michigan Super Lawyers list for the first time.

Additional five attorneys complement Butzel Long’s growing employee benefits practice

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The attorneys of Ann Arbor-based Stevenson Keppelman Associates (SKA) join Butzel Long, one of Michigan’s leading law firms, effective September 1, 2015, according to Butzel’s President and Managing Shareholder Justin G. Klimko.

Butzel Long immigration law attorney Reginald A. Pacis was among a group of leading experts who were invited to testify during a Michigan Law Revision Commission Meeting on August 26, 2015 in Lansing. The focus of the Meeting was to discuss the impact of immigration issues on the State of Michigan’s Drivers license issuing practices and access to driver’s licenses or state identification in Michigan for applicants authorized to stay in the U.S. Participants were invited to provide analysis and offer key insight to the Commission on this matter.

Fifty-one Butzel Long attorneys have been chosen by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2016 (copyright 2015 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Aiken, SC). The 2016 edition marks the first time that attorneys Beth deBaptiste, Thomas Kabel, Max Newman, Phillip Korovesis and Tom Bick have been named to Best Lawyers.

Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Clara DeMatteis Mager has been named a “2015 Honoree for Michigan Women in the Law” by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. Mager is one of 30 female attorneys who will be honored during a luncheon on September 10, 2015 at the Marriott Hotel in Troy. The event will celebrate the individuals who have made meaningful and inspiring contributions to the legal community. Honorees also will be profiled in an upcoming edition of Michigan Lawyers Weekly.

Butzel Long attorneys were invited to speak at and helped develop the business roundtable program for the Telugu Association of North America (TANA) Conference July 4-6, 2015 in Detroit. TANA is the oldest and largest Indo-American organization in North America.

Butzel Long attorney and shareholder David J. DeVine has been elected to the Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) Board of Trustees. He will serve a three-year term on the Board.

Butzel Long attorney Ronald D. Bassey has reached a milestone in his career – 50-years as a member of the State Bar of Michigan. He is among a group of attorneys who will be honored during a special luncheon on October 9, 2015 at the State Bar of Michigan Annual Meeting in Novi.

DETROIT, Mich. – Aghogho O. Edevbie, associate attorney, Butzel Long law firm, has been elected to the State Bar of Michigan’s Representative Assembly in the 3rd Circuit – Wayne County.

Butzel Long attorney Geoffrey Gallinger interviewed on Comcast Newsmakers.

Attorney George Donnini recalls finishing a clerkship in Manhattan on a Friday and driving to Quantico, Virginia, to check in that Sunday in his camouflage uniform to start a six-month infantry officer training course.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney Ronald P. Strote, is the only Michigan lawyer appointed to the American Arbitration Association’s (AAA) newly established Midwest Construction Master Mediator Panel. The 11 mediators from the Midwest, were selected using a rating committee comprised of a diverse group of advocates and in-house counsel representing clients in complex, high stakes disputes.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder, Bushra Malik, is the Chair of the 2015 American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Global Immigration Forum, to be held June 16-17, 2015 in Washington, D.C., and National Harbor, Maryland.

Efe Poturoglu, an attorney and shareholder based in Butzel Long’s Washington, D.C. office, is presenting a legal seminar on June 10, 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey at the MÜSİAD headquarters.

Butzel Long will receive the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association (DMBA) Pro Bono Service Award during “Raising the Bar 2015,” the Association’s Annual Meeting on June 2, 2015.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long, one of the leading law firms in Michigan and the United States, is growing with the addition of attorneys Brett J. Miller and Christina I. Nassar. Miller is a senior attorney who focuses his practice on labor and employment-law and fair-housing litigation. Nassar, an associate attorney. focuses her practice in the areas of automotive-litigation and insurance defense litigation. Both attorneys are based in the firm’s Detroit office.

Butzel Long attorney Rebecca S. Davies is a speaker in demand. She will present a seminar titled, “Hiring and the Law 101,” for the Restaurant Opportunities Center of Michigan (ROC-MI) on April 28. Moreover, Davies is a featured speaker during Walsh College’s HR Summit on May 1. She will discuss recent court rulings and Department of Labor regulations. Davies is an adjunct faculty member at Walsh College.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Efe Poturoglu, an attorney and shareholder based in Butzel Long’s Washington, D.C. office, received the Lawyer of the Year Award, presented by the American-Turkish Association of Washington, D.C (ATA-DC) Poturoglu received the award during the Association’s 50-year Anniversary & Gala fundraiser on April 11, 2015 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. The Lawyer of the Year Award is part of the Turkish American Community Star Awards, organized by ATA-DC.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Butzel Long law firm is hosting a Welcome Reception for the 2015 Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) Legislative Summit from 7-9 p.m., on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at its Washington, D.C. office, located at 1747 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 300.

Special honored guests include: U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell and U.S. Representative Brenda Lawrence.

Detroit should be in autonomous-vehicle driver's seat

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti recently said that LA could be the first place in an urban center where autonomous vehicles could be promptly ordered up like a car service in a real neighborhood and not just in a protected area. My response: Why not Detroit?