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Akin M. Alcitepe, Brian S. Seal and Thomas Southard are based in firm’s Washington, D.C. office

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long is expanding once again with the addition of attorneys Akin M. Alcitepe, Brian S. Seal and Thomas Southard. The attorneys are shareholders based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Bernard (Bernie) J. Fuhs was a featured panelist during the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting March 22-25, 2017 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Clara DeMatteis Mager has been re-elected to serve a two-year term on the Board of Directors of the French American Chamber of Commerce (FACC) Michigan Chapter.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ira E. Hoffman, an attorney based in Butzel Long’s Washington, D.C. office, will moderate a panel during the FireEye 4th Annual Government Forum on March 15, 2017 in Washington, D.C. More than 1,000 senior government officials, analysts and security professionals are expected to attend this national event.

Butzel Long attorney Robert H. Schwartz interviewed on WJR about upcoming Health Care event.

Butzel Long attorney Reggie Pacis discusses the impact of the recent Trump Administration Immigration Executive Order.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorneys Rebecca S. Davies, Linda J. Armstrong and Bushra A. Malik will be featured speakers during Walsh College’s Eighth Annual Human Resources Summit on March 3, 2017 at its Troy campus. For additional information, visit http://www.walshcollege.edu/hrsummit

DETROIT, Mich. – Innovation is driving the business of health care in southeast Michigan. As a result, health care entrepreneurs with a competitive edge need to keep up with the latest developments.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – Joseph A. Richotte, an attorney and shareholder with Butzel Long, has been appointed to the State Bar of Michigan’s Appellate Practice Section Council.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Frederick (Rick) A. Berg is one of 30 attorneys named to Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s “Leaders in the Law” Class of 2017. Honorees will be recognized at a luncheon and awards celebration on March 23, 2017, at the Detroit Marriott Troy.

Custom Home Health grows amid a tough industry

By Jay Greene

Custom Home Health and Hospice, a Royal Oak-based health company founded in 2011, is hiring employees, adding patients and growing at a 20 percent clip in an industry that has been stung by reimbursement declines and cases of fraudulent billing.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – Geoffrey S. Gallinger, Attorney and Shareholder, Butzel Long, has been elected an Officer of the Board of Directors for another three-year term of the historic Detroit Athletic Club (DAC), one of the finest private clubs in the country. He is in line to be First Vice-President in 2018 and President in 2019.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long continues to grow with the addition of attorneys Stephen G. Janoski and Donald V. Orlandoni as shareholders. Janoski is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and Orlandoni is based in Butzel’s Detroit office.

Travelers' texts, emails searched at Detroit Metro Airport

Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorneys Bernard (Bernie) J. Fuhs and Michael R. Griffie co-presented a program titled, “Strategies on Presenting (and Defending Against) Economic Damages in Employment Discrimination Cases,” during the 34th Annual CLE Conference on January 7, 2017 in Snowmass, Colo.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorneys Ron Cheli, Jennifer A. Dukarski, Damien DuMouchel, Deb Geroux, Ira Hoffman, Brett Miller and Andrew Stumpff have been elected shareholders.

What Does Overtime Limbo Mean For SE Michigan Businesses, Workers?

Millions of workers had expected to be eligible for overtime this week, but new rule now on hold.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – Two attorneys have joined Butzel Long with their individual practices — Ron Cheli and Bill Lyshak. Cheli is a shareholder who focuses his practice in the area of corporate real estate. Lyshak is Of Counsel and focuses his practice on estate planning. Both attorneys will be based in the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office.

DETROIT, Mich. – Sixty-eight Butzel Long attorneys have been named Top Lawyers in metro Detroit 2017 by DBusiness magazine. The list appears in the November/December 2016 edition. The attorneys and their practice areas are listed below

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long recently received the Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year “Laddy” Award from the Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc. (LADA). The Legal Aid and Defender Association is the largest provider of legal services to low- and moderate-income people in Michigan and one of the largest in the nation. The firm was honored for the work it did on a comprehensive reorganization it did on LADA’s structure and services.