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DETROIT, Mich. –  Mark Lezotte, a leading southeast Michigan health care attorney with Butzel Long, will receive the 2019 United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) National Chair’s Award on March 25, 2019 during the nonprofit’s national conference in Chicago.

Volvo’s website carries a statement from CEO and President Håkan Samuelsson: "Our vision is that by 2020 no one should be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo car."

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long immigration law attorney Reginald A. Pacis will be a featured speaker during the Philippine Nurses Association (PNAM) Annual Spring Educational Conference on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at Troy Beaumont Hospital. Pacis will discuss immigration issues for nurses.

DETROIT, Mich. –  Butzel Long attorney Ivonne M. Soler was a featured speaker during a seminar presented by the Mexican Consulate in Detroit on March 4, 2019 at Wayne State University. The seminar focused on Women’s Empowerment. Soler discussed the use of the law as a tool for the empowerment of women.

DETROIT, Mich. –  Butzel Long senior attorney Mark W. Jane will officially swear in as President of the Washtenaw County Bar Association (the “WCBA”) on Thursday, April 11, 2019 during the Annual Meeting at the Ann Arbor City Club.

Tougher scrutiny by immigration officials of foreign workers seeking visas is tying the hands of businesses trying to fill high-skill jobs, local immigration attorneys say.

When President Donald Trump signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Nov. 30, it raised concerns among company leaders and the foreign nationals they employ about who would have legal work status in this country.

Safety performance technology has come a long way and is an emerging market for aftermarket ADAS products and features that offer consumers customized and personalized experiences for connected, assisted and automated driving, as well as providing improved safety for everyone.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long has added Steve Ratliff as the firm’s new Chief Information Officer. In addition, Vanessa Crocetto has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer; Joanne Klimko is now Chief Administrative Officer; and Lori Thomas has been promoted to Chief Human Resources Officer.

Butzel Long and The Road to Innovation Medical Mainstreet®, Powered by Oakland County co-present program at Schoolcraft College

The marijuana industry in Michigan will help shape the rules for the new adult-use cannabis market, set to launch by the end of this year.

Washington Shareholder Les Glick, co-chair of the Butzel Long International Trade and Customs Specialty Team was interviewed and quoted in a feature story in the Macomb Daily concerning the Trump Administration tariffs under section 232 of the Trade Expansion act of 1962.

Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kurtis Wilder Talks Life After the Bench

DETROIT, Mich. –  Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Beth S. Gotthelf is one of 30 attorneys named to Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s “Leaders in the Law” Class of 2019.

The Michigan Legislature recently enacted, and later amended, a new paid sick leave law – the first of its kind in the state. It goes into effect in March.

Nine Michigan nonprofits are now better prepared to deliver their services after receiving pro bono financial and legal review services through a legal clinic presented by Michigan Community Resources (MCR).

Due to the adverse weather conditions, we are rescheduling the webinar originally set for tomorrow, January 29, at 8:00 am and 12:00 noon.

With a background in automotive engineering, and now an attorney whose focus includes automotive law, Mitchell Zajac is very familiar with vehicles. But nothing could have prepared him for a recent hair-raising automotive experience on an early morning commute from Howell to Butzel Long’s Detroit office.

Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kurtis Wilder is returning to his old stomping grounds, Butzel Long, as of counsel in the law firm's Detroit office, where he worked early in his career.