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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.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Bernard (Bernie) J. Fuhs was a featured panelist during a live, state-wide broadcast of “Michigan Business Rap,” on September 11, 2017. Other
panelists included Jeff Caponigro, President and CEO, Caponigro Public Relations Inc. and Ken Seneff, Founder of Local Logic Media & Restaurant Logic.

Untangling the Web: Area attorney helped write the 'book' on cybersecurity

By Linda Laderman

Legal News

For as long as she has been in practice, Claudia Rast, a shareholder in Butzel Long’s Ann Arbor office, has used her science background to help her clients manage their technology-related issues.

“When I was seven years old I wanted to be a neurosurgeon. It’s my geek path,” Rast said. “My first few years out of law school I was doing environmental work dealing with chemical and hazardous waste constituents, which is basically forensics, so cybersecurity was a natural for me.”

A graduate of University of Michigan with a degree in natural resources and the Detroit Mercy School of Law, Rast was recently reappointed to serve a one-year term on the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Cybersecurity Legal Task Force.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorneys Jim Bruno and Raul Rangel will co-present a D.C. Bar CLE program/webinar titled, “Doing Business in Mexico: Insights, Pitfalls and Trends of the Mexican Legal System,” from 2-5:15 p.m. on September 26, 2017 at the D.C. Bar Conference Center, located at 1101 K Street NW, first floor in Washington, D.C.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long immigration law attorney Reginald A. Pacis will be featured during Wayne State University’s Law First Generation Professionals TIPS Interview Panel: Searching, Securing & Sticking the Interview” on September 21, 2017.

Theodore R. Eppel has nearly 20 years of experience in criminal and civil litigation

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. Theodore R. Eppel (T.R.) has joined Butzel Long as a shareholder practicing in the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office. Eppel is a former state prosecutor with nearly 20 years of experience in criminal and civil litigation.

Washington Shareholder Les Glick was the featured guest on the PBS Autoline show to discuss NAFTA. 

Butzel Long attorney Bushra Malik interviewed on WJR’s Frank Beckmann Show regarding President Trump’s plan to end DACA.

DETROIT, Mich. – Numerous Butzel Long attorneys have been named to the 2017 Super Lawyers list. Notably, David J. DeVine, Debra A. Geroux, Lynn F. McGuire and Claudia Rast have been named to the 2017 Michigan Super Lawyers list for the first time. In addition, Alexander DeWitt has been named among the 2017 Michigan Rising Stars for the first time.

DETROIT, Mich. – Automotive suppliers help drive the industry, yet follow an endless road of obstacles to meet and exceed demand. Butzel Long, with its long history of serving automotive suppliers, is teaming up with the Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA) to host two educational programs designed for C-suite automotive supplier executives and Human Resources team members.