Alumni Accomplishments
Joseph M. Ammar , '88, an attorney in Plunkett Cooney's Kalamazoo, Michigan, office's Banking, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights practice group, has been named partner in the firm.
February 8, 2012George W. Gregory, '80, of George W. Gregory PLLC, was named one of the top 100 lawyers in the specialty of trusts and estates by Super Lawyers of America for the sixth year in a row.
January 18, 2012George W. Gregory, '80, of George W. Gregory PLLC, was elected chairperson of the State Bar of Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Committee.
January 18, 2012
Joel D. Applebaum, '83, an attorney with Clark Hill, was appointed chairman of the board of directors of Legal Aid and Defender Association (LAD), effective January 1, 2012. Applebaum is a member in Clark Hill’s Birmingham office where he practices in the firm’s Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice Group. He previously served as Secretary of LAD, and has served on the Board of Directors for more than a decade, beginning in 2000.
January 10, 2012
Derek S. Whitefield, '85, of Dykema's Los Angeles office, has been elected by the membership of the firm to the firm's 7-member executive board. In his new role, Mr. Whitefield will help guide the long-range strategic planning, policy and direction of the firm, and help oversee the firm's economic performance.
January 6, 2012
James R. Peterson, '89, of Miller Johnson, was elected to the firm's management committee for a three-year term. Mr. Peterson is a past chair of the firm's litigation section and also served as Miller Johnson's assistant general counsel.
January 5, 2012
Justin Cohen, '07, of Thompson and Knight LLP, was honored as an "Outstanding Lawyer Under 40" for 2012 by the Cardozo Society of the Jewish Federation's Attorneys Division. Cohen is an associate in Thompson and Knight's Intellectual Property practice group in Dallas, TX.
January 3, 2012
Christopher G. Darrow, '00, a patent attorney and partner with Young Basile Hanlon and MacFarlane PC, was named a "Rising Star" in intellectual property litigation by Super Lawyer magazine.
January 3, 2012
Nadine Mustafa, '08, a patent attorney and associate with Young Basile Hanlon and MacFarlane PC, was named a "Rising Star" in intellectual property law by Super Lawyer magazine.
January 3, 2012
Lee Hornberger, '82, LL.M., of the Arbitration and Mediation Office of Lee Hornberger has been admitted to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service's Roster of Arbitrators.
January 3, 2012Daniel R. Kubiak, '80, an attorney with Mika Meyers Beckett and Jones PLC, was included in the 2012 edition of Best Lawyers in America.
December 22, 2011David R. Fernstrum, '75, an attorney with Mika Meyers Beckett and Jones PLC, was included in the 2012 edition of Best Lawyers in America.
December 22, 2011Eric S. Richards, '86, an attorney with Mika Meyers Beckett and Jones PLC, was included in the 2012 edition of Best Lawyers in America.
December 22, 2011
Mary Massaron Ross, '90, appellate attorney at Plunkett Cooney, was among several leading attorneys who recently co-authored Eminent Domain: A Handbook of Condemnation Law.
December 22, 2011
Christopher Francis, '06, has been promoted to shareholder in the firm Howard and Howard Attorneys PLLC.
December 21, 2011
David E. S. Marvin, '76, a shareholder of Fraser Trebilcock where he chairs the firm’s Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Law Department, has been selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America in administrative and corporate law.
December 19, 2011
Jean Schtokal, '87, a shareholder at Foster Swift Collins and Smith PC, has been appointed as the 2012 Division Director for International Business Services for the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce. She has been on the Chamber Board of Directors since 2009.
December 13, 2011
George G. Kemsley, '73, an attorney at Bodman PLC, was recognized in the just-released 2012 edition of Benchmark Litigation, a guide to America’s leading litigation firms and attorneys for his commercial litigation work. Benchmark honors law firms and individual attorneys who received particularly strong endorsements from clients and peers in an exhaustive annual research survey.
December 13, 2011
Dennis J. Levasseur, '85, an attorney at Bodman PLC, was recognized in the just-released 2012 edition of Benchmark Litigation, a guide to America’s leading litigation firms and attorneys for his commercial litigation work. Benchmark honors law firms and individual attorneys who received particularly strong endorsements from clients and peers in an exhaustive annual research survey.
December 13, 2011
Thomas P. Bruetsch, '00, an attorney at Bodman PLC, was recognized in the just-released 2012 edition of Benchmark Litigation, a guide to America’s leading litigation firms and attorneys for his commercial litigation work. Benchmark honors law firms and individual attorneys who received particularly strong endorsements from clients and peers in an exhaustive annual research survey.
December 13, 2011