Alumni Accomplishments
Joseph Novell, '09, of Acclaim Legal Services, is now a member of the State of Bar of Michigan and the Federal Bar Association. Novell, a bankruptcy lawyer, joined Acclaim Legal Services in August of 2009.
January 8, 2010
Misbah Shahid, '09, joined Miller Canfield as an associate in the Labor and Employment Litigation Group in the Detroit, Mich. office. He is involved in handling contract negotiation and arbitration for both public and private sector clients, nationally and locally, with special focus assisting Muslim, Arab and South Asian employers.
December 21, 2009
Robert E. Murkowski, '09, joined Miller Canfield as an associate in the Detroit, Mich. office. He practices business and complex commercial litigation, assisting clients in a variety of matters ranging from contract disputes, professional malpractice, business torts, criminal defense and land use.
December 18, 2009
Saraphoena B. Koffron, '09, LLM, has joined Miller Johnson as an associate in the Kalamazoo office. She brings several years of experience and will be an integral part of the firm's respected family law practice and litigation group.
January 4, 2010Erica D. Partee, '09, has joined Honigman's Trusts and Estates Department in Detroit.
January 4, 2010
Phillip Toutant, '09, has been named as an associate attorney at McKeen & Associates, PC. Toutant focuses his practice on plaintiff litigation in the areas of medical malpractice and birth trauma.
January 15, 2010Alisha L. Cieslak , '09, passed the bar in October 2009 and was admitted to the State Bar and to the Eastern District of Michigan in November 2009. She started working at Grand & Grand PLLC in Farmington Hills in September 2009, focusing her practice on creditor's rights, civil litigation, landlord/tenant, bankruptcy and collections.
January 19, 2010Farayha Arrine, '09, has joined Dickinson Wright PLLC in the firm's Detroit office.
January 21, 2010Amy Kwiatkowski, '09, has joined Dickinson Wright PLLC in the firm's Detroit office.
January 21, 2010Benjamin Sobczak, '09, has joined Dickinson Wright PLLC in the firm's Detroit office.
January 21, 2010Denis Shamo, '09, has joined Dickinson Wright PLLC in the firm's Bloomfield Hills office.
January 21, 2010Brian Vincent, '09, has joined Dickinson Wright PLLC in the firm's Lansing office.
January 21, 2010Christopher B Schneider, '09, is currently working as an attorney for Teamsters Local 700 in Chicago. Local 700 is one of the largest public sector Teamster locals in the country.
February 11, 2010David J. Council, '09, has joined Dykema in its Bloomfield Hills office. Council focuses on general litigation, with an emphasis on complex commercial disputes, product liability, premises actions, and consumer financial services.
February 19, 2010Matthew Lozen, '09, Matthew C. Lozen has joined The Law Offices of Timothy J. Lozen, P.C. in Port Huron as an associate.
March 12, 2010David J. Council, '09, has joined Dykema Gossett's Bloomfield Hills, Mich., office. Council will focus his practice on general litigation, with an emphasis on complex commercial disputes, products liability, premises actions and consumer financial services.
April 21, 2010
Wyatt J. Istvan-Mitchell, '09, joined Howard and Howard Attorneys, PLLC, and its Intellectual Property Group. He will practice out of the Royal Oak, Mich., office.
May 27, 2010
Aimee J. Jachym, '09, an associate with Miller Canfield, has been elected to the board of directors of the International Business Group (IBG) of West Michigan.
June 29, 2010Matthew J. Moussiaux, '09, has joined Honigman’s Corporate and Securities Department in Detroit.
September 10, 2010Alisha Cieslak, '09, recently joined the in-house legal department at Benteler Automotive, an international automobile supplier with 23,000 employees worldwide. Cieslak will serve as legal counsel to its North American operations, including its divisions throughout Canada and Mexico.
November 22, 2010Jim Roush, '09, an attorney with Bodman PLC in Ann Arbor, was recently named to the board of directors for the Michigan Friends Center.
January 31, 2011Kiana Franulic, '09, has been elected to the State Bar’s Criminal Law Section Council for a three-year term. The council provides opinions, amicus briefs and discussion on new legislation present in the State’s legislature. She is also co-chair of the Washtenaw County’s Bar Association'ss Criminal Law Section.
January 31, 2011Aimee Jachym, '09, was named Chief Administrator of Korean Kids and Orphanage Outreach Mission (KKOOM), a non-profit based in southwest Michigan that works to improve the lives of orphans in South Korea. In her new role, Jachym will facilitate the organization's ongoing volunteer projects and programs at Korean orphanages and support its expanding administrative operations. She previously worked at Miller Canfield as a corporate attorney.
February 1, 2011
Alisha Cieslak, '09, was promoted to director of legal affairs/general counsel-North America for an international Tier 1 automotive supplier. Alisha will oversee all legal affairs for the company's North American operations, including its various business divisions and plants throughout the US, Canada and Mexico.
February 16, 2012Julie A. Paquette, '08, has become an associate attorney at the law firm of Donald A. DeLong, PC. She has been a law clerk with the Southfield firm since 2007. Paquette will practice in the firm’s business solutions and estate planning / wealth transfer areas.
February 17, 2009Dawn N. Perry, '08, has joined Dykema as an associate. Perry focuses on litigation matters, particularly with respect to the automotive industry.
February 9, 2009Tricia L. Roelofs, '08, has joined Dykema as an associate. Roelofs' practice revolves around litigation matters, particularly business and commercial litigation.
February 9, 2009John J. Collins III, '08, has joined Dykema as an associate. Collins focuses on general corporate and securities matters.
February 9, 2009Anthony Kochis, '08, has joined Bush, Seyferth & Paige PLLC in Troy as an associate attorney in the Bankruptcy and Creditor’s Rights Group. Prior to joining the team, Kochis worked as a legal assistant at a bankruptcy foreclosure firm.
February 9, 2009Eric Novetsky, '08, has joined the Southfield-based Jaffe Raitt Heuer Weiss PC as an associate in the firm’s Insolvency and Reorganization Group. Prior to joining the team, Novetsky served as a summer associate with the Detroit–based Wilson Young PLC, and as a judicial intern for the United States District Court Judge Bernard A. Friedman, Eastern District of Michigan.
February 9, 2009Heather M. Maldegen-Long, '08, has joined the Southfield-based Jaffe Raitt Heuer Weiss PC as an associate in the firm’s Corporate Law and Real Estate Practice Groups.
February 9, 2009Kenton M. Bednarz, '08, has joined the Corporate and Securities Department at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP’s Detroit Office. Bednarz received his Juris Doctor from Wayne State University Law School and his master’s and bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan.
December 10, 2008Karissa M. W. Holmes, '08, has joined the Corporate and Securities Department at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP’s Detroit Office. Holmes received her Juris Doctor from Wayne State University School of Law and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan.
December 10, 2008Kimberly A. Yourchock, '08, has joined the Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Commercial Department at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP's Detroit Office. Yourchock received her Juris Doctor from Wayne State University and her bachelors from Kalamazoo College.
December 10, 2008Steven J. Migliori, '08, an associate with Pepper Hamilton LLP, was admitted to practice law in Michigan. He is a member of the firm's Corporate and Securities Practice and a member of the firm's Sustainability, CleanTech and Climate Change Team.
April 21, 2009Caitlin Hofmann, '08, has been hired as associate counsel with Assets International LLC, an assets location company that reunites individuals and companies with non-real estate cash assets.
November 17, 2009Oday Salim, '08, was recently hired to teach the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Upon graduation from Wayne Law, Salim earned an LLM in environmental law from Lewis & Clark Law School.
January 25, 2010Jessica Ann Hallmark, '08, has joined the law firm of C. Leslie Banas and Associates in Birmingham, Mich. Hallmark is a graduate of the University of Michigan and received her J.D. from Wayne Law in 2008. She previously clerked for the Hon. Wendy Potts at the Oakland County Circuit Court. She also served on the Congressional Staff of Congressman Joe Knollenberg from 2001 to 2009.
August 20, 2010Nilay S. Davé, '08, of Howard and Howard PLLC, has been elected to a three-year term as a council member on the Michigan State Bar's Information Technology Law section.
October 7, 2010
Timothy Bradley, '08, has joined Coats and Bennett PLLC, an intellectual property law firm in Cary, N.C., in its electrical engineering practice group. Bradley comes from a well-respected intellectual property law firm in Michigan, where he focused on patent preparation and prosecution, patentability and freedom to operate searches, and gained significant experience coordinating foreign patent prosecution. He holds a degree from the University of Notre Dame in computer engineering and has industry experience working as a software engineer. Bradley leverages this background in his work as a patent attorney, where he handles matters involving a wide range of technologies, including avionics, wireless lighting systems and computer software.
February 15, 2011Timothy Monsma, '08, an attorney with Varnum, has been selected to serve as a member of the Heart of West Michigan United Way Project Blueprint board, a leadership development program with the goal of increasing the number of ethnically diverse professionals providing volunteer leadership to the boards and committees of West Michigan nonprofit agencies. Monsma focuses his practice in trial law and assists clients in a wide variety of litigation matters, including commercial tort and contract disputes, real estate disputes and civil appeals.
March 25, 2011
Shannon L. H. Phillips , '08, recently joined Plunkett Cooney as a member of its Insurance Law Practice Group.
May 23, 2011Andrea Hayden, '08, has joined Pepper Hamilton's Detroit office and Environmental Practice Group. Prior to joining Pepper, Hayden practiced with Fausone Bohn LLP in Northville, Mich., and as an environmental engineer with Conestoga-Rovers and Associates in Plymouth, Mich. Hayden served as editor-in-chief for the Journal of Law in Society while at Wayne Law.
August 8, 2011
Kimberly A. Yourchock, '08, has joined Jackson Lewis LLP in the firm's Southfield office as an associate.
August 16, 2011
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
Timothy Bradley, '08, was named co-editor of IP Links, a publication of the intellectual property section of the North Carolina Bar Association. He is an associate attorney with Coats + Bennett PLLC, an intellectual property law firm.
August 10, 2012
David Hill, '08, was recognized as a Rising Star by Michigan Super Lawyers. He practices in corporate/business law, estate planning, and nonprofits, foundations and charitable organizations at Kreis Enderle Hudgins and Borsos.
October 10, 2012
Laura Bassett, '08, was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the Michigan Women in Finance. Bassett is an associate in the Detroit office of Miller Canfield. Founded in 2004, the Michigan Women in Finance is a nonprofit educational and professional networking organization for women in the finance industry. The board consists of 16 members representing a diverse group of women finance professionals. At Miller Canfield, Bassett advises public entities on a range of financing and related legal matters, including economic development initiatives, municipal infrastructure finance and school finance. She has particular experience assisting financially distressed municipalities and school districts to make informed decisions to achieve their objectives.
October 17, 2012
Timothy Bradley, '08, has been named secretary of the Triangle Intellectual Property Law Association (TIPLA). TIPLA aims to unite professionals practicing in the field of intellectual property law, and to preserve the fundamental principles of intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks and copyrights. Bradley previously served as the association's webmaster before being named secretary.
At Coats + Bennett PLLC, Bradley, a patent attorney, uses his industry experience and computer engineering background to handle patent matters involving telecommunications, software and other technology. In addition to his position as TIPLA secretary, he serves as co-editor of the IP Links publication of the Intellectual Property Section of the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA).
November 26, 2012Gurinder J. Singh, '07, an associate in the Ann Arbor office of Miller Canfield specializing in corporate and commercial transactions, has been appointed vice president and director of events planning of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Michigan.
February 13, 2009Gurinder J. Singh, '07, a Miller Canfield corporate attorney, was a featured moderator and panelist at the Detroit Chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs’ TiECon Midwest 2008 conference on Nov. 21 and Nov.22, 2008, at the Westin Southfield Hotel in Southfield, Michigan. Singh spoke on “Succeeding in a Dynamic Global Marketplace.”
November 24, 2008Gary Francis, '07, recently joined the Plunkett Cooney team as a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group. He will extend his practice in the firm’s Bloomfield Hill’s office. Francis focuses his practice primarily on traditional labor law, employment and employee benefits (ERISA). His previous work coverage includes complex litigation involving medical malpractice, premises liability and long-term care claims. He also represented clients in administrative law matters and mass tort litigation.
November 18, 2008Dana G. Khalife, '07, Dana G. Khalife has joined Miller Canfield as an attorney in the Troy, Michigan office. She is experienced in a broad range of areas including commercial, business and personal injury matters, as well as family law and criminal and civil litigation.
March 16, 2009Hayley E. Rohn-Dave, '07, was honored by the judges of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for her pro bono efforts. Ms. Rohn-Dave, an associate of the firm Barris, Sott, Denn, & Driker, practices primarily in estate and tax planning.
September 15, 2009Maya Watson, '07, of Miller Canfield, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Barristers for the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association.
November 17, 2009
Gurinder J. Singh, '07, an associate at Miller Canfield (Ann Arbor, Mich.), has been elected to the executive board of the South Asian Bar Association of Michigan, an organization providing South Asian lawyers a forum for professional growth and advancement. In addition, she joined the steering group of the India Committee of the International Section of the American Bar Association (ABA) and was named a Michigan Super Lawyer "Rising Star."
December 21, 2009Dr. Zhiguo Du, '07, has joined Butzel Long as an associate attorney. Dr. Du focuses on international business transactions, tax planning and the China practice.
February 17, 2010
Mercedes Varasteh Dordeski, '07, wrote an article titled "An Ounce of Prevention Saves A Pound of Cure: A Summary of PPACA's Wellness and Prevention Reforms" in the ABA Health Section's monthly publication. Link to article here.
May 5, 2010
Maya K. Watson, '07, of Miller Canfield, has been honored by the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association (DMBA) with the Barrister of the Year Award. Barrister of the Year is presented annually to a member of the Barristers board who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the development and execution of Barristers' programming.
October 27, 2010
Steven J. Migliore, '07, has joined Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP as an attorney in the Corporate and Securities Department.
Migliore concentrates his practice on stock/asset purchases, acquisitions and general corporate work. He was previously employed with Evans and Luptak PLC in Farmington Hills, Mich.
November 2, 2010Betina Schlossberg, '07, recently opened her own law firm. The firm concentrates on immigration law and counseling international clients.
November 10, 2010
Junqi Hang, '07, an associate at Brooks Kushman, was recently appointed to the board of directors of the Chinese Association of Greater Detroit. During her three year term, Hang will help direct the non-profit organization's initiatives to promote the bonding and synergy between the Chinese community and the American mainstream.
March 15, 2011
Evan J. Leibhan, '07, an attorney in Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP's (Honigman) Corporate and Securities Department, has been named to the Kadima Board of Directors. Kadima is a nonprofit, nonsectarian mental health agency that provides residential and support services for children and adults with mental illness in Oakland County. At Honigman, Leibhan focuses his practice on acquisitions, private equity, financing, securities and general corporate law.
June 30, 2011Donald V. Orlandoni, '07, has joined Dykema Gossett PLLC as an associate attorney in its Bloomfield Hills, Mich. office. Before joining Dykema, Orlandoni successfully represented a diverse range of client business entities in several commercial and real estate litigation matters and in bankruptcy. He was recently named a Michigan Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine and will continue his commercial and real estate litigation practice at Dykema, with a focus on representing financial service providers.
July 11, 2011Wendi Finch May, '07, has joined the Washington, D.C. office of Venable LLP. May's primary area of practice is food and drug law as regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Federal Trade Commission, and state and local authorities.
July 15, 2011Shanta S.W. McMullan, '07, a labor and employment law attorney, has joined Butzel Long as an associate based in the firm's Detroit office. McMullan represents employers in judicial and administrative proceedings, and provides employment counseling regarding compliance with federal and state employment laws (including FMLA, FLSA, ADA and Title VII).
July 18, 2011
Tamira Cason Chapman, '07, an associate in Miller Canfield's Detroit office, was honored by the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association with the prestigious Barrister of the Year Award. The award is presented annually to a member of the Barristers board who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the development and execution of Barristers' programming. At Miller Canfield, Chapman assists clients in securing and safeguarding their intellectual capital in the United States and abroad, including copyrights, trademarks, word marks, service marks, domain names and other related rights.
July 28, 2011Shanta S.W. McMullan, '07, has joined Butzel Long as an associate at its Detroit office. She concentrates her practice in labor and employment law. McMullan represents employers in judicial and administrative proceedings, and provides employment counseling regarding compliance with federal and state employment laws (including FMLA, FLSA, ADA and Title VII). During law school, McMullan was a law clerk at the University of Michigan's Office of the General Counsel, the Library of Congress's Office of the General Counsel and at the National Football League's (NFL) General Counsel's Office. She also was a judicial extern for the Hon. Arthur J. Tarnow of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Prior to entering the legal field, she was a coaching staff assistant for the Detroit Lions.
August 10, 2011
Tamira Cason Chapman, '07, an associate with Miller Canfield associate, was recently selected as a member of the 2011-2012 Class for Leadership Oakland. Leadership Oakland is a nine-month networking and training program that develops participants' leadership skills, explores key issues impacting the region and enables participants to reach their full potential professionally, personally, and in the community. At Miller Canfield, Chapman specializes in information technology, health information technology and entertainment law providing corporate and legal expertise for a variety of business clients, health care professionals and creative talents. She recently received the 2011 Barrister of the Year Award by the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association.
August 30, 2011
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
Tanya Lundberg, '07, has joined Southfield-based Collins, Einhorn, Farrell and Ulanoff PC's Professional Liability Practice Group. Lundberg's practice focuses on the defense of professional liability claims.
April 17, 2012
Gregory Nowakowski, '07, joined Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP as an attorney in its Insurance Department in Detroit. He advises health care companies and owners on risk management strategies and alternative risk financing; and health care law, including regulatory compliance and compliance with fraud and abuse laws.
September 10, 2012
Joseph Richotte, '07, was recognized as a Top Lawyer in Metro Detroit 2013 in the practice area of Appellate Law by DBusiness magazine. He is with Butzel Long.
December 6, 2012
Stephen Sinas, '07, was named to the "Top 5 Under 35" awards by the Young Lawyers Section of the Ingham County Bar Association. The award winners, members of the Ingham County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, are recognized for their talents, skills, professionalism and civility in the practice of law. His practice is primarily focused on personal injury matters. He is a member of the Executive Board of the Michigan Association for Justice (formerly the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association). Sinas has also authored legal articles and lectured at professional seminars regarding matters dealing with the Michigan Auto No Fault Law. He is also a co.creator of Michigan "No.Fault RedBook Online (NFRBO)," which is a comprehensive resource website operated by the Michigan Association for Justice to assist attorneys and judges in analyzing legal issues arising under the Michigan Auto No Fault Law.
March 29, 2013
Sean Murphy, '07, was appointed to the Farmington Downtown Development Authority. Murphy has been an attorney at the law offices of Jason A. Waechter in Southfield, specializing in civil litigation for five years.
April 11, 2013
David Adler, '07, was named partner at Southfield-based Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss P.C. Adler joined Jaffe in 2006 as a summer associate and became a full-time associate in September 2007. He is a member of the firm's Litigation Practice Group, specializing in commercial litigation. Prior to his career at Jaffe, Adler interned in the Michigan State Appellate Defender Office in the Constituent Services Division during the Gov. Jennifer Granholm administration. He also interned in the criminal division for U.S. Attorney Jeffrey G. Collins in the Eastern District of Michigan.
April 23, 2013Corey Beaubien, '06, has passed the patent office bar exam and has become a registered patent attorney at Reising Ethington, P.C.Headquartered in Troy, Michigan, Reising Ethington is one of the oldest intellectual property law firms in Michigan. Since 1865, the firm has specialized solely in the practice of intellectual property law. The firm represents some of the largest corporations on the planet, and it has represented many individuals -- like Henry Ford, Ransom Olds, and David Buick. The firm has represented some clients for over 100 years.
October 29, 2009Corey Beaubien, '06, has passed the patent office bar exam and has become a registered patent attorney at Reising Ethington, PC.
November 17, 2009Kimberly L. Scott, '06, an associate with Miller Canfield, was recently recognized as one of the "2009 Up & Coming Lawyers" by Michigan Lawyers Weekly for making a substantial impact in the legal industry. Scott was among 20 honorees that were chosen based on a noteworthy case, unique practice area, or interesting community or bar assocation efforts.
November 24, 2009
Jamie Tedlock McCoy, '06, joined Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP (Honigman) as an attorney in the Business Immigration Practice Group of its Corporate and Securities Department. She concentrates her practice on employment-based immigration and represents national and international companies in obtaining authorization for employees to work temporarily and permanently in the United States.
January 26, 2010
Kimberly L. Scott, '06, a Miller Canfield associate, was recently elected as the attorney for the board of directors of the Ann Arbor Art Center, an organization dedicated to engaging the community in education, exhibition and exploration of the visual arts. At Miller Canfield, Scott specializes in antitrust law, sports, media and entertainment law, and commercial contract and tort litigation.
March 29, 2010
April L. Neihsl, '06, has joined Foster Swift Collins and Smith PC. She concentrates her practice in areas of insurance defense, insurance coverage, general liability defense, commercial litigation and equine law. Neihsl was listed as a "Rising Star" in the September 2010 edition of the Michigan Super Lawyers®. Additionally, she has contributed to several published articles as well as a book on litigation published in 2009 by the American Bar Association.
November 8, 2010
Christopher Francis, '06, has been promoted to shareholder in the firm Howard and Howard Attorneys PLLC.
December 21, 2011
Corey Beaubien, '06, patent attorney, has been elected a shareholder of Reising Ethington PC.
February 21, 2012Brian Rookard, '06, an attorney with Resnick and Moss PC, had an article titled "Vehicle Planning Decision Challenges after Ransom and Lanning" selected for inclusion in the American Bankruptcy Institute's (ABI) newest book, Best of ABI 2011: The Year in Consumer Bankruptcy. In addition, his article, "401(k) Funds Not ‘Income' until Disbursement," will be printed in the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) March 2012 publication.
March 12, 2012
Tammie Tischler, '06, LL.M., has joined Smith Haughey Rice and Roegge's Ann Arbor office. Tischler is a corporate and tax attorney who represents businesses, non-profits, municipalities and individuals throughout southeast Michigan.
April 24, 2012
Alexander Ayar, '06, was elected shareholder at Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC. Ayar's law practice focuses on commercial litigation, involving real estate law, business, construction, environmental, employment, municipal, strategic transactions and alliances. He also practices in the general business transactional area, assisting businesses in their operation and corporate structure. In addition to his robust practice, Ayar is a Fellow of the Oakland County Bar Foundation, the immediate-past president of the Chaldean American Bar Association, as well as a member of the Federal Bar Association, the Oakland County Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce.
January 28, 2013
Amanda Pontes, '06, was admitted as a member of Detroit-based law firm Bodman PLC. Pontes, of Bodman's Detroit office, is a member of the Automotive and Industrial Team and the Business Practice Group. She represents clients involved in a variety of business matters including corporate organization, mergers and acquisitions, and complex commercial transactions. She has particular experience with automotive industry clients, having served extended in-house assignments with two major automotive suppliers. Pontes was previously an associate attorney with Bodman.
March 4, 2013
Shawn Hopper, '06, was elected from associate to principal at Miller Canfield. Hopper is a member of the Financial Institutions and Transactions Group. He specializes in drafting and negotiation of commercial loan documentation, especially asset-based financing. He also has experience in syndicated loan transactions and credit enhancement facilities for variable rate bond issues, such as commercial letters of credit and standby bond purchase agreements.
March 13, 2013
Kimberly Scott, '06, was elected from associate to principal at Miller Canfield. Scott is a member of the Litigation and Trial Group. She specializes in intellectual property; antitrust law; sports, media and entertainment law; and commercial contract and tort litigation. She also handles complex commercial litigation, and specializes in e-discovery strategy. She was on the legal team that achieved the 8th largest verdict in the nation in 2009, representing Valassis Communications Inc. in its legal battle with News America Inc. and obtaining a $300 million jury verdict after an eight-week trial, with all claims being settled for $500 million in favor of her client. She was named an "Up and Coming Lawyer" by Michigan Lawyers Weekly in 2009. She was named a "Rising Star" in intellectual property litigation by Michigan Super Lawyers in 2012.
March 13, 2013Jessica Gustafson, '05, co-founded the Health Law Partners, PC, a boutique firm specializing in healthcare law in Southfield, Mich., with Abby Pendleton, '96, Adrienne Dresevic, '02, and Rob Iwrey, '93.
June 18, 2009Laura Skriba, '05, recently completed "Business Book Camp I," an advanced training course sponsored by the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. This course consisted of nine monthly seminars that provided attendees with the latest updates in business law topics such as shareholder buy/sell and voting agreements; forming an LLC; understanding financial statements; choosing the appropriate business entity form; basic securities law; security agreements; and mergers and acquisitions.
June 24, 2009Christopher S. Andrzejak, '05, Attached you will find a press release from Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC announcing that has been made shareholder with Howard & Howard Attorneys, PLLC. He practices out of the firm's Royal Oak, Mich., office.
July 6, 2009
Heather Olson, '05, has joined the law firm of Miller Canfield in the Troy, Mich. office as an associate in the Real Estate Group. Her practice focuses on commercial real estate workouts and foreclosures. Olson is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and the Oakland County Bar Association and was a 2004-2005 Trial Competition winner under WSU Law School’s Student Trial Advocacy Program. She is admitted to practice in Michigan and New York.
October 20, 2010Jessica L. Gustafson, '05, was named a 2010 Up and Coming Lawyer by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. Click here for more information.
November 2, 2010
Ian S. Bolton, '05, has been named an associate attorney with Maddin Hauser Wartell Roth and Heller PC, a Southfield, Mich.-based law firm. Bolton, a member of the firm's General Litigation Group, also works bankruptcy and insolvency cases. Before joining Maddin Hauser, he was an associate at a Southfield-based law firm and at law firms in Houston and Chicago. Additionally, he served as a shared law clerk at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
December 6, 2010
Stephen P. Dunn, '05, become a shareholder in the firm Howard and Howard Attorneys PLLC.
January 6, 2011
Krista M. Taylor, '05, has joined Southfield-based Sommers Schwartz PC as an associate in the firm's business litigation department. Taylor has extensive experience representing entities in complex commercial, contract, tort and intellectual property litigation. She earned a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude from Albion College.
February 4, 2011Richard Duffany, '05, will take over as chief of the Hamburg Township Police Department on Wednesday. According LivingstonDaily.com, he wants to "'explore the feasibility' of a localized drug enforcement agency, as well as a slew of other ideas he has to potentially reduce damage created by drugs in the area."
June 6, 2011
Joseph Uhl, '05, associate with Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone PLC, will be presented with the 2011 Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award by the Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc. (LAD) at the upcoming inaugural “Laddys” Pro Bono Award Ceremony in November.
September 28, 2011
Naomi Oglesby, '05, joined Lewis & Munday PC in Detroit to focus on the areas of commercial and business litigation at the trial and appellate levels of state and federal courts as part of the firm's Litigation Practice Group.
September 19, 2012
Michael Bossenbroek, '05, joined Wachler & Associates PC as an associate attorney. He practices in all areas of health care law and devotes a substantial portion of his practice to representing providers in the Medicare and other third-party-payor audit appeals process. He is admitted to the State Bar of Michigan as well as the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
November 6, 2012
Scott Carvo, '05, has been named partner at Warner Norcross & Judd LLP. His practice focuses on general litigation matters and includes restrictive covenant, employment and tax litigation along with a focus on e-discovery.
January 4, 2013
Jill Ingber, '05, was elected as a member at Dickinson Wright PLLC. She focuses her practice on the areas of commercial and business litigation, business torts, real estate litigation, trademark and copyright infringement litigation and creditor's rights. Ingber is a member of the Oakland County and Federal Bar Associations. She is involved in JARC and the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.
January 11, 2013
Stephen Dunn, '05, was named to Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson's "Elite 40 under 40" class of 2013. A partner at Howard & Howard Attorneys in Royal Oak where he practices business litigation and criminal defense, Dunn also is a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve JAG Corps where he has served as a prosecutor and military magistrate for an extended period on active duty. He was featured in the Oakland County Legal News on Feb. 28, as well.
March 6, 2013
Stephen Carras, '05, (LL.M.) was appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court as chief judge of the 42nd Circuit Court (Midland), the 75th District Court, and the Midland County Probate Court for a term ending December 31, 2013. Carras is a 75th District Court judge. Carras previously served as chief judge pro tem of the Midland courts.
April 17, 2013Rebecca L. Weekley, '04, has joined Hertz Schram PC in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., as an associate. She concentrates her practice in real estate law, specifically in the areas of title litigation, construction, landlord-tenant and foreclosure litigation.
November 13, 2008Joey Agree, '04, has been named president and COO of Farmington Hills-based real estate investment trust Agree Realty Corp.
June 9, 2009Emily Ballenberger, '04, a Plunkett Cooney medical malpractice attorney, was named as a 2009 recipient of the Young Lawyers' Section - Golden Gavel Award by the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel.
June 23, 2009Jonathan Mann, '04, has joined The Law Offices of Robin Bresky. Mann will represent the firm's clients in appellate and litigation support matters.
March 5, 2010
Matthew B. Van Dyk, '04, a Miller Canfield associate, has been elected to a one-year term as chairman of the board of directors of the Kalamazoo County Economic Development Corporation. At Miller Canfield, Van Dyk focuses his practice on real-estate related issues including development and financing for institutional and individual clients in businesses, government and non-profits. He is also a member of the Kalamazoo County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Board.
May 18, 2010Matthew Van Dyk, '04, was highlighted in an article on Mlive.com. Read the article here.
July 26, 2010Donna M. MacKenzie, '04, was named a 2010 Up and Coming Lawyer by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. Click here for more information.
November 2, 2010
A'Jené M. Maxwell, '04, a partner in Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP's real estate department, has been named by Michigan FrontPage (FP) and Real Times Media as one of the 2010 FP:Thirty. The honorees were identified by their nominators as "one of the most influential and inspiring emerging leaders in Metro Detroit." Maxwell's law practice focuses on industrial, office, retail and residential real estate financing, leasing, acquisition and disposition. He also advises clients with regard to property tax, incentives, zoning and land use matters.
November 24, 2010Terry Bonnette, '04, presented "How to Keep Rockin' when the EEOC's a Knockin'" to the Health Care Association of Michigan (HCAM) in Mt. Pleasant on September 19 with Patricia Nemeth, '90. He also presented on social networking issues affecting employers at the Greater Ann Arbor Society for Human Resource Management (GAASHRM) in November.
December 6, 2010
Michael K. Hauser , '04, has been named a shareholder at Maddin Hauser Wartell Roth and Heller PC. A CPA, Hauser focuses his practice on partnership and corporate tax, state and federal taxation of estate transactions, gift and estate tax and general business matters.
January 18, 2011Rebecca L. Weekley, '04, has been named general counsel to Collex Collision Experts Inc., the preeminent auto body and collision repair specialists in Metro Detroit and Southwest Florida. Headquartered in Clinton Township, Mich., Collex has earned national recognition in the collision repair industry. In her position, Rebecca will be engaging primarily in matters concerning real estate transactions, contractual negotiations, employment issues and collections.
January 20, 2011
Jeffrey S. Aronoff, '04, has been elected principal of the law firm of Miller Canfield. Aronoff specializes in all types of public finance, including municipal infrastructure finance, economic development finance and school finance.
January 26, 2011
Matthew B. Van Dyk, '04, has been elected principal of the law firm of Miller Canfield in the Kalamazoo office. Van Dyk represents clients in a wide range of real estate-related matters, including zoning and entitlement issues, tax and governmental incentive projects, regulatory issues, planned developments, 1031 transactions, affordable housing projects, land assemblage, multi-state development and financing, commercial and residential development, condominium development, mixed-use development, acquisitions, dispositions and leasing.
January 26, 2011
Ryan J. Riehl, '04, LL.M. '08, has been elected principal of the law firm of Miller Canfield. Riehl focuses his practice on federal and state of Michigan tax issues.
January 26, 2011Matt Wikander, '04, has been named a shareholder at Smith Haughey Rice and Roegge. Wikander practices in the areas of employment, commercial, and personal injury matters including those involving catastrophic injuries and wrongful death cases.
January 31, 2011
Andy Dragovic, '04, has joined Southfield-based Sommers Schwartz PC as an associate in the firm's personal injury litigation department. Dragovic will handle personal injury, medical malpractice and auto negligence cases.
Dragovic earned a B.S. in Psychology from Michigan State University and an LL.M. in Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution from George Washington University Law School.
February 4, 2011Matthew B. Van Dyk , '04, was elected a principal of Miller Canfield last month. Van Dyk, who works in the firms Kalamazoo office, represents clients in real estate-related matters, including zoning and entitlement issues, tax and governmental incentive projects, acquisitions, dispositions and leasing.
March 1, 2011