109 Miller Canfield Lawyers Named Super Lawyers and Rising Stars in 2012
Miller Canfield announced today that 109 of its lawyers have been recognized in Super Lawyers in 2012. Seventy-eight lawyers were named as “Super Lawyers” in Michigan; three in Illinois. Twenty-seven lawyers in Michigan were named as “Rising Stars;” one in Illinois. Special recognition went to Thomas W. Cranmer, recognized in the Top 10 of all Michigan lawyers.
Miller Canfield lawyers named in Super Lawyers Michigan 2012 (* denotes new to the list.)
Ann Arbor office
Joseph M. Fazio, Real Estate
Sonal Hope Mithani, Civil Litigation Defense (Top 50 Women Michigan Super Lawyers)
Thomas C. O’Brien, Criminal Defense
Stephen G. Palms, Real Estate
Detroit office
Marjory G. Basile, Intellectual Property Litigation
William B. Beach, Government/Cities/Municipalities
Orin D. Brustad, Employee Benefits/ERISA
Harold W. Bulger, Jr.*, Bonds/Government Finance
Beverly Hall Burns, Employment + Labor
Michael P. Coakley, Securities Litigation
Donna J. Donati, Employment + Labor
Lawrence M. Dudek, Real Estate
W. Mack Faison, Business Litigation
Joanne B. Faycurry, Tax (Top 50 Women Michigan Super Lawyers)
Adam S. Forman, Employment + Labor
Joseph F. Galvin, Litigation
Leonard D. Givens, Employment + Labor
Gary R. Glenn, Tax
Jonathan S. Green, Bankruptcy + Creditor/Debtor Rights
Michael W. Hartmann, Litigation
Irene Bruce Hathaway, Litigation
Amy M. Johnston, Personal Injury Defense: Products (Top 50 Women Michigan Super Lawyers)
Stephen S. LaPlante, Bankruptcy + Creditor/Debtor Rights
Thomas W. Linn, Government/Cities/Municipalities
Michael P. McGee, Bonds/Government Finance
Jeffrey M. McHugh, Tax
Samuel J. McKim III, Tax
Christopher A. McMican, Employee Benefits/ERISA
Megan P. Norris, Employment + Labor (Top 50 Women Michigan Super Lawyers and Top 100 Michigan Super Lawyers)
Kathryn L. Ossian, Information Technology/Outsourcing
A. Michael Palizzi, Business Litigation
Thomas G. Parachini, Business Litigation
Joel L. Piell, Government/Cities/Municipalities
Clarence L. Pozza, Jr., Business Litigation
Steven A. Roach, Bankruptcy + Creditor/Debtor Rights
Jerry T. Rupley, Bonds/Government Finance
Larry J. Saylor, Business Litigation
Richard J. Seryak, Employment Litigation Defense
Michael H. Traison, Bankruptcy + Creditor/Debtor Rights
Amanda Van Dusen, Bonds/Government Finance
Carl H. von Ende, Corporate Governance + Compliance
Richard A. Walawender, Mergers + Acquisitions
Peter W. Waldmeir, Litigation
Jerome R. Watson, Employment Litigation Defense (Top 100 Michigan Super Lawyers)
John H. Willems, Employment + Labor
Grand Rapids office
Robert L. DeJong, Litigation
Richard A. Gaffin, Intellectual Property Litigation
Charles (Sandy) Mishkind, Employment Litigation Defense
Stanley J. Stek, Litigation
Trent J. Taylor*, Banking
Kalamazoo office
Ronald E. Baylor, Environmental
Eric V. Brown, Jr., Securities + Corporate Finance
Douglas L. Callander, Employment + Labor
Pamela C. Enslen, Employment Litigation Defense (Top 50 Women Michigan Super Lawyers)
Don M. Schmidt, Government/Cities/Municipalities
Kurt N. Sherwood, Employment + Labor
Lansing office
William J. Danhof, Bonds/Government Finance
Christopher J. Dembowski, Bonds/Government Finance
Michael J. Hodge, Employment Litigation Defense
Harvey J. Messing, Utilities
Thomas C. Phillips, Environmental
Sherri A. Wellman*, Energy & Natural Resources
Troy office
James L. Allen, Real Estate
Thomas G. Appleman, Securities + Corporate Finance
Brad B. Arbuckle, Securities + Corporate Finance
Thomas W. Cranmer, White-Collar Criminal Defense (Top 10 Michigan Super Lawyers)
Gerald J. Gleeson II, Litigation
Kal G. Goren, Employee Benefits/ERISA
Robert J. Haddad, Civil Litigation Defense
Ronald E. Hodess, Real Estate
David D. Joswick, Securities + Corporate Finance
Kenneth E. Konop, Estate Planning + Probate
Matthew F. Leitman, White-Collar Criminal Defense
Anna M. Maiuri, Environmental (Top 50 Women Michigan Super Lawyers)
Stephen J. Ott, Personal Injury Defense: Products
Ronald H. Riback, Banking
Dawn M. Schluter, Estate Planning + Probate
James A. Simpson, Banking
Miller Canfield lawyers named “Rising Stars” in Super Lawyers Michigan 2012
Ann Arbor office
Lisa C. Hagan, Bonds/Government Finance
David D. O’Brien, Criminal Defense
Kimberly L. Scott*, Intellectual Property Litigation
Suzanne K. Sukkar*, Immigration
Detroit office
Steven M. Frank, Bonds/Government Finance
Paul D. Hudson, Appellate
Carla S. Machnik, Banking
David R. Mitchell, Banking
Adam B. Norlander*, Banking
Nelson O. Ropke, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor
Jennifer L. Sabourin, Employment Litigation Defense
Saura James Sahu, Employment + Labor
Brian M. Schwartz, Employment Litigation Defense
Christopher M. Trebilcock, Employment + Labor
Joseph G. Vernon, Business Litigation
Richard W. Warren, Jr., Employment + Labor
Grand Rapids office
Joseph M. Infante, Business Litigation
Kalamazoo office
Justin M. Crawford, Business/Corporate
Leigh M. Schultz, Employment + Labor
Billee Lightvoet Ward, Health Care
Lansing office
Scott R. Eldridge, Employment Litigation Defense
Jaclyn Shoshana Levine, Environmental
Troy office
Eric C. Bartley, Banking
Brian H. Holt, Real Estate
Abdu H. Murray, Business Litigation
Heather M. Olson*, Business Litigation
Kenneth J. Sachs, Employee Benefits/ERISA
Miller Canfield lawyers named in Super Lawyers Illinois 2012
Chicago office
Darryl R. Davidson, Bonds/Government Finance
Cara M. Houck, Business Litigation
Robert T. Zielinski, Labor + Employment
Miller Canfield lawyers named “Rising Stars” in Super Lawyers Illinois 2012
Chicago office
Kathleen E. Koppenhoefer, Business Litigation
Super Lawyers magazine names lawyers in each state who received the highest point totals, as chosen by their peers and through independent research. Rising Stars names the state’s top up-and-coming lawyers. It combines peer nominations and evaluations with third-party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis.
Michigan Super Lawyers is published annually in September in a special advertising supplement in The New York Times. Illinois Super Lawyers & Rising Stars is published annually in February in a special advertising section in Chicago magazine.