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Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2022; Firm attorneys named to Best Lawyers in America® 2022 Ones to Watch and Lawyer of the Year

August 19, 2021
DETROIT, Mich. – Sixty-nine Butzel Long attorneys have been chosen by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2022 (copyright 2022 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Augusta, GA). Moreover, 11 firm attorneys have been named to Best Lawyers in America® 2022 Ones to Watch. In addition, nine attorneys have been named “Lawyer of the Year.”

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 50,000 leading attorneys cast votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

“Lawyer of the Year”

The following firm attorneys have been named “Lawyer of the Year “ – Andrew W. Stumpff
(Employee Benefits – ERISA Law) – Ann Arbor; Bushra A. Malik (Immigration Law) – Bloomfield Hills; Daniel B. Tukel (Labor Law – Management) – Bloomfield Hills; Debra A. Geroux (Health Care Law) – Bloomfield Hills; Michael F. Golab (Business Organizations including LLCs and Partnerships) – Bloomfield Hills; W. Patrick Dreisig (Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law) – Bloomfield Hills; Eric J. Flessland (Litigation – Construction) – Detroit; James C. Bruno (International Mergers and Acquisitions) – Detroit; and, James J. Urban (Litigation – Construction) – Lansing.

Butzel Long attorney named to Best Lawyers for the first time

Notably, Steven R. Pohl (Corporate Law) – Bloomfield Hills, has been named to Best Lawyers for the first time:

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

The following firm attorneys have been named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch: Ashley Aldea (Real Estate) – Bloomfield Hills; Javon R. David (Commercial Litigation) – Bloomfield Hills; Damien DuMouchel (Criminal Defense: White-Collar) – Bloomfield Hills; Sarah Nirenberg, (Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment) – Bloomfield Hills; Rebecca Klein (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; Shanika A. Owens (Corporate Law and Real Estate Law) – Detroit; Quendale G. Simmons (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; Ivonne M. Soler (Family Law);
Hannah E. Treppa (Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment) – Detroit; Bill Quan Yang (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit; and, Mitchell Zajac (Commercial Litigation) – Detroit.

The following Butzel Long attorneys were selected for the 2022 edition:

Butzel Long – Ann Arbor – office

– Regan K. Dahle
Employment Law – Management
Labor Law – Management
Litigation – Labor and Employment

– Jennifer A. Dukarski
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Privacy and Data Security Law

– Nancy Keppelman
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

– George E. Kuehn
Corporate Law

– Terrence J. Miglio
Litigation – Labor and Employment

– Mark T. Nelson
Litigation – Labor and Employment
Litigation – Trusts and Estates

– Claudia Rast
CleanTech Law
Environmental Law
Information Technology Law
Privacy and Data Security Law

– Diane M. Soubly
Employment Law – Management
Litigation – ERISA
– Robert B. Stevenson
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Litigation – ERISA

– Andrew W. Stumpff
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Butzel Long – Bloomfield Hills office

– Barbara E. Buchanan
Employment Law – Management
Litigation – Labor and Employment

– Carey A. DeWitt
Employment Law – Management
Litigation – Labor and Employment

– George B. Donnini
Criminal Defense: White-Collar

– W. Patrick Dreisig
Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law
Corporate Governance Law

– Geoffrey S. Gallinger
Corporate Law
Real Estate Law

– Debra A. Geroux
Commercial Litigation
Health Care Law

– Michael F. Golab
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Corporate Law

– Beth S. Gotthelf
Environmental Law
Litigation – Environmental

– David W. Hipp
Real Estate Law

– Susan L. Johnson
Litigation – Environmental

– Thomas A. Kabel
Real Estate Law

– Kaveh Kashef
Litigation – Labor and Employment

– Sheldon H. Klein
Commercial Litigation
Litigation – Antitrust

– Bushra A. Malik
Immigration Law

– Daniel J. McCarthy
Appellate Practice
Commercial Litigation

– Max J. Newman
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law

– Scott T. Patterson
Employment Law – Management

– William A. Penner
Trusts and Estates

– Robert P. Perry
Trusts and Estates

– Steven R. Pohl
Corporate Law

– R. Peter Prokop
Corporate Law
Tax Law

– Thomas B. Radom
Banking and Finance Law
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law

– Richard E. Rassel
Commercial Litigation

– Brett A. Rendeiro
Commercial Litigation
Employment Law – Management
Litigation – Labor and Employment

– Dennis B. Schultz
Construction Law
Litigation – Construction
Litigation – Real Estate

– Robert H. Schwartz
Health Care Law

– T. Gordon Scupholm II
Family Law

– John D. Selesko
Trusts and Estates

– Thomas L. Shaevsky
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Litigation – ERISA

– Thomas C. Simpson
Litigation – Real Estate
Real Estate Law

– David W. Sommerfeld
Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Trusts and Estates

– Daniel B. Tukel
Employment Law – Management
Labor Law – Management
Litigation – Labor and Employment

– Roxana Zaha
Real Estate Law

Butzel Long – Detroit office

– Linda J. Armstrong
Immigration Law

– James C. Bruno
Corporate Law
International Mergers and Acquisitions
International Trade and Finance Law

– Maura Corrigan
Appellate Practice

– David Devine
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization Law

– Arthur Dudley II
Corporate Law
Securitization and Structured Finance Law

– David F. DuMouchel
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law

– Darius W. Dynkowski
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law

– Eric J. Flessland
Construction Law
Litigation – Construction

– John P. Hancock, Jr.
Employment Law – Management
Labor Law – Management
Litigation – Labor and Employment

– Robert A. Hudson
Corporate Law
International Trade and Finance Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law

– William J. Kliffel
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

– Justin G. Klimko
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Governance Law
Corporate Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Securities/ Capital Markets Law
Securities Regulation

– Phillip C. Korovesis
Commercial Litigation

– Mark R. Lezotte
Health Care Law
Tax Law

– Clara DeMatteis Mager
Immigration Law

– Donald B. Miller
Employment Law – Management
Labor Law – Management
Litigation – Labor and Employment
Mass Tort Litigation/ Class Actions – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

– Reginald A. Pacis
Immigration Law

– James S. Rosenfeld
Employment Law – Management
Labor Law – Management
Litigation – Labor and Employment

– Daniel R.W. Rustmann
Commercial Litigation

– Bruce L. Sendek
Commercial Litigation

– Nicholas J. Stasevich
Corporate Law

– Kurtis T. Wilder
Appellate Practice

– James E. Wynne
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Butzel Long – Lansing office

– Michael C. Decker
Litigation – Construction

– James J. Urban
Construction Law
Litigation – Construction

Butzel Long – Washington, DC office

– Thomas Bick
Environmental Law

About Butzel Long

Butzel Long is one of the leading law firms in Michigan and the United States. It was founded in Detroit in 1854 and has provided trusted client service for more than 160 years. Butzel’s full-service law offices are located in Detroit, Bloomfield Hills, Lansing and Ann Arbor, Mich.; New York, NY; and, Washington, D.C., as well as an alliance office in Beijing. It is an active member of Lex Mundi, a global association of 160 independent law firms. Learn more by visiting www.butzel.com or follow Butzel Long on Twitter: https://twitter.com/butzel_long