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Dickinson Wright Receives Top Rankings by 2025 Chambers USA Guide, 34 Attorneys in Michigan Recognized as Leaders in their Fields

June 5, 2025

Dickinson Wright is pleased to announce that Chambers & Partners, publisher of the world’s leading guides to the legal profession, has ranked ten of the firm’s practices in Michigan and 34 of the firm’s Michigan attorneys in the 2025 Chambers USA Guide.

London-based publisher Chambers & Partners researches the strengths and reputations of U.S. law firms by state through in-depth interviews with peers and competing firm attorneys, in-house counsel, and significant purchasers of legal services.

Below is a list of Dickinson Wright practices that are listed in Chambers USA 2025:

  • Michigan
  • Banking & Finance (Band 1)
  • Bankruptcy & Restructuring (Band 1)
  • Corporate/M&A
  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Band 1)
  • Immigration
  • Intellectual Property
  • Labor & Employment
  • Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
  • Public Finance (Band 1)
  • Real Estate (Band 1)

Below is a list of Dickinson Wright attorneys who are listed in Chambers USA 2025:

Banking and Finance

  • Craig W. Hammond, Troy
  • Colleen M. Shevnock, Ann Arbor
  • William P. Shield, Jr., Detroit (Star Individual)
  • Rachel Wolock, Detroit

Bankruptcy & Restructuring

  • Steven G. Howell, Detroit (Senior Statesperson)
  • James A. Plemmons, Detroit (Band 1)
  • Theodore B. Sylwestrzak, Detroit (Band 1)

Cannabis: Eastern US – Nationwide

  • Benjamin M. Sobczak, Troy

Corporate/M&A

  • Andrew W. MacLeod, Detroit

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

  • Deborah L. Grace, Troy
  • Roberta P. Granadier, Troy
  • Eric W. Gregory, Troy
  • Cynthia A. Moore, Troy
  • Jordan Schreier, Ann Arbor

Immigration

  • Suzanne Sukkar, Ann Arbor

Intellectual Property

  • John S. Artz, Ann Arbor (Band 1)
  • William H. Honaker, Troy

Labor & Employment

  • Angelina Delmastro, Detroit
  • Timothy H. Howlett, Detroit (Band 1)
  • Christina K. McDonald, Grand Rapids
  • William Thacker, Ann Arbor

Litigation: General Commercial

  • James A. Martone, Troy
  • Daniel D. Quick, Troy (Band 1)

Public Finance

  • Laura M. Bassett, Troy
  • Craig W. Hammond, Troy (Band 1)
  • Peter J. Kulick, Lansing
  • Jarrod T. Smith, Lansing
  • Kester K. So, Lansing (Band 1)
  • Roger A. Swets, Grand Rapids

Real Estate Law

  • John G. Cameron, Jr., Grand Rapids (Band 1)
  • Monica J. Labe, Troy (Band 1)
  • Leslee M. Lewis, Grand Rapids
  • Michael J. Lusardi, Troy
  • Dawn Faxon Singer, Troy
  • Katheryne L. Zelenock, Troy

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2025 is available online here.

About Dickinson Wright
Dickinson Wright is a general practice business law firm with more than 500 attorneys among more than 40 practice areas and 16 industry groups. The firm has 23 offices in the U.S. and Canada, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Washington, D.C. The firm’s Canadian offices are located in Toronto and Windsor.

Dickinson Wright offers our clients a distinctive combination of superb client service, exceptional quality, value for fees, industry expertise, and business acumen. As one of the few law firms with ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification and one of the only firms with ISO/IEC 27701:2019 certification, Dickinson Wright has built state-of-the-art, independently-verified risk management procedures, security controls, and privacy processes for our commercial transactions. Dickinson Wright lawyers are known for delivering commercially-oriented advice on sophisticated transactions and have a remarkable record of wins in high-stakes litigation. Dickinson Wright lawyers are regularly cited for their expertise and experience by Chambers, Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and other leading independent law firm evaluating organizations.

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