U.S. News & World Report has named 111 Miller Canfield attorneys in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and Florida in "Best Lawyers 2019." Recognized for excellence in 58 practice specialties across the firm, lawyers earning Best Lawyers distinction are rated exclusively by their peers as the best in their profession. They are:
Frederick A. Acomb (Detroit) - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property
Michael A. Alaimo (Detroit) - Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
James L. Allen (Troy) - Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Real Estate, Real Estate Law
Matthew P. Allen (Troy) - Commercial Litigation
Frank L. Andrews (Troy) - Litigation - Environmental
Elisa Angeli Palizzi (Detroit) - Commercial Litigation
Thomas G. Appleman (Troy) - Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
Brad B. Arbuckle (Troy) - Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
Robin W. Asher (Detroit) - Commercial Litigation
LeRoy L. Asher, Jr. (Detroit) - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Real Estate
Leland D. Barringer (Tampa) - Commercial Litigation
Marjory G. Basile (Detroit) - Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent, Trademark Law
Ronald E. Baylor (Kalamazoo) - Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental
Beverly Hall Burns (Detroit) - Education Law, Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
Bruce D. Birgbauer (Detroit) - Corporate Law, International Trade and Finance Law
Ronald W. Bloomberg (Lansing) - Administrative / Regulatory Law, Energy Law, Natural Resources Law
Orin D. Brustad (Detroit) - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Harold W. Bulger Jr. (Detroit) - Public Finance Law
Steven E. Chester (Lansing) - Environmental Law
Alexander J. Clark (Troy) - Real Estate Law
Michael P. Coakley (Detroit) - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Litigation - Securities
Thomas D. Colis (Detroit) - Public Finance Law
Thomas W. Cranmer (Troy) - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, Litigation - Environmental, Litigation - Securities, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
William J. Danhof (Lansing) - Banking and Finance Law,
Darryl R. Davidson (Chicago) - Public Finance Law, Public Finance Law
Robert L. DeJong (Grand Rapids) - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Real Estate, Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Christopher J. Dembowski (Lansing) - Public Finance Law
Harold J. Decker (Kalamazoo) - Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property
Gregory V. Di Censo (Troy) - Trusts and Estates, Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Paul R. Dimond (Ann Arbor) - Real Estate Law
Lawrence M. Dudek (Detroit) - Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Real Estate
John H. Engelmann (Kalamazoo) - Litigation - Patent
W. Mack Faison (Detroit) - Commercial Litigation
Joseph M. Fazio (Ann Arbor) - Litigation - Real Estate, Real Estate Law
Steven M. Frank (Detroit) - Public Finance Law
Robert E. Gilbert (Ann Arbor) - Real Estate Law
Leonard D. Givens (Detroit) - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
Gerald J. Gleeson II (Troy) - Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: General Practice
Gary R. Glenn (Troy) - Tax Law
Kal Goren (Troy) - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Trusts and Estates
Jonathan S. Green (Detroit) - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Michael W. Hartmann (Detroit) - Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
Irene Bruce Hathaway (Detroit) - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Ronald E. Hodess (Troy) - Construction Law, Real Estate Law
Michael J. Hodge (Lansing) - Administrative / Regulatory Law
Todd A. Holleman (Detroit) - Commercial Litigation
Brian H. Holt (Troy) - Real Estate Law
Paul D. Hudson (Kalamazoo) - Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
Amy M. Johnston (Detroit) - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
David D. Joswick (Troy) - Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
Douglas M. Kilbourne (Detroit) - Banking and Finance Law
Kenneth E. Konop (Troy) - Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Stephen S. LaPlante (Detroit) - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
Thomas W. Linn (Detroit) - Banking and Finance Law
Anthony J. Mavrinac (Ann Arbor) - Banking and Finance Law
Kurt P. McCamman (Kalamazoo) - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Litigation - Municipal
Michael P. McGee (Detroit) - Public Finance Law
Patrick F. McGow (Detroit) - Public Finance Law
Jeffrey M. McHugh (Detroit) - Public Finance Law
Harvey J. Messing (Lansing) - Administrative / Regulatory Law, Energy Law
Charles S. Mishkind (Grand Rapids) - Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
David R. Mitchell (Detroit) - Banking and Finance Law
Sonal Hope Mithani (Ann Arbor) - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Real Estate
Abdu H. Murray (Troy) - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance
Adam B. Norlander (Detroit) - Banking and Finance Law
Megan P. Norris (Detroit) - Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Gregory A. Nowak (Detroit) - Tax Law, Litigation and Controversy - Tax
Thomas C. O'Brien (Ann Arbor) - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Stephen J. Ott (Troy) - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
A. Michael Palizzi (Detroit) - Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property
Stephen G. Palms (Ann Arbor) - Real Estate Law
Thomas C. Phillips (Lansing) - Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Environmental Law
Joel L. Piell (Detroit) - Public Finance Law
Steven A. Roach (Detroit) - Banking and Finance Law, Litigation - Banking and Finance
Alison H. Rodney (Troy) - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Jerry T. Rupley (Detroit) - Education Law, Public Finance Law
Jennifer L. Sabourin (Detroit) - Litigation - Labor and Employment
Kenneth J. Sachs (Troy) - Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Larry J. Saylor (Detroit) - Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Antitrust, Litigation - Intellectual Property
Dawn M. Schluter (Troy) - Trusts and Estates
Don M. Schmidt (Kalamazoo) - Municipal Law, Public Finance Law
Leigh Schultz (Kalamazoo) - Litigation - Labor and Employment
Kimberly L. Scott (Ann Arbor) - Litigation - Intellectual Property
Erik H. Serr (Ann Arbor) - Corporate Law
Kent E. Shafer (Detroit) - Securities Regulation
Julianne Cassin Sharp (Detroit) - Immigration Law
Kurt N. Sherwood (Kalamazoo) - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
James A. Simpson (Troy) - Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Timothy D. Sochocki (Ann Arbor) - Health Care Law, Public Finance Law
James E. Spurr (Kalamazoo) - Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Litigation - Construction
Steven M. Stankewicz (Kalamazoo) - Real Estate Law
Sanford M. Stein (Chicago) - Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law
Stanley J. Stek (Grand Rapids) - Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Municipal, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Marc Swanson (Detroit) - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Clifford W. Taylor (Lansing) - Appellate Practice
Trent J. Taylor (Grand Rapids) - Banking and Finance Law
Nancy A. Valentine (Cleveland) - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
Thomas H. Van Dis (Kalamazoo) - Corporate Law, Health Care Law
Amanda Van Dusen (Detroit) - Banking and Finance Law, Education Law, Public Finance Law
John G. Van Slambrouck (Kalamazoo) - Trusts and Estates, Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Carl H. Von Ende (Detroit) - Banking and Finance Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
Richard A. Walawender (Detroit) - International Trade and Finance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Peter W. Waldmeir (Detroit) - Energy Law
G. Alan Wallace (Lansing) - Litigation - Municipal, Municipal Law
Shusheng Wang (Troy) - Corporate Law
Richard W. Warren (Detroit) - Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Jerome R. Watson (Detroit) - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Sherri A. Wellman (Lansing) - Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law, Natural Resources Law
Brian S. Westenberg (Troy) - Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
John H. Willems (Detroit) - Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
Robert T. Zielinski (Chicago) - Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment