Twenty-One Dickinson Wright Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America® 2023 “Lawyer of the Year”
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Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that 21 of the firm’s lawyers have been identified as the leading practitioner in their practice areas as a Best Lawyers in America® 2023 “Lawyer of the Year”. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year”.
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Almost 87,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and over 10 million evaluations are received on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. The lawyers being honored as Best Lawyers in America® 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” have received particularly high ratings by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.
The following Dickinson Wright lawyers were selected as Best Lawyers in America® 2023 “Lawyer of the Year”:
Ann Arbor, MI
Jordan Schreier, Labor Law – Management
Colleen M. Shevnock, Banking and Finance Law
Detroit, MI
Christopher A. Cornwall, Construction Law
Mark R. High, Corporate Governance Law
Andrew W. MacLeod, Corporate Law
Thomas G. McNeill, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Securities
Sharon R. Newlon, Environmental Law
James A. Plemmons, Bet-the-Company Litigation
L. Pahl Zinn, Litigation – Antitrust
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Charles D. Brecker, Community Association Law
Grand Rapids, MI
Ronald A. Bultje, Municipal Law
John T. Schuring, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Billee Lightvoet Ward, Health Care Law
Lansing, MI
James F. Mauro, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
Ryan M. Shannon, Insurance Law
Las Vegas, NV
Jennifer Ko Craft, Trademark Law
Michael N. Feder, Litigation – Intellectual Property
Phoenix, AZ
Scott A. Holcomb, Litigation – Construction
Dana M. Levy, Family Law
Reno, NV
Brian R. Irvine, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Troy, MI
Elise S. Levasseur, Immigration Law
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Almost 87,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and over 10 million evaluations are received on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. The lawyers being honored as Best Lawyers in America® 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” have received particularly high ratings by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.
The following Dickinson Wright lawyers were selected as Best Lawyers in America® 2023 “Lawyer of the Year”:
Ann Arbor, MI
Jordan Schreier, Labor Law – Management
Colleen M. Shevnock, Banking and Finance Law
Detroit, MI
Christopher A. Cornwall, Construction Law
Mark R. High, Corporate Governance Law
Andrew W. MacLeod, Corporate Law
Thomas G. McNeill, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Securities
Sharon R. Newlon, Environmental Law
James A. Plemmons, Bet-the-Company Litigation
L. Pahl Zinn, Litigation – Antitrust
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Charles D. Brecker, Community Association Law
Grand Rapids, MI
Ronald A. Bultje, Municipal Law
John T. Schuring, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Billee Lightvoet Ward, Health Care Law
Lansing, MI
James F. Mauro, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
Ryan M. Shannon, Insurance Law
Las Vegas, NV
Jennifer Ko Craft, Trademark Law
Michael N. Feder, Litigation – Intellectual Property
Phoenix, AZ
Scott A. Holcomb, Litigation – Construction
Dana M. Levy, Family Law
Reno, NV
Brian R. Irvine, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Troy, MI
Elise S. Levasseur, Immigration Law
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