Dickinson Wright Receives Top Rankings by 2017 Chambers USA; 35 Attorneys Recognized as Leaders in their Fields
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Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that Chambers USA, publisher of the world’s leading guides to the legal profession, has ranked 11 of the firm’s practices and 35 of the firm’s attorneys in the 2017 Chambers USA Guide.
Chambers named Dickinson Wright’s Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, General Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, and Real Estate practices as “Top Ranked” practices in Michigan. In Arizona, Chambers named the firm’s Real Estate practice as a “Top Ranked” practice. Also, the firm’s Gaming & Licensing practice in Nevada and the firm’s General Commercial Litigation and Real Estate practices in Tennessee were named as “Recognized Practitioners” by Chambers. Thirty-five attorneys from Dickinson Wright were named “Leaders in their Fields”.
London-based publisher Chambers & Partners conducts research into 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.
Of the “Top Ranked” practices, Dickinson Wright’s General Commercial Litigation practice in Michigan and the firm’s Real Estate practice in Arizona received Band 1 rankings. Of the 35 attorneys ranked by Chambers, the following attorneys received a Band 1 ranking: Glenn M. Feldman, Native American Law; Steven G. Howell, Banking & Finance: Bankruptcy; Edward H. Pappas, General Commercial Litigation; William P. Shield, Jr., Banking & Finance; Jeffrey Silver, Gaming & Licensing; and Robert W. Stocker, II, Gaming & Licensing.
Below is a list of Dickinson Wright attorneys who were listed in Chambers USA 2017:
Banking and Finance
Craig W. Hammond, Detroit
Colleen M. Shevnock, Ann Arbor
William P. Shield, Jr., Detroit
Banking and Finance: Bankruptcy
Steven G. Howell, Detroit
James A. Plemmons, Detroit
Theodore B. Sylwestrzak, Detroit
Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions
Richard M. Bolton, Detroit
Mark R. High, Detroit
Michael T. Raymond, Troy
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Cynthia A. Moore, Troy
Jordan Schreier, Ann Arbor
Gaming & Licensing
Kate Lowenhar-Fisher, Las Vegas
Jeffrey Silver, Las Vegas
Robert W. Stocker, II, Lansing
General Commercial Litigation
John P. Desmond, Reno
Michael N. Feder, Las Vegas
Kenneth J. McIntyre, Detroit
Thomas G. McNeill, Detroit
Edward H. Pappas, Troy
Daniel D. Quick, Troy
Intellectual Property
John S. Artz, Troy
John C. Nishi, Ann Arbor
Labor & Employment
Timothy H. Howlett, Detroit
Media & Entertainment
Derek C. Crownover, Nashville
Native American Law
Glenn M. Feldman, Phoenix
Real Estate Law
John G. Cameron, Jr., Grand Rapids
James N. Candler, Jr., Detroit
Stephen E. Dawson, Troy
Fred C. Fathe, Phoenix
N. Courtney Hollins, Nashville
Monica J. Labe, Troy
Leslee M. Lewis, Grand Rapids
James H. Patterson, Phoenix
Harlan W. Robins, Columbus
Katheryne L. Zelenock, Troy
Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2017 is available online at www.chambersandpartners.com/usa.
Chambers named Dickinson Wright’s Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, General Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, and Real Estate practices as “Top Ranked” practices in Michigan. In Arizona, Chambers named the firm’s Real Estate practice as a “Top Ranked” practice. Also, the firm’s Gaming & Licensing practice in Nevada and the firm’s General Commercial Litigation and Real Estate practices in Tennessee were named as “Recognized Practitioners” by Chambers. Thirty-five attorneys from Dickinson Wright were named “Leaders in their Fields”.
London-based publisher Chambers & Partners conducts research into 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.
Of the “Top Ranked” practices, Dickinson Wright’s General Commercial Litigation practice in Michigan and the firm’s Real Estate practice in Arizona received Band 1 rankings. Of the 35 attorneys ranked by Chambers, the following attorneys received a Band 1 ranking: Glenn M. Feldman, Native American Law; Steven G. Howell, Banking & Finance: Bankruptcy; Edward H. Pappas, General Commercial Litigation; William P. Shield, Jr., Banking & Finance; Jeffrey Silver, Gaming & Licensing; and Robert W. Stocker, II, Gaming & Licensing.
Below is a list of Dickinson Wright attorneys who were listed in Chambers USA 2017:
Banking and Finance
Craig W. Hammond, Detroit
Colleen M. Shevnock, Ann Arbor
William P. Shield, Jr., Detroit
Banking and Finance: Bankruptcy
Steven G. Howell, Detroit
James A. Plemmons, Detroit
Theodore B. Sylwestrzak, Detroit
Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions
Richard M. Bolton, Detroit
Mark R. High, Detroit
Michael T. Raymond, Troy
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Cynthia A. Moore, Troy
Jordan Schreier, Ann Arbor
Gaming & Licensing
Kate Lowenhar-Fisher, Las Vegas
Jeffrey Silver, Las Vegas
Robert W. Stocker, II, Lansing
General Commercial Litigation
John P. Desmond, Reno
Michael N. Feder, Las Vegas
Kenneth J. McIntyre, Detroit
Thomas G. McNeill, Detroit
Edward H. Pappas, Troy
Daniel D. Quick, Troy
Intellectual Property
John S. Artz, Troy
John C. Nishi, Ann Arbor
Labor & Employment
Timothy H. Howlett, Detroit
Media & Entertainment
Derek C. Crownover, Nashville
Native American Law
Glenn M. Feldman, Phoenix
Real Estate Law
John G. Cameron, Jr., Grand Rapids
James N. Candler, Jr., Detroit
Stephen E. Dawson, Troy
Fred C. Fathe, Phoenix
N. Courtney Hollins, Nashville
Monica J. Labe, Troy
Leslee M. Lewis, Grand Rapids
James H. Patterson, Phoenix
Harlan W. Robins, Columbus
Katheryne L. Zelenock, Troy
Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2017 is available online at www.chambersandpartners.com/usa.
Contacts

Craig Hammond
Member and Public Finance Practice Group Chair
Troy

Jordan Schreier
Member and Employee Benefits Practice Group Co-Chair
Ann Arbor

Theodore Sylwestrzak
Member, Banking and Financial Practice Group Chair
Detroit
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