Twenty-Five Dickinson Wright Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America® 2022 “Lawyer of the Year”
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Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that 25 of the firm’s lawyers have been identified as the leading practitioner in their practice areas as a Best Lawyers in America® 2022 “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® 2022 “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® 2022 “Lawyer of the Year”:
Ann Arbor, MI
Mark Heusel, Litigation - Labor and Employment
John C. Nishi, Litigation - Intellectual Property
Steven L. Oberholtzer, Patent Law
Jordan Schreier, Employment Law – Management
Austin, TX
Nan B. Braley, Banking and Finance Law
Ross Spencer Garsson, Patent Law
Chicago, IL
Russell R. Eggert, Litigation - Environmental
Detroit, MI
Steven G. Howell, Banking and Finance Law
Timothy H. Howlett, Labor Law – Management
Thomas G. McNeill, Bet-the-Company Litigation
Sharon R. Newlon, Litigation – Environmental
El Paso, TX
Mark C. Walker, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Grand Rapids, MI
Brian S. Fleetham, Health Care Law
Leslee M. Lewis, Real Estate Law
Lansing, MI
Kester K. So, Municipal Law
Jeffery V. Stuckey, Administrative/Regulatory Law
Las Vegas, NV
Gregory R. Gemignani, Trademark Law
John L. Krieger, Litigation - Intellectual Property
Lexington, KY
David A. Owen, Appellate Practice
Nashville, TN
John E. Anderson, Insurance Law
Phoenix, AZ
David I. Thompson, Corporate Compliance Law
Reno, NV
John P. Desmond, Appellate Practice
Troy, MI
Cynthia A. Moore, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
J. Bryan Williams, Corporate Law
Katheryne L. Zelenock, Banking and Finance 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® 2022 “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® 2022 “Lawyer of the Year”:
Ann Arbor, MI
Mark Heusel, Litigation - Labor and Employment
John C. Nishi, Litigation - Intellectual Property
Steven L. Oberholtzer, Patent Law
Jordan Schreier, Employment Law – Management
Austin, TX
Nan B. Braley, Banking and Finance Law
Ross Spencer Garsson, Patent Law
Chicago, IL
Russell R. Eggert, Litigation - Environmental
Detroit, MI
Steven G. Howell, Banking and Finance Law
Timothy H. Howlett, Labor Law – Management
Thomas G. McNeill, Bet-the-Company Litigation
Sharon R. Newlon, Litigation – Environmental
El Paso, TX
Mark C. Walker, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Grand Rapids, MI
Brian S. Fleetham, Health Care Law
Leslee M. Lewis, Real Estate Law
Lansing, MI
Kester K. So, Municipal Law
Jeffery V. Stuckey, Administrative/Regulatory Law
Las Vegas, NV
Gregory R. Gemignani, Trademark Law
John L. Krieger, Litigation - Intellectual Property
Lexington, KY
David A. Owen, Appellate Practice
Nashville, TN
John E. Anderson, Insurance Law
Phoenix, AZ
David I. Thompson, Corporate Compliance Law
Reno, NV
John P. Desmond, Appellate Practice
Troy, MI
Cynthia A. Moore, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
J. Bryan Williams, Corporate Law
Katheryne L. Zelenock, Banking and Finance Law
Contacts
Gregory Gemignani
Member and Gaming Practice Group Chair
Las Vegas
Mark Heusel
Member and East Asia Practice Group Chair - China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, ASEAN Region
Ann Arbor
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