Dickinson Wright Recognized in Legal 500 United States 2023 Edition

Dickinson Wright is pleased to announce that the firm has received nine practice rankings and 42 attorneys have been listed in this year’s The Legal 500 United States 2023.

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The Legal 500 United States 2023 ranked Dickinson Wright in the following practice areas:

• Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes
• Industry Focus – Cannabis
• Intellectual Property – Patents: IP Litigation
• Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing
• Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions): Defense
• M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m)
• Real Estate – Construction 
• Real Estate
• Real Estate Finance

Dickinson Wright is also listed as a “Firm to Watch” for Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Litigation.

The Legal 500 United States 2023 recognized the following Dickinson Wright attorneys in their editorial as “Recommended Lawyers”:

Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes

• Joshua Burgener (Nashville, TN)
• John Desmond (Reno, NV)
• Brandon Hubbard (Lansing, MI)
• Brian Johnson (Lexington, KY)
• Scott Knapp (Lansing, MI)
• James Martone (Troy, MI)
• John Nelson (Austin, TX)
• Kathryn Wood (Troy, MI)

Industry Focus – Cannabis 

• Benton Bodamer (Columbus, OH)
• Alex Brown (Columbus, OH)
• Scot Crow (Columbus, OH)
• Colin Ferguson (Nashville, TN)
• Brandon Hubbard (Lansing, MI)
• M. Katherine VanderVeen (Detroit, MI)

Intellectual Property – Patents: IP Litigation

• John S. Artz (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Jonathan Baker (Silicon Valley, CA)
• Steven Daniels (Austin, TX)
• Frank Long (Phoenix, AZ)
• H. Jonathan Redway (Washington, DC)
• Philip Rettig (Ann Arbor, MI)

Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing

• K. Lance Anderson (Austin, TX)
• Andrea Arndt (Austin, TX)
• Steven Daniels (Austin, TX)
• Richard Jones (Troy, MI)
• Stephen Mason (Austin, TX)

Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions): Defense

• Joshua Burgener (Nashville, TN)
• Reid Estes (Nashville, TN)
• Timothy Howlett (Detroit, MI)
• Brian Johnson (Lexington, KY)
• William Thacker (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Kathryn Wood (Detroit, MI)

M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m)

• Anthony Alfano (Columbus, OH)
• Benton Bodamer (Columbus, OH)
• Richard Bolton (Detroit, MI)
• Alex Brown (Columbus, OH)
• Scot Crow (Columbus, OH)
• Amy Kwiatkowski (Detroit, MI)
• Cristina Luse (Columbus, OH)
• Andrew MacLeod (Detroit, MI)
• Erin Pawlowski (Troy, MI)
• John Schuring (Grand Rapids, MI)
• Jeffrey York (Grand Rapids, MI)

Real Estate – Construction (including Construction Litigation)

• Todd Baxter (Phoenix, AZ)
• John Cameron (Grand Rapids, MI)
• Christopher Cornwall (Detroit, MI)
• Joseph DeLave (Troy, MI)
• Stephen Richman (Phoenix, AZ)

Real Estate

• John Cameron (Grand Rapids, MI)
• Monica Labe (Troy, MI)
• Michael Lusardi (Troy, MI)
• Katheryne Zelenock (Troy, MI)

Real Estate Finance

• Michael Lusardi (Troy, MI)
• Katheryne Zelenock (Troy, MI)