Dickinson Wright Recognized in Legal 500 United States 2025 Edition

Dickinson Wright is pleased to announce that the firm has received 10 practice rankings and 74 attorneys have been listed in this year’s The Legal 500 United States 2025.

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The Legal 500 United States 2025 ranked Dickinson Wright in the following practice areas:

• Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes
• Industry Focus – Cannabis
• Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing
• Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)
• Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Litigation
• 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

The Legal 500 United States 2025 recognized the following Dickinson Wright attorneys in their editorial as “Leading Lawyers”:

Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing

• Richard Jones (Troy, MI)

The Legal 500 United States 2025 recognized the following Dickinson Wright attorneys in their editorial as “Recommended Lawyers”:

Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes

• Bradley Burns (Phoenix, AZ)
• Justin Bustos (Reno, NV)
• Jared Christensen (Detroit, MI)
• Scot Claus (Phoenix, AZ)
• Vail Cloar (Phoenix, AZ)
• Trent Cornell (Chicago, IL)
• Phillip DeRosier (Detroit, MI)
• John Desmond (Reno, NV)
• Dan Goldfine (Phoenix, AZ)
• Josh Grabel (Phoenix, AZ)
• Claire Grimes (Phoenix, AZ)
• Jamie Halavais (Phoenix, AZ)
• Brian Hembd (Phoenix, AZ)
• Brandon Hubbard (Lansing, MI)
• Brian Irvine (Reno, NV)
• Brian Johnson (Lexington, KY)
• Payne Keinarth (Austin, TX)
• Scott Knapp (Lansing, MI)
• Patrick Masterson (Detroit, MI)
• Logan Mayfield (Lexington, KY)
• John Nelson (Austin, TX)
• Daniel Quick (Troy, MI)
• Cameron Stanley (Phoenix, AZ)
• Brooks Westergard (Reno, NV)

Industry Focus – Cannabis 

• Myles Baker (Detroit, MI)
• Benton Bodamer (Columbus, OH)
• Ryan Chesnut (Columbus, OH)
• Scot Crow (Columbus, OH)
• Colin Ferguson (Nashville, TN)
• Brandon Hubbard (Lansing, MI)
• Amy Kwiatkowski (Detroit, MI)
• James Martone (Troy, MI)
• Erin Pawlowski (Troy, MI)
• Lloyd Pierre-Louis (Columbus, OH)
• Callie Root (Troy, MI)
• Benjamin Sobczak (Troy, MI)
• M. Katherine VanderVeen (Denver, CO)
• Elliot Vilders (Troy, MI)
• Jonathan Wachs (Washington, DC)
• Melissa Waite (Las Vegas, NV)

Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing

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

Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)

• John S. Artz (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Jonathan Baker (Silicon Valley, CA)
• Christopher Hanba (Austin, TX)
• William Honaker (Troy, MI)
• Frank Long (Denver, CO)
• Ariana Pellegrino (Troy, MI)
• H. Jonathan Redway (Washington, DC)
• Philip Rettig (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Michael Saunders (Austin, TX)

Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Litigation

• John S. Artz (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Flavia Campbell (Phoenix, AZ)
• Frank Long (Denver, CO)
• Nicole Meyer (Washington, DC)
• H. Jonathan Redway (Washington, DC)
• Philip Rettig (Ann Arbor, MI)

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

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

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

• Allison Bach (Detroit, MI)
• Benton Bodamer (Columbus, OH)
• Richard Bolton (Detroit, MI)
• Alex Brown (Columbus, OH)
• Scot Crow (Columbus, OH)
• Amy Kwiatkowski (Detroit, MI)
• Andrew MacLeod (Detroit, MI)
• John Schuring (Grand Rapids, MI)
• Jeffrey York (Grand Rapids, MI)

Real Estate – Construction (including Construction Litigation)

• Andrew Alvarado (Austin, TX)
• Todd Baxter (Phoenix, AZ)
• John Cameron (Grand Rapids, MI)
• Scott Holcomb (Phoenix, AZ)
• 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

• James Cunningham (Nashville, TN)
• Michael Lusardi (Troy, MI)
• Katheryne Zelenock (Troy, MI)