ARRIVALS & PROMOTIONS
AARON L. DAVIS and JAMES J. URBAN with Butzel have been appointed co-managing shareholders for the firm’s Lansing office.
KURT DYKSTRA has joined Reinhart’s Milwaukee office.
JESSE GOLDSTEIN has joined Antone, Casagrande & Adwers in Farmington Hills as a senior attorney.
REINE HAMDAR has joined Collins Einhorn Farrell in Southfield.
Twelve attorneys with KITCH ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS in Detroit and Mount Clemens have been promoted.
AMANDA AFTON MARTIN has joined Kemp Klein in Troy as a shareholder.
BRETT J. MILLER with Butzel in Detroit was appointed co-chair of the firm’s labor and employment practice.
MARJAN NECESKI has been named a partner at RCO Law in Toledo.
MARK OSZUST has joined Plunkett Cooney in Bloomfield Hills.
Eight attorneys have joined WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD – four in the firm’s Detroit office and four in its Grand Rapids office.
AWARDS & HONORS
R. SCOTT KELLER and BRIAN WASSOM, partners with Warner Norcross & Judd, were recognized in the 2024 WTR 1000 by World Trademark Review.
MIKE MORSE LAW FIRM recently won a 2024 Golden Gavel Award presented by The National Trial Lawyers for best 30-second television commercial for its ad titled “What Matters.”
LEADERSHIP
MICHAEL P. ASHCRAFT JR., EMILY M. COYLE, MARC P. JERABEK, ELAINE M. POHL, and ROBERT A. MARZANO were elected to Plunkett Cooney’s board of directors.
EMILY FIELDS and MICHAEL BUTTERFIELD with Mantese Honigman were elected to partnership. JUSTIN HANNA and MICHAEL POMERANZ of Taft’s Detroit office and JAMES KRESTA and BRIAN STONE of Taft’s Southfield office have been elected to the firm’s partnership.
MICHAEL G. SARAFA with Butzel was appointed to the Oakland County Bar Association legislative committee.
CLAIRE D. VERGARA and ALEANNA B. SIACON with Plunkett Cooney were appointed to executive positions on the Michigan Asian-Pacific American Bar Association board of directors.
MARK J. WASSINK has been elected managing partner of Warner Norcross & Judd.
ADRIENNE YOUNG, assistant defender with the State Appellate Defender Office, has been appointed by Gov. Whitmer to serve as a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals.
NEW OFFICE
KIRK A. PROFIT has opened a new office, Profit Legal Services, in Washtenaw County
OTHER
TAPROOT LAW announced a research and design partnership with the Michigan State University Experience Architecture program.
UPCOMING
The INGHAM COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION hosts its 15th Annual Barristers’ Ball on March 14, and its annual meeting and shrimp dinner is scheduled for May 15.