ARRIVALS & PROMOTIONS

ALI BAZZI has joined Varnum’s Corporate Practice Team in the Birmingham office.

BRADLEY GRAY has joined Plunkett Cooney, in the firm’s Labor & Employment Law Practice Group.

DAN BRUBAKER has been named the Michigan Supreme Court’s Chief Operating Officer.

JASON P. COLVIN has joined the Kalamazoo office of Warner Norcross + Judd LLP as a partner.

SAM KOKOSZKA has joined the Birmingham office of Varnum, as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Team.

JOHN W. POLDERMAN and RACHAEL FRAWLEY-PANYARD joined Stevenson & Bullock PLC.

ERIC RAMAR has joined Ottenwess Law as a Partner.

KRISTA COTTER RANTA, ALEXIS LAURING, DAVID LIN, and KEVIN MAJEWSKI have joined Maddin Hauser.

KATELYN WIERENGA has joined the Grand Rapids office of Plunkett Cooney as a member of its Transportation Law and Litigation practice groups.

SARA ZIVIAN ZWICKL has joined Couzens Lansky as of counsel.

LEADERSHIP

LUIS AVILA, with Varnum, has been re-appointed to the Grand Rapids Art Museum board of trustees for 2025.

LEE HORNBERGER has been approved to be on the District of Columbia Public Employee Relations Board List of Neutrals.

JORDAN VALENTINE, with Varnum, has been appointed to the board of trustees for Siena Heights University.

OTHER

BUTZEL is accepting applications now through Monday, March 31, 2025, for the inaugural Richard Rassel Butzel Core Values Scholarship, an annual $15,000 award to be presented to a deserving law school student.

FISHMAN STEWART PLLC has expanded its practice areas to include sports law.

GOODMAN ACKER is moving to a new Southfield location, Two Towne Square, Suite 444.