ARRIVALS & PROMOTIONS
MICHELLE (MICKEY) BARTLETT has joined the Detroit office of Butzel as a senior attorney.
CHRISTOPHER M. HILLER has joined the Grand Rapids office of Butzel.
MARK MEISNER and HUNTER DESANTIS have joined Fishman Stewart PLLC.
HENRY M. NIRENBERG has joined the Troy office of Butzel as a shareholder.
ANTHONY J. SCALISE has joined the Troy office of Butzel as a shareholder.
BRADLEY F. SCOBEL has joined the Troy office of Butzel as a shareholder.
LEADERSHIP
Plunkett Cooney partners AUDREY J. FORBUSH, MICHAEL P. ASHCRAFT, JR., AND JEFFREY S. HENGEVELD have been elected by the members of the firm’s board of directors to board leadership positions.
BETH S. GOTTHELF, with Butzel, has been elected to the Board of Directors for NAATBatt International, the Trade Association for Advanced Battery Technology in North America.
LEE HORNBERGER has become a member of the Nevada Department of Business and Industry Government Employee-Management Relations Board roster of labor arbitrators.
FRANK T. MAMAT, a partner with Plunkett Cooney, was appointed president of the Private Directors Association Detroit-Toledo-Windsor Chapter (Detroit Chapter).
JENNIFER MILLER OERTEL, with Bodman PLC, was appointed chair of the National Tax-Exempt Council’s State Regulatory Roundtable.
JOSHUA J. REUTER, an associate with Warner Norcross + Judd LLP, has been appointed to the Construction Allies in Action board of directors.
GLENN C. ROSS, with Plunkett Cooney, was named a Fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys.
OTHER
FISHMAN STEWART PLLC is pleased to mark its 30th anniversary year in 2026.
PLUNKETT COONEY selected three law school students to receive $2,500 scholarships based on their essay submissions to the firm’s 2025/2026 Laurel F. McGiffert Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Scholarship program.
PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS & EVENTS
JENNIFER DUKARSKI, with Butzel, was a featured speaker during the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International’s Automated and Connected Vehicles Digital Summit on March 24, 2026.
INGHAM COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION will host its Annual Shrimp Dinner on May 20, 2026.
REGINALD A. PACIS, with Butzel, participated in an “Immigration Law Panel” discussion on March 25, 2026, presented by the Immigration Law (Student) Association at the University of Detroit Mercy.