LANSING, Mich. — Thirty-six lawyers from Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC, were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).
Best Lawyers in Foster Swift's Lansing office:
- Charles E. Barbieri — Environmental Law, First Amendment Law, Natural Resources Law
- Scott A. Chernich — Banking Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
- Allan J. Claypool — Tax Law, Trusts & Estates
- Eric E. Doster — Government Relations Law
- Brian G. Goodenough — Municipal Law, Real Estate Law, Worker's Compensation Law
- Michael G. Harrison — Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Matt G. Hrebec — Banking Law, Corporate Governance & Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Melissa J. Jackson — Labor and Employment Law
- Charles A. Janssen — Elder Law, Trusts & Estates
- James B. Jensen, Jr. — Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Tax Law
- Stephen I. Jurmu — Corporate Governance & Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Employee Benefits Law
- Steven H. Lasher — Administrative Law
- David M. Lick — Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Project Finance Law
- Stephen J. Lowney — Employee Benefits Law
- Scott L. Mandel — Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
- Donald E. Martin — Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Gary J. McRay — Health Care Law
- Douglas A. Mielock — Elder Law, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Trusts & Estates
- Steven L. Owen — Banking Law, Real Estate Law
- Frank H. Reynolds — Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Family Law
- Michael D. Sanders — Worker's Compensation Law
- Jean G. Schtokal — International Trade and Finance Law
- Webb A. Smith — Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, First Amendment Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil & Gas Law
- Sherry A. Stein — Employee Benefits Law
- Scott A. Storey — Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation
- Deanna Swisher — Commercial Litigation
- Brent A. Titus — Real Estate Law
Best Lawyers in Foster Swift's Farmington Hills office:
- Gilbert M. Frimet — Health Care Law
- Alan G. Gilchrist — Administrative Law, Health Care Law
- Frank T. Mamat — Labor and Employment Law
- Francis G. Seyferth — Trusts & Estates
- Bruce A. Vande Vusse — Medical Malpractice Law
Best Lawyers in Foster Swift's Grand Rapids office:
- Scott H. Hogan — Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
- Jack A. Siebers — Corporate Law
- Thomas R. TerMaat — Insurance Law
- Paul D. Yared — Corporate Law
Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey. Because of the rigorous and transparent methodology used by Best Lawyers, and because lawyers are not required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion is considered a prestigious honor. Best Lawyers recently partnered with U.S. News & World Report to create annual rankings of "Best Law Firms." For more information, visit www.BestLawyers.com or www.USNews.com.