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August 12, 2022
LANSING, Mich. —11 lawyers from Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC have been selected to the 2022 Michigan Super Lawyers list while 10 have been selected as "Rising Stars.” Only five percent of the lawyers in Michigan are selected by Super Lawyers while the "Rising Stars" list recognizes no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in each state.
* Indicates a new addition to the list and ** indicates additional honors. In addition to her listing in Super Lawyers, Julie Fershtman was also listed in the “Top 100 Michigan Super Lawyers” and “Top 50 Women Michigan Super Lawyers”. “Rising Stars” Laura Genovich and Kathrine Ruttkofsky are listed in the Super Lawyers Women’s Edition as well.
2022 Michigan Super Lawyers and their area(s) of practice for which they are listed:
Southfield
| Attorney | Practice Area |
| Dirk H. Beckwith | Business Litigation |
| Michael R. Blum | Employment & Labor |
| Julie I. Fershtman** | Civil Litigation: Defense |
| Paul J. Millenbach | Business Litigation |
Grand Rapids
| Frederick D. Dilley | General Litigation |
Lansing
| Charles E. Barbieri | Environmental |
| Charles A. Janssen | Estate & Probate |
| Richard C. Kraus | Appellate |
| Scott L. Mandel | Business Litigation |
| Douglas A. Mielock | Estate & Probate |
| Scott A. Storey | Energy & Resources |
2022 "Rising Stars" List and their area(s) of practice for which they are listed:
Southfield
| Attorney | Practice Area |
| Adam A. Fadly | Civil Litigation: Defense |
| Joseph B. Gale | Civil Litigation: Defense |
| Robert A. Hamor | Business/Corporate |
| Rachel G. Olney | General Litigation |
| Tyler J. Olney* | Workers’ Compensation |
| Kathrine A. Ruttkofsky** | Appellate |
Grand Rapids
| Laura J. Genovich** | Bankruptcy: Business |
| Benjamin C. Dilley | Civil Litigation: Plaintiff/Defense |
Lansing
| Taylor A. Gast | Business/Corporate |
| Warren H. Krueger III* | Estate & Probate |
Super Lawyers is a research-driven rating system of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Annual selections are made using a multiphase process that includes peer nominations, independent research by Super Lawyers and evaluations from a highly credentialed panel of attorneys.
To be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years of age or younger, or have been in practice for 10 years or less.