Four Newly Sworn-In Associates Join Foster Swift

LANSING, Mich. — Foster Swift welcomes new associate attorneys Mackenzie M. Almassian, Patrick E. Quinn, James A. Ryan and Charles R. Sarchet to the firm. All four previously got their start at Foster Swift by participating in the firm’s summer associate program in 2023 while finishing law school and were sworn in by Michigan Supreme Court Justice Brian K. Zahra on Wednesday, November 13.

Mackenzie will continue working in the Grand Rapids office as a member of the Municipal practice group where she will practice in municipal and public entity law, municipal litigation, and administrative law. She is an alumna of both Michigan State University and Michigan State University’s College of Law.

Patrick joins the Litigation practice group in the Lansing office. He is a graduate of Hunter College and Michigan State University College of Law. His areas of practice will be in litigation, including contract disputes, insurance defense, real estate, business and shareholder disputes, probate litigation, as well as family law.

James is an alumnus of Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin Law School and will also be joining the Litigation practice group, focusing on commercial litigation, contracts, insurance law and defense, and no-fault litigation in the Southfield office.

Charles rejoins the Business and Tax practice group in Grand Rapids where he will be assisting with mergers and acquisitions, various tax matters, entity formation, sports law, and employment law. He attended Grand Valley State University and received his Juris Doctorate from Michigan State University’s College of Law.

Mackenzie Almassian	Patrick Quinn	James Ryan	Charles Sarchet
Municipal	Litigation	Litigation	Business & Tax