Notice
Please be advised that the Wayne County Probate Court will be closed in obsevance of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 2, and will reopen on Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 8 a.m.
Wayne Law alumni named ‘Stars’ by Benchmark Litigation
Benchmark Litigation, a guide to America’s leading firms and attorneys, recently announced its 2010 Litigation Stars and Future Stars. Eleven of its 36 Local Litigation Stars for Michigan and five of the 12 Future Stars are Wayne State University Law School alumni.
Benchmark Litigation is the only publication that exclusively covers the U.S. litigation market. According to its website, Local Litigation Stars have been recommended consistently as reputable and effective litigators by clients and peers; Future Stars are seen as likely to appear as Local Litigation Stars in the future.
The 2010 Wayne Law Local Litigation Stars are: Eugene Driker, ‘61, Barris Sott Denn and Driker PLLC; Raymond Henney, ‘83; Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP; Peter Kellett, ‘82; Dykema Gossett PLLC; George Kemsley, ‘73, Bodman LLP; Dennis Levasseur, ‘85; Bodman LLP; Jon Muth, ‘71, Miller Johnson Snell and Cummisky PLC; Richard Rassel, ‘97, Butzel Long; William Sankbeil, ‘71, Kerr, Russell and Weber PLC; Mark Stern, ‘84, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP; Douglas Wagner, ‘76, Warner Norcross and Judd LLP; and I.W. Winsten, ‘79, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP.
The 2010 Wayne Law Future Stars are: Laura Baucus, ‘00, Dykema Gossett PLLC; Thomas Bruetsch, ‘00, Bodman LLP; Michael Hindelang, ‘04, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP; Kevin Kalczynski, ‘00, Barris Sott Denn and Driker PLLC; and Brett Rendeiro, ‘02, Varnum Riddering Schmidt and Howlett.
SBM urges members to take Economics of Law Practice online survey
All State Bar of Michigan members are encouraged to participate in the 2010 Economics of Law Practice Survey.
It is available online at www.michbar.org/economicsurvey/ until Sunday, Oct. 31, and should not take more than 15 minutes to complete.
The survey has taken on great importance since the outcome of Smith v. Khouri, in which the Michigan Supreme Court declared that trial courts must begin their determination of an appropriate legal fee by pinpointing the fee customarily charged in its locality for similar legal services, and base this determination on “reliable surveys or other credible evidence of the market.”
The court referenced the SBM-sponsored Economics of Law Practice Survey as a past measure. As there is no equivalent survey regularly conducted, participation in this survey affords SBM members input in this important assessment.
The survey also will gather more information than required in Smith v. Khouri, in order to become the best tool available for attorneys in Michigan to figure out how to set their own fees, or to discover if they are earning salaries that are comparable to those of their peers.
Members are assured that their privacy will be fully protected when they participate and that their replies are strictly confidential. The State Bar will not have access to any respondent’s financial records.
Attorneys do not need to provide a P-number or any other identifying information to take the survey.
Final survey results are expected in late December or early January 2011 and will be available online to all Michigan attorneys, free of charge.
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