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Dykema

Dykema recently announced that the firm was nationally ranked in 11 practice areas in the 2020 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list, as well as receiving a total of 123 metropolitan rankings representing various areas of law.

Practices are ranked and classified in three different tier levels in both national and metropolitan categories. Dykema’s recognized national and local practices are listed below:

National Tier 1

• Land Use & Zoning Law

• Real Estate Law

National Tier 2
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Insurance Law
• Litigation - Real Estate

National Tier 3
• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Environmental Law
• Litigation - Tax
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Securities / Capital Markets Law

Metropolitan Tier 1
Bloomfield Hills
• Arbitration
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Land Use & Zoning Law
• Litigation - Banking & Finance
• Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Litigation - Land Use & Zoning
• Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions
• Litigation - Real Estate
• Litigation - Trusts & Estates
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Real Estate Law
• Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Trusts & Estates Law

Detroit
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Employment Law - Management
• Environmental Law
• Litigation - Environmental
• Litigation - Labor & Employment
• Litigation - Real Estate
• Litigation - Tax
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Mediation
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Tax Law

Metropolitan Tier 2
Bloomfield Hills
• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Litigation - Antitrust
• Litigation - Labor & Employment
• Litigation - Securities
• Securities Regulation

Detroit
• Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• Litigation - Antitrust
• Litigation - Securities
• Real Estate Law

Metropolitan Tier 3
Detroit
• Construction Law
• Los Angeles
• Litigation - Intellectual Property

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Chalgian & Tripp Law Offices

Southfield attorney John Mabley has been named a Super Lawyer by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine for the 14th year in a row. In addition,  Mabley has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America in the fields of Trusts and Estates since 1991.   Mabley has also been recognized by Leading Lawyers for his work in Trust, Wills, and Estate Planning since 2016. 

 Mabley concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning, probate and trust administration, and trust and estate litigation.  

 Mabley is an attorney with Chalgian & Tripp Law Offices.  Mabley practices out of the Chalgian and Tripp Southfield office. 

In addition, Southfield attorney Christopher Smith has been selected as a Leading Lawyer by Leading Lawyers Magazine for the third year in a row.  Smith concentrates his practice on special needs planning, elder law, and estate planning.  Smith works in the Chalgian and Tripp Southfield office. 

Southfield attorney Jim Spica has has also been named a Super Lawyer by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine for the 10th year in a row. In addition,  Spica has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America in the fields of Trusts and Estates since 2009 and Litigation- Trust and Estates since 2012.   Spica has also been recognized by Leading Lawyers for his work in Trust, Wills, and Estate Planning since 2013 and Tax Law since 2018.   Spica has also been recognized as ‘Top Ranked” Chambers 2017-present for High new Worth Guide (HNW) and DBusiness Top Lawyers in Trust and Estates since 2014. 

 Spica concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning, including charitable planning for high net worth client, complex trust planning and litigation. 

Spica practices out of the Chalgian and Tripp Southfield office.

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Maddin, Hauser, Roth, & Heller PC

Maddin, Hauser, Roth & Heller PC is pleased to announce that 13 of its attorneys have been recognized in DBusiness Magazine’s list of 2020 Top Lawyers.

The recipients and respective categories in which they were honored include:

Stuart M. Bordman, shareholder and chairman of Franchise and Distribution Practice Group: Franchise Law

Earle I. Erman, shareholder: Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights Law, Mediation

Harvey R. Heller, shareholder, Executive Committee member, and Chairman of Defense and Insurance Coverage Practice Group: Insurance Law, Legal Malpractice Law

Robert D. Kaplow, shareholder: Trusts and Estates

Kathleen H. Klaus, shareholder: Legal Malpractice Law, Professional Malpractice Law

Charles M. Lax, shareholder: Employee Benefits Law

Julie Chenot Mayer, shareholder: Professional Malpractice Law

Richard F. Roth, shareholder: Real Estate Law

Steven D. Sallen, president, CEO, Executive Committee member, and co-chairman of Real Estate Practice Group: Real Estate Law

David M. Saperstein, shareholder: Legal Malpractice Law

Julie Beth Teicher, shareholder: Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights Law

Marc S. Wise, shareholder: Employee Benefits Law

Steven M. Wolock, shareholder: Legal Malpractice Law, Professional Malpractice Law

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Howard and Howard Attorneys PLLC

Howard & Howard is pleased to announce that attorney Lisa S. Gretchko was selected to Crain’s Detroit Business 2019 “Notable Women in Law.”

Joining Howard & Howard in late 2003, Gretchko provides informal direction, insight, and counsel to the attorneys in the firm’s Business Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Practice Group. As a highly experienced bankruptcy and creditors’ rights attorney, she consistently leads by example in her professional and successful representation of many clients, including large companies in the state and around the country.   

Gretchko has served a variety of professional organizations including the American Bankruptcy Institute where she is currently the vice president-publications, chair of the Publications Committee, and member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors. She is a past secretary and council member of the State Bar of Michigan’s Real Property Law Section, and a current member of the Mediation Panel of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Lisa is a frequent author and speaker and has published more than two dozen scholarly articles on a wide range of bankruptcy-related topics.

Recognized as a Michigan Super Lawyer and named to The Best Lawyers in America©, among others, Gretchko is a long-time supporter of Ferndale-based Affirmations and the Michigan Autism Partnership.