Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest law firms, recently named five attorneys as its newest shareholders.
Chase M. Kubica, Mitchell McIntyre, Christopher J. Scott, Kimberly K. Seibert and Andrea Forsyth Telling were unanimously approved by the firm’s Board of Directors as the firm’s newest shareholders. The promotion from associate attorney is based on the recommendations of the firm’s Shareholder Evaluation Committee and is effective January 1, 2019.
Kubica is a member of the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office who focuses his litigation practice in the areas of motor vehicle liability, no fault law and premises liability. He represents national insurers, corporations and individuals in first- and third-party automobile negligence claims, as well as uninsured and underinsured motorist benefits. Kubica also has experience handling cases that involve alleged fraud and suspicious insured and medical provider claims related to motor vehicle accidents.
Admitted to the State Bar of Michigan and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Kubica has been named as a Michigan Super Lawyers Rising Star since 2013. He is a 2010 cum laude graduate of the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and a 2006 graduate of Michigan State University.
McIntyre is a member of the firm’s Transportation Law Practice Group. He has extensive experience with insurance coverage, no-fault and high exposure transportation litigation and also specializes in transportation network claims and ride-sharing. McIntyre represents some of the largest carriers and rental car corporations in the country and acts as Michigan panel counsel for one of the premier network transportation companies.
A member of the firm’s Detroit office, McIntyre graduated, cum laude, from Wayne State University Law School in 2012 where he received both the Silver and Bronze Key Academic Awards. He received his undergraduate degree from Central Michigan University in 2008.
Scott is a member of the firm’s Flint office who focuses his practice in all areas of law concerning personal injury, property damage or commercial liability. He handles matters that include premises liability, construction liability, trespass/tree removal liability, civil rights, medical liability, trusts and estates, probate litigation and litigation involving motor vehicle no-fault and negligence claims.
Scott graduated from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School in 2003. He graduated from the University of Michigan – Flint in 1998.
Seibert serves as co-leader of Plunkett Cooney’s Transportation Law Practice Group. She focuses her practice in the areas of motor vehicle negligence and no-fault law, routinely defending insurers, rental car companies, trucking companies, and corporations in no-fault coverage disputes and negligence suits.
A member of the firm’s Detroit office, Seibert has been named for the past two years as a Michigan Rising Star in Civil Litigation Defense by Michigan Super Lawyers. She received her law degree from Wayne State University Law School in 2011 where she received the Bronze Key Certificate. Seibert received her undergraduate degree from University of Michigan in 2008.
Rounding out the list of Plunkett Cooney’s new shareholders is Andrea Forsyth Telling, who is a member of the firm’s Grand Rapids office. Forsyth Telling focuses her practice in the area of transportation law with particular emphasis on first- and third-party motor vehicle liability claims. Her practice has particular emphasis on the representation of national insurance providers in complex medical fraud litigation, complex attendant care matters and extra-contractual litigation disputes.
Admitted to practice in Illinois, Colorado and Michigan, as well as the federal courts in Illinois and Michigan, Forsyth Telling received her law degree, with high honors, from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2005 and her undergraduate degree from DePaul University in 1998.
Established in 1913, Plunkett Cooney is a leading provider of transactional and litigation services to clients in the private and public sectors. The firm employs approximately 150 attorneys in eight Michigan cities, Chicago, Illinois, Columbus, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana. Plunkett Cooney has achieved the highest rating (AV) awarded by Martindale-Hubbell, another leading, international directory of law firms. The firm was also recently selected by Crain’s Detroit Business as its inaugural Law Firm of the Year winner.
For more information about Plunkett Cooney’s (@PlunkettCooney) newest shareholders, contact the firm’s Director of Marketing and Business Development John Cornwell at (248) 901-4008; jcornwell@plunkettcooney.com.
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