The law firm of Foster Swift Collins & Smith, P.C. has announced seven new shareholders, including four from the Lansing office: Lauren Dunn, Anna Gibson, Nicholas Oertel and Patricia Scott.
A graduate of Wayne State University Law School, Dunn provides employee benefits counsel for public and private employers. She also advises and drafts various healthcare reform plans, including medical reimbursement and nondiscrimination testing and serves on Impression 5 Science Center Board of Directors.
Gibson, who graduated first in her class at Ave Maria Law School, is a member of the Trusts and Estates practice group. Named in Best Lawyers in America since 2013, she is on the Board of Directors for Elder Law of Michigan and is active in the Greater Lansing Estate Planning Council.
Nicholas Oertel practices business and securities law and leads the firm's Startup Entrepreneurial Emerging Development (S.E.E.D) Group. A graduate of Michigan State University College of Law, he serves on the Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Michigan Board of Directors and was listed in the Ingham County Bar Association's 2016 "Top 5 Under 35."
Scott concentrates her practice in bankruptcy, finance, collections, and real estate. The Thomas M. Cooley Law School graduate is listed as a Michigan Super Lawyers "Rising Star," 2016, and is on the Board of Directors for Small Talk Children's Assessment Center and Junior League of Lansing.
The three other new Foster Swift shareholders are Alicia Birach and Adam Fadly of the Southfield office, and Barbra Homier of the Grand Rapids office.
- Posted January 30, 2017
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