64 Varnum attorneys listed in Best Lawers® 2016

A total of 64 Varnum attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Attorneys from each of Varnum’s five offices across Michigan were selected to the list.

Several Varnum attorneys in the 2016 publication have been listed in Best Lawyers® for more than 20 years. They include Lawrence P. Burns, Timothy J. Curtin, Nyal Deems, Dirk Hoffius, Marilyn Lankfer, Daniel C. Molhoek, Fred Sytsma and Larry Titley. Curtin has the distinction of being listed in every edition of Best Lawyers® since it began publication in 1983.

The complete list of Varnum attorneys included in the Best Lawyers in America 2016 are:

Grand Haven
Jeffrey Beswick: Trusts & Estates

Grand Rapids
Stephen P. Afendoulis: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate
Scott Alfree: Corporate Law, Health Care Law
Mark S. Allard: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – ERISA
Jonathan W. Anderson: Real Estate Law
Lawrence P. Burns: Health Care Law
Jon M. Bylsma: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking & Finance, Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation – Securities
Christopher Caldwell: Trusts & Estates
Timothy J. Curtin: Bank­ruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Nyal D. Deems: Real Estate Law
Jeffrey A. DeVree: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
Ronald G. DeWaard: Com­mer­cial Litigation, Litigation – Banking & Finance
Timothy Eagle: Trademark Law
Matthew Eugster: Environ­mental Law
Bruce Goodman: Environ­mental Law
Dirk C. Hoffius: Trusts & Estates
Scott A. Huizenga: Corporate Law
Kaplin Jones: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partner­ships),Tax Law
David E. Khorey: Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
Harvey Koning: Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
Randall W. Kraker: Land Use & Zoning Law, Litigation – Land Use & Zoning, Litigation – Municipal, Litigation – Real Estate, Municipal Law, Real Estate Law
Thomas G. Kyros: Trusts and Estates, Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Marilyn A. Lankfer: Trusts & Estates
Joseph B. Levan: Corporate Law
Timothy J. Lundgren: Energy Regulatory Law, Water Law
Michael S. McElwee: Bank­ruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Daniel C. Molhoek: Corporate Law, International Trade and Finance Law
Steven J. Morren: Real Estate Law
Lawrence J. Murphy: Employ­ment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor & Employment, Commercial Litigation
Melissa Papke – Real Estate Law
William E. Rohn: Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction, Litigation – Labor & Employment
Peter G. Roth: Corporate Law
Perrin Rynders: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor & Employment
Jeff Schad: Banking and Finance Law
Joan Schleef: Banking and Finance Law
Elizabeth Wells Skaggs: Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor & Employment
Peter A. Smit: Litigation – Banking & Finance, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Labor & Employment
Richard R. Symons: Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Fredric A. Sytsma: Trusts & Estates
Larry J. Titley: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Pamela J. Tyler: Trusts & Estates
Joseph J. Vogan: Employ­ment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
John Patrick White: Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
Michael G. Wooldridge: Corporate Law
Susan M. Wyngaarden: Banking and Finance Law, Public Finance Law
Matthew D. Zimmerman:  Energy Law, Environ­mental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Municipal Law

Kalamazoo
John W. Allen: Legal Mal­practice Law – Defendants, Liti­gation – Antitrust, Litigation – Banking & Finance, Litigation – Trusts & Estates
William A. Dornbos: Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Native American Law, Real Estate Law
Richard Fries: Employment Law – Management
Eric J. Guerin: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Land Use & Zoning, Litigation – Real Estate
Richard Halpert: Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Bonnie Sawusch: Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Scott R. Sikkenga: Com­mercial Litigation
Steve Weston: Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Lansing
Eric J. Schneidewind: Comm­un­ications Law, Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law

Novi
Thomas H. Bergh: Trusts and Estates, Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Dennis Devaney: Employ­ment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management
Richard T. Hewlett: Com­mercial Litigation, Con­struction Law, Litigation - Construction
Richard A. Hooker: Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor & Employment
Paul L.B. McKenney: Litig­ation & Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
David K. McLeod: Banking and Finance Law
Eric M. Nemeth: Litigation & Controversy – Tax
Brett Rendeiro: Commercial Litigation

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 39,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

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Varnum is a leading Michigan law firm providing a broad range of legal services to meet the complex needs of its clients. Varnum serves as counsel to growing businesses and institutions throughout Michigan and the Midwest. Varnum’s web site address is www.varnumlaw.com.