Warner Norcross + Judd LLP is proud to announce that it is
the only Michigan-headquartered law firm to earn a spot on BTI
Consulting’s Awesome Opponents of 2025.
BTI has previously ranked Warner and its Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group as a national leader. In 2023, BTI named Warner a “Litigation Standout.” The firm, which serves clients nationally from its nine Michigan offices, has also been recognized by BTI as a “Litigation Powerhouse” and as one of the nation’s “Most Feared” litigation firms.
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Kemp Klein Law Firm is pleased to announce the addition of Margaret Lindauer as associate attorney. Lindauer will be active with several practice groups, including estate planning, probate and trust administration, elder law, and tax planning. She is dedicated to guiding her clients through the design, preparation, and implementation of their estate plans, and she also assists them in navigating probate and trust administrations.
“I am thrilled to join the Kemp Klein team. I look forward to bringing my legal and tax experience to the firm to serve clients and contribute to the firm’s practice teams,” said Lindauer.
Lindauer grew up in Chelsea, Michigan before moving to Chicago where she attended DePaul University and earned a Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences in Political Science in 2017. She earned her law degree from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law in 2020. She also holds ICLE’s Probate & Estate Planning Certificate.
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Honigman LLP recently announced that it is growing its Corporate Department with the addition of Samantha Kopacz as partner in the firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group in Detroit.
Kopacz joins from Miller Canfield where she led the employee benefits and executive compensation practice. Her work centers around the design, implementation and administration of employee benefit plans and executive compensation arrangements. She also brings more than 15 years of experience advising employers, trustee boards, group health plans, insurance companies, and third-party administrators on regulatory issues related to qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans, fringe benefit plans, and executive compensation and incentive programs.
Kopacz has experience structuring and advising on defined contribution plans, defined benefit/pension plans, self-funded and fully insured health and welfare benefit plans, IRC §125 cafeteria plans, IRC §501(c)(9) Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs), IRC §115 trusts, consumer driven plans and various other types of benefit plans. She also advises clients on various laws and regulations that intersect with employee benefits, such as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Internal Revenue Code (IRC), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA).
Kopacz earned a law degree from Wayne State University Law School in 2007 and a B.A. from New York University in 2004. Prior to joining Miller Canfield, Kopacz was a shareholder at Fraser, Trebilcock, Davis, & Dunlap PC. While in law school, she served as judicial intern to U.S. District Court Judge Nancy G. Edmunds, Eastern District of Michigan.
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BTI has previously ranked Warner and its Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group as a national leader. In 2023, BTI named Warner a “Litigation Standout.” The firm, which serves clients nationally from its nine Michigan offices, has also been recognized by BTI as a “Litigation Powerhouse” and as one of the nation’s “Most Feared” litigation firms.
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Kemp Klein Law Firm is pleased to announce the addition of Margaret Lindauer as associate attorney. Lindauer will be active with several practice groups, including estate planning, probate and trust administration, elder law, and tax planning. She is dedicated to guiding her clients through the design, preparation, and implementation of their estate plans, and she also assists them in navigating probate and trust administrations.
“I am thrilled to join the Kemp Klein team. I look forward to bringing my legal and tax experience to the firm to serve clients and contribute to the firm’s practice teams,” said Lindauer.
Lindauer grew up in Chelsea, Michigan before moving to Chicago where she attended DePaul University and earned a Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences in Political Science in 2017. She earned her law degree from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law in 2020. She also holds ICLE’s Probate & Estate Planning Certificate.
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Honigman LLP recently announced that it is growing its Corporate Department with the addition of Samantha Kopacz as partner in the firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group in Detroit.
Kopacz joins from Miller Canfield where she led the employee benefits and executive compensation practice. Her work centers around the design, implementation and administration of employee benefit plans and executive compensation arrangements. She also brings more than 15 years of experience advising employers, trustee boards, group health plans, insurance companies, and third-party administrators on regulatory issues related to qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans, fringe benefit plans, and executive compensation and incentive programs.
Kopacz has experience structuring and advising on defined contribution plans, defined benefit/pension plans, self-funded and fully insured health and welfare benefit plans, IRC §125 cafeteria plans, IRC §501(c)(9) Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Associations (VEBAs), IRC §115 trusts, consumer driven plans and various other types of benefit plans. She also advises clients on various laws and regulations that intersect with employee benefits, such as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Internal Revenue Code (IRC), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA).
Kopacz earned a law degree from Wayne State University Law School in 2007 and a B.A. from New York University in 2004. Prior to joining Miller Canfield, Kopacz was a shareholder at Fraser, Trebilcock, Davis, & Dunlap PC. While in law school, she served as judicial intern to U.S. District Court Judge Nancy G. Edmunds, Eastern District of Michigan.
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Miller Johnson is proud to announce that Stephen T. Reaume has been recognized with an Emerging Leaders Award presented by The M&A Advisor.
Reaume is a member in Miller Johnson’s Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions practice group. His Detroit-based practice includes commercial transactions and general corporate counseling. He specializes in mergers, buy and sell side stock and asset transactions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, reorganizations, and private equity investments. Reaume’s clientele ranges across manufacturing, financial advisory, healthcare, marine, and many other industries.
Reaume will be formally recognized at the 15th Annual Emerging Leaders Awards Gala, which will be held during the 2024 2024 Leadership in Dealmaking Summit on September 23-24 in New York City.
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In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, BSP Law hosted its fourth annual drawing competition for the students at César ?Chávez Academy ?Upper Elementary in Detroit.
Students were given the opportunity to create a drawing depicting what Hispanic Heritage Month means to them. Out of several creative and thoughtful submissions, BSP Law selected two students who each won a
pizza party for their class. BSP Law also donated to the academy.
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Mark Wisniewski has been honored by his selection to the DBusiness’ Detroit 500. Since 2014, Wisniewski has served as the chair and chief executive officer of the Kitch firm. Additionally, he co-chairs the firm’s asbestos liability mass tort defense practices.
Kitch is also proud to announce Jenna Wright Greenman’s selection as a Fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation.
Wright Greenman is a defense trial attorney with a track record of defense verdicts on behalf of hospitals and medical care providers against claims of professional negligence, including catastrophic brain damage cases, neurology, and neurosurgery, among others. She is a leader of the Detroit office’s birth trauma and medical malpractice defense practice groups.
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Jackson Lewis PC is pleased to announce that eight attorneys from the firm’s Detroit office have been listed in the 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Jackson Lewis congratulates the following attorneys named to the 2025 Best Lawyers in America list:
Office Managing Principal and Office Litigation Manager Emily M. Petroski (Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Principal Roderick D. Gillum (Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Principal Aimee Guthat (Immigration Law)
Principal Maurice G. Jenkins (Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Principal Marlo Johnson Roebuck (Labor Law – Management)
Principal Allan S. Rubin (Labor Law – Management)
Principal Katherine J. Van Dyke (Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment)
Principal Gillian P. Yee (Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment)
