Fathers Justice Law PLLC is pleased to announce that attorney Jermaine A. Wyrick,
owner and founder, recently spoke at the 2025 National Microloan
Conference on the subject of “Relationships,” which included
Cohabitation, Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements, on a panel with Dr.
Pauline J. Furman, who hosted a “Mentality” workshop that Wyrick spoke
at in 2023.
Wyrick is a 2024 graduate of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Program, Detroit, Michigan, Cohort 31, earning a “Certificate of Entrepreneurship.” In 2024, he also graduated from the Accounting Aid Society Thrive Program and the Operations School. In 2023, he graduated from the University of Detroit School of Entrepreneurship Boost Program and the Build Institute Social Entrepreneurship cohort, where he won the Pitch competition.
Wyrick has practiced law since 1997. His awards include the 2010 College World Reporter Best Written Article; 2007, Detroit Urban Lutheran School, “Stiving for Excellence;” 2006, Pepsi “Everyday Freedom” Award; 2004, “Civil Rights and Education,” United States Attorney’s Office, Black History Month Award; “2004 Trailblazer Award” from Jordan Educational Consulting Inc.; “Five under Ten” Award from the University of Michigan, African American Alumni Council; Who’s Who in America; the Federal Bar Association, Pro Bono Project Award; Respect for Law, Optimist International; and an award from the Detroit Branch NAACP for Outstanding Leadership in Affirmative Action.
Wyrick has lectured at various places, including the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement, Detroit Public Schools Community District, “Dad’s Day in Pre-K,” Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, the Detroit Branch NAACP George W. Crockett Community Law School, Lorman Education Services, the Northville Psychiatric Hospital, and the Continuing Medical Education program.
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Wayne State University Law School announces that Charles “Chip” Brower II, distinguished service professor and foster family research scholar, has been awarded the 2024 Smit-Lowenfeld Prize. Brower is the first scholar ever to receive the prize twice, having previously earned the distinction in 2012.
Presented annually by the International Arbitration Club of New York, the Smit-Lowenfeld Prize recognizes the year’s most outstanding article on international arbitration.
Brower’s winning article, “Neglected, Perplexing, Unpredictable: Remedies in International Commercial Arbitration” (102 Neb. L. Rev. 485 (2024)), offers a analysis of one of arbitration’s most overlooked yet critical topics: remedies.
Brower serves as chair of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration and Of Counsel in Miller Canfield’s International Disputes Group. Over more than 25 years, he has served as arbitrator, counsel, and advocate in proceedings under leading rules including AAA, HKIAC, ICC, SIAC, and before the International Court of Justice. His scholarship has been cited by federal courts in both the United States and Canada, most recently in the Eleventh Circuit’s unanimous en banc opinion in Corporación AIC, SA v. Hidroeléctrica Santa Rita SA.
Brower is an elected member of the American Law Institute and has been listed in Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration since 2014. His academic career includes visiting positions at Cambridge University’s Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and American University’s Washington College of Law, as well as service on the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law and the AAA’s Observer Delegation to UNCITRAL Working Group II.
At Wayne Law, Brower teaches courses including Contracts, International Law, International Commercial Arbitration, and the Law of Armed Conflict. He earned a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. He also completed a research fellowship at Moscow State University.
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Jones Day has announced that 33 lawyers will be admitted to the firm’s partnership effective January 1, 2026, including the following lawyer in Detroit:
David Kenneth Suska, Issues & Appeals
Suska regularly leads briefing teams in complex civil cases. He has briefed cases at every level of the judiciary, including the U.S. Supreme Court. He has presented oral argument in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Seventh Circuits, in federal district courts, and in state courts.
Suska served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Frank H. Easterbrook, Seventh Circuit. He also served as an attorney-adviser in the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). For his work at DOJ, he received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award.
Before becoming a lawyer, Suska worked at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), where he prepared strategic assessments for the President and other officials. For his work at CIA, he received the Sherman Kent Leadership Award.
Suska earned his law degree from The University of Chicago and his M.A. in Economics and his B.A. from the University of Michigan.
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Varnum is pleased to announce the addition of several associate attorneys to the Birmingham office: Maria Gedris, Laila Hamad, and Rebecca Krasity.
Gedris graduated from Wayne State University Law School. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.
Hamad graduated Wayne State University Law School. She received her undergraduate degree from Eastern Michigan University.
Krasity graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School. She received her undergraduate degree from New York University.
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Honigman Partner Matthew Disbrow has been awarded by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as one of the state’s Go-To Lawyers.
Disbrow is a labor and employment attorney who advises clients concerning a wide spectrum of employment matters, including wage and hour issues, overtime issues, executive employment and compensation, employment discrimination, and other related issues.
He represents employers in federal and state administrative proceedings as well as trial and appellate courts. His clients include automobile manufacturers, automotive suppliers, lending institutions, technology companies, property management companies, hospitality companies, and building contractors.
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Bodman PLC is pleased to announce that Melissa Moore, a member of the firm’s Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group, was appointed to the Oakland
County Bar Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
Based in the firm’s Troy office, Moore represents clients in complex commercial litigation matters throughout the country, from investigation and counseling through discovery, trial, and appeals, along with extrajudicial proceedings through arbitration and mediation.
Moore’s clients include national financial institutions and outdoor advertising agencies, along with regional banks and commercial real property developers and owners. Besides litigation matters, Moore also advises clients in business and corporate transactions.
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Rossman PC is pleased to announce that Mark C. Rossman has been named to DBusiness magazine’s Top Lawyers list for 2026 in the field of Commercial Litigation.
In addition, Rossman PC is proud to announce that Linda R. Oszust was made an equity partner with the firm.
Oszust leads commercial litigation trial teams at Rossman and is the director of Business Operations. She recently won a $5,000,000 Business Court jury verdict in a business litigation matter.
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Panagos Kennedy PLLC has announced that Speros B. Panagos has joined the firm in Troy as an intellectual property litigator and registered patent attorney.
Panagos is in his fifth year of legal practice and focuses on intellectual property and business law, including matters involving patents, trade secrets, and trademarks. Prior to joining Panagos Kennedy PLLC, he practiced at Gordon, Rees, Scully, Mansukhani LLP.
Panagos earned his law degree from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and his Bachelor of Science degree from Grand Valley State University.
Wyrick is a 2024 graduate of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Program, Detroit, Michigan, Cohort 31, earning a “Certificate of Entrepreneurship.” In 2024, he also graduated from the Accounting Aid Society Thrive Program and the Operations School. In 2023, he graduated from the University of Detroit School of Entrepreneurship Boost Program and the Build Institute Social Entrepreneurship cohort, where he won the Pitch competition.
Wyrick has practiced law since 1997. His awards include the 2010 College World Reporter Best Written Article; 2007, Detroit Urban Lutheran School, “Stiving for Excellence;” 2006, Pepsi “Everyday Freedom” Award; 2004, “Civil Rights and Education,” United States Attorney’s Office, Black History Month Award; “2004 Trailblazer Award” from Jordan Educational Consulting Inc.; “Five under Ten” Award from the University of Michigan, African American Alumni Council; Who’s Who in America; the Federal Bar Association, Pro Bono Project Award; Respect for Law, Optimist International; and an award from the Detroit Branch NAACP for Outstanding Leadership in Affirmative Action.
Wyrick has lectured at various places, including the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement, Detroit Public Schools Community District, “Dad’s Day in Pre-K,” Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, the Detroit Branch NAACP George W. Crockett Community Law School, Lorman Education Services, the Northville Psychiatric Hospital, and the Continuing Medical Education program.
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Wayne State University Law School announces that Charles “Chip” Brower II, distinguished service professor and foster family research scholar, has been awarded the 2024 Smit-Lowenfeld Prize. Brower is the first scholar ever to receive the prize twice, having previously earned the distinction in 2012.
Presented annually by the International Arbitration Club of New York, the Smit-Lowenfeld Prize recognizes the year’s most outstanding article on international arbitration.
Brower’s winning article, “Neglected, Perplexing, Unpredictable: Remedies in International Commercial Arbitration” (102 Neb. L. Rev. 485 (2024)), offers a analysis of one of arbitration’s most overlooked yet critical topics: remedies.
Brower serves as chair of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration and Of Counsel in Miller Canfield’s International Disputes Group. Over more than 25 years, he has served as arbitrator, counsel, and advocate in proceedings under leading rules including AAA, HKIAC, ICC, SIAC, and before the International Court of Justice. His scholarship has been cited by federal courts in both the United States and Canada, most recently in the Eleventh Circuit’s unanimous en banc opinion in Corporación AIC, SA v. Hidroeléctrica Santa Rita SA.
Brower is an elected member of the American Law Institute and has been listed in Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration since 2014. His academic career includes visiting positions at Cambridge University’s Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and American University’s Washington College of Law, as well as service on the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law and the AAA’s Observer Delegation to UNCITRAL Working Group II.
At Wayne Law, Brower teaches courses including Contracts, International Law, International Commercial Arbitration, and the Law of Armed Conflict. He earned a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. He also completed a research fellowship at Moscow State University.
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Jones Day has announced that 33 lawyers will be admitted to the firm’s partnership effective January 1, 2026, including the following lawyer in Detroit:
David Kenneth Suska, Issues & Appeals
Suska regularly leads briefing teams in complex civil cases. He has briefed cases at every level of the judiciary, including the U.S. Supreme Court. He has presented oral argument in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Seventh Circuits, in federal district courts, and in state courts.
Suska served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Frank H. Easterbrook, Seventh Circuit. He also served as an attorney-adviser in the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). For his work at DOJ, he received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award.
Before becoming a lawyer, Suska worked at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), where he prepared strategic assessments for the President and other officials. For his work at CIA, he received the Sherman Kent Leadership Award.
Suska earned his law degree from The University of Chicago and his M.A. in Economics and his B.A. from the University of Michigan.
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Varnum is pleased to announce the addition of several associate attorneys to the Birmingham office: Maria Gedris, Laila Hamad, and Rebecca Krasity.
Gedris graduated from Wayne State University Law School. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.
Hamad graduated Wayne State University Law School. She received her undergraduate degree from Eastern Michigan University.
Krasity graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School. She received her undergraduate degree from New York University.
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Honigman Partner Matthew Disbrow has been awarded by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as one of the state’s Go-To Lawyers.
Disbrow is a labor and employment attorney who advises clients concerning a wide spectrum of employment matters, including wage and hour issues, overtime issues, executive employment and compensation, employment discrimination, and other related issues.
He represents employers in federal and state administrative proceedings as well as trial and appellate courts. His clients include automobile manufacturers, automotive suppliers, lending institutions, technology companies, property management companies, hospitality companies, and building contractors.
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Bodman PLC is pleased to announce that Melissa Moore, a member of the firm’s Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group, was appointed to the Oakland
County Bar Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
Based in the firm’s Troy office, Moore represents clients in complex commercial litigation matters throughout the country, from investigation and counseling through discovery, trial, and appeals, along with extrajudicial proceedings through arbitration and mediation.
Moore’s clients include national financial institutions and outdoor advertising agencies, along with regional banks and commercial real property developers and owners. Besides litigation matters, Moore also advises clients in business and corporate transactions.
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Rossman PC is pleased to announce that Mark C. Rossman has been named to DBusiness magazine’s Top Lawyers list for 2026 in the field of Commercial Litigation.
In addition, Rossman PC is proud to announce that Linda R. Oszust was made an equity partner with the firm.
Oszust leads commercial litigation trial teams at Rossman and is the director of Business Operations. She recently won a $5,000,000 Business Court jury verdict in a business litigation matter.
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Panagos Kennedy PLLC has announced that Speros B. Panagos has joined the firm in Troy as an intellectual property litigator and registered patent attorney.
Panagos is in his fifth year of legal practice and focuses on intellectual property and business law, including matters involving patents, trade secrets, and trademarks. Prior to joining Panagos Kennedy PLLC, he practiced at Gordon, Rees, Scully, Mansukhani LLP.
Panagos earned his law degree from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and his Bachelor of Science degree from Grand Valley State University.
