Posted 06/24/08
Lawrence J. Murphy, ’68, was recently featured in a June 2, 2008, article in the Grand Rapids Business Journal for his new role as managing partner at Varnum Riddering Schmidt & Howlett. Murphy has been with the firm 10 years, representing many of Varnum's top years, clients in all aspects of labor and employment law.
Posted 06/04/08
Mark J. Bennett, ’90, senior counsel at the law firm of Miller Canfield and leader of the firm’s Climate Change initiative, is lead author of a new publication called, “Current Critical Issues in Environmental Law: Green Buildings and Sustainable Development,” which will be published by LexisNexis in June. It is a comprehensive resource for attorneys and other professionals working in the area of green building and sustainable development.
Posted 05/22/08
Joan Mahoney, ’75, a law school professor and former dean of Wayne State University Law School, was recently featured in Crain’s Business Detroit in an article highlighting her as the first woman lawyer to join Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn L.L.P. (also in 1975).
Posted 05/08/08
Emily A. Minns, ’89, has joined Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP’s (Honigman) Oakland County office as a Partner in the Real Estate Department. Minns joins Honigman from Butzel Long, where she practiced real estate law as a senior attorney.
Posted 04/29/08
Suzanne M. Miller, ’05, has joined Butzel Long as an associate attorney based in the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office. Miller practices in the area of tax planning and controversy and general corporate law.
Posted 04/16/08
Robert McWhorter, ’93, was recently elected a partner at Nossaman. He is Co-Chair of the firm's Financial Services Practice Group and is based in Sacramento. He has more than 14 years of experience handling complex contested civil litigation, bankruptcy matters, and healthcare law. He represents troubled companies, individuals, and secured creditors in Chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcy proceedings and litigates matters involving contracts, business torts, lender liability, commercial transactions, and real estate litigation. As a healthcare attorney, he represents hospitals, physicians and other licensed health care professionals in administrative proceedings involving medical staff credentialing, licensing and regulatory disputes. He currently serves as the President of the Administrative Law Section for the Sacramento County Bar Association.
Posted 04/07/08
Laurel F. McGiffert, ’80, was recently elected to her first term as a member of the Board of Directors of Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest law firms. She was elected to serve a three-year term.
Posted 02/22/08
Monica M. Moore, ’00, has joined Detroit-based employment law firm Nemeth Burwell, P.C. She is well known in Detroit-area legal circles and has a strong background in employment law. Immediately prior to joining Nemeth Burwell, Moore had been a partner in the Detroit office of Bodman, LLP. Moore joins Nemeth Burwell as a senior attorney, focusing her practice on employment counseling and litigation. In addition to client representation, Moore presents seminars on topics such as the Family and Medical Leave Act, the American with Disabilities Act, protecting confidential and electronic data, and religion in the workplace.
Posted 02/14/08
Anna M. Maiuri, ’92, was reelected by Miller Canfield to serve a two-year term as managing director, effective Jan. 1, 2008. She is part of a five-person management administration that works with the CEO to oversee the firm’s offices in the United States, Canada and Poland. Maiuri has been with the firm for nearly 16 years and is a principal and environmental and regulatory lawyer in the Troy office. She also serves as deputy leader of the firm’s Environmental and Regulatory Group.
Posted 02/13/08
Lawrence C. Mann, ’80, was elected Managing Partner of the Detroit office of Bowman and Brooke LLP.
Posted 01/24/08
Gabriel S. Marinaro, ’04, has joined Dykema's Employee Benefits Practice Area as an associate in its Detroit office. Mr. Marinaro's practice concentrates on all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation. A resident of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mr. Marinaro received his B.S., cum laude, from Eastern Michigan University, his J.D. from Wayne State University Law School, and his LL.M., with distinction, in Taxation and a Certificate in Employee Benefits Law from Georgetown University Law Center. He was formerly an associate with Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP in New York.
Posted 01/17/08
E. Powell Miller, ’86, founding partner of Michigan-based The Miller Law Firm P.C., has been named one of “The Best Lawyers in America” for 2008 in the specialty of Commercial Litigation.
Posted 01/08/08
H. Roger Mali, ’02, has been named a partner in Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP’s Real Estate Department. Mali’s practice focuses on complex corporate and real estate transactions, including sales and acquisitions, development agreements, construction contracts, infrastructure development, commercial leasing, environmental assessment, zoning matters, property management issues, and tax deferred exchanges. He resides in Franklin, Mich.
Posted 01/08/08
Mary K. Mansfield, ’03, has been named a partner in Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP’s Trusts and Estates Department. Mansfield counsels individual clients on various matters including estate and tax planning, probate administration, probate litigation and trust administration. She resides in Grosse Pointe, Mich.
Posted 11/28/07
Kathleen J. McCarthy, ’87, associate professor and reference librarian at Seton Hall University School of Law, will be volunteering as a short term legal specialist for the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, Europe and Eurasia program in the Republic of Armenia. Professor McCarthy will be assisting the Armenian Court of Cassation Judicial Department in developing topical indexing systems for its written decisions. In the fall of 2004, Professor McCarthy was in Armenia as a Fulbright Senior Specialist as part of an ongoing partnership between Seton Hall University and Armenia especially Yerevan State University following up on the Rule of Law project to strengthen Armenia’s Rule of Law through reforming legal education at Yerevan State University.
Posted 10/29/07
Michael W. Maddin, President and a Managing Director of Southfield-based Maddin, Hauser, Wartell, Roth & Heller P.C., has been named in the fourteenth edition of The Best Lawyers in America® 2008. (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). Seven Maddin Hauser lawyers have been recognized this year. A resident of West Bloomfield, Maddin is a founding partner of the firm. He has been listed as a top practitioner in Real Estate Law, an honor for which he has been previously recognized. Maddin is a 1965 graduate of Wayne State University School of Law.
Posted 10/29/07
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Mark R. Hauser, a Managing Director of Southfield-based Maddin, Hauser, Wartell, Roth & Heller P.C., has been named in the fourteenth edition of The Best Lawyers in America® 2008. (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). Seven Maddin Hauser lawyers have been recognized this year. A resident of Bloomfield Hills, Hauser is a founding partner of the firm. He has been listed as a top practitioner in Real Estate Law and has continuously been named to Best Lawyers since 2001. Hauser is a 1967 graduate of Wayne State University School of Law. Hauser is the past President of the United Jewish Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit and a Member of the Board of Trustees of United Jewish Communities, for which he previously served as a National Vice Chairman and member of the Executive Committee.
Posted 10/02/07
Emily A. Minns of Butzel Long has been elected to the Board of Directors of Don Bosco Hall in Detroit, a private, non-profit agency, with residential, transitional, and non-residential facilities, providing community enrichment services through counseling, mentoring and outreach programs targeting at-risk young men and boys. Minns is a graduate of Wayne State University Law School and the University of Michigan (A.B., 1978).
Posted 09/26/07
Wayne State University Law School alumni Ben Smith, 38, and Anne MacIntyre, 39, were recently selected as two of the area’s top business leaders in Crain’s 2007 40 Under 40 Class. Smith is vice president of development and brokerage for The Farbman Group in Southfield, a real estate services company with annual revenue of roughly $25 million. MacIntyre is president of Community Central Wealth Management in Mount Clemens.
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