45 Foster Swift Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America© 2019

45 lawyers from Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2019 edition. Each year's new edition is launched for the calendar year.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers^® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. For more information, visit www.bestlawyers.com.

Each attorney and their areas of practice for which they are listed are as follows:

SOUTHFIELD

Dirk H. Beckwith

• Construction Law

Michael R. Blum

• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management

Julie I. Fershtman

• Commercial Litigation
• Insurance Law

Gilbert M. Frimet

• Health Care Law

Lisa J. Hamameh

• Municipal Law

John M. Kamins

• Corporate Law

Frank T. Mamat

• Labor Law – Management

Paul J. Millenbach

• Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants

Brian J. Renaud

• Administrative/Regulatory Law

Bruce A. Vande Vusse

• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

GRAND RAPIDS

Frederick D. Dilley

• Arbitration
• Mediation
• Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs 

Laura J Genovich

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Scott H. Hogan

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Litigation – Bankruptcy

Todd W. Hoppe

• Tax Law

Lawrence Korolewicz

• Insurance Law

Jack A. Siebers

• Corporate Law
• Real Estate Law

Thomas R. TerMaat

• Insurance Law

Jack L. Van Coevering

• Litigation and Controversy – Tax
• Tax Law

Lynwood P. VandenBosch

• Corporate Law

Paul D. Yared

• Corporate Law
• Insurance Law

HOLLAND

Jennifer B. Van Regenmorter

• Health Care Law

LANSING

Charles E. Barbieri

• Environmental Law
• First Amendment Law
• Litigation – Environmental
• Litigation – First Amendment
• Natural Resources Law

Scott A. Chernich

• Banking and Finance Law
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Allan J. Claypool

• Tax Law
• Trusts and Estates

Anna K. Gibson

• Trusts and Estates

Brian G. Goodenough

• Insurance Law
• Litigation – Municipal
• Litigation – Real Estate
• Workers' Compensation Law – Employers

Matt G. Hrebec

• Banking and Finance Law
• Corporate Compliance Law
• Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Charles A. Janssen

• Elder Law
• Trusts and Estates

James B. Jensen, Jr.

• Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Tax Law

Stephen I. Jurmu

• Corporate Governance Law
• Corporate Law
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Richard C. Kraus

• Health Care Law

David M. Lick

• Arbitration
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law
• Mediation
• Project Finance Law

Stephen J. Lowney

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Scott L. Mandel

• Bet-the-company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Insurance Law
• Litigation – Antitrust

Gary J. McRay

• Health Care Law

Thomas R. Meagher

• Commercial Litigation

Douglas A. Mielock

• Elder Law
• Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Non-Profit/Charities Law
• Trusts and Estates

Steven L. Owen

• Banking and Finance Law
• Financial Services Regulation Law
• Real Estate Law

Frank H. Reynolds

• Bet-the-company Litigation
• Criminal Defense: General Practice
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Family Law

Michael D. Sanders

• Workers' Compensation – Employers

Jean G. Schtokal

• International Trade and Finance Law

Webb A. Smith

• Commercial Litigation
• Energy Law
• First Amendment Law
• Natural Resources Law
• Oil and Gas Law   

Scott A. Storey

• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Real Estate
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Deanna Swisher

• Commercial Litigation

Brent A. Titus

• Litigation – Real Estate
• Real Estate Law