Foster Swift Attorneys Named 2025 Best Lawyers in America

­­­FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE —August 15, 2024

LANSING, Mich. — 41 lawyers from Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^© 2025.

* Indicates lawyers who are either listed for the first time in Best Lawyers or have a new area of law listed. Each attorney and their areas of practice for which they are listed are as follows.

Southfield, MI

Dirk H. Beckwith

• Construction Law

Michael R. Blum

• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management

Julie I. Fershtman

• Commercial Litigation
• Insurance Law

Paul J. Millenbach

• Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants

Brian J. Renaud

• Administrative/Regulatory Law

GRAND RAPIDS

Karl W. Butterer

• Commercial Litigation
• Employment Law – Management

Jonathan J. David

• Trusts and Estates

Frederick D. Dilley

• Arbitration
• Mediation
• Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs 

Laura J. Genovich

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

Scott H. Hogan

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

Mindi M. Johnson

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)*
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Tax Law*

Lawrence Korolewicz

• Insurance Law

Thomas R. TerMaat

• Insurance Law

Steven J. Tjapkes

• Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Trusts and Estates

Jack L. Van Coevering

• Litigation and Controversy – Tax
• Tax Law

Lynwood P. VandenBosch

• Corporate Law

Andrew C. Vredenburg

• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law

Holland

Ryan E. Lamb

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

Jennifer B. Van Regenmorter

• Health Care Law

LANSING

James F. Anderton, V

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
• Tax Law
• Trusts and Estates

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

Anna K. Gibson

• Trusts and Estates

Brian G. Goodenough

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

Matt G. Hrebec

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

Charles A. Janssen

• Elder Law
• Trusts and Estates

Michael R. Kluck

• Labor Law – Management

Mark T. Koerner*

• Municipal Law

Scott L. Mandel

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

Paula K. Manis

• Arbitration
• Mediation
• Oil and Gas Law

Thomas R. Meagher

• Commercial Litigation

Douglas A. Mielock

• Elder Law
• Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Nonprofit/Charities Law
• Trusts and Estates

James R. Neal

• Energy Law
• Natural Resources Law
• Oil and Gas Law

Michael G. Oliva

• Administrative/Regulatory Law
• Energy Law

Michael H. Rhodes

• Corporate Law
• Health Care Law
• Oil and Gas Law
• Real Estate Law

Kevin J. Roragen

• Commercial Litigation
• Municipal Law

David R. Russell

• Commercial Litigation

Michael D. Sanders

• Workers' Compensation – Employers

Deanna Swisher

• Commercial Litigation

Jeffrey S. Theuer

• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law

Brent A. Titus

• Litigation – Real Estate
• Real Estate Law

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