Foster Swift Attorneys Named to 2021 Best Lawyers in America©

LANSING, Mich. — 44 lawyers from Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^© 2021.

Each attorney and their areas of practice for which they are listed are as follows. *Indicates a new practice for which they are listed:

Southfield, MI

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

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

Karl W. Butterer

• Commercial Litigation
• Employment Law – Management*

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

Todd W. Hoppe

• Tax Law

Mindi M. Johnson

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) 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

Ryan E. Lamb

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

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

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

• Appellate Practice*
• 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
• Nonprofit/Charities Law
• Trusts and Estates

John P. Nicolucci

• Commercial Litigation

David R. Russell

• Commercial Litigation

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

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. For the 2019 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America^©, 7.8 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in almost 60,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. 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.