Foster Swift Attorneys Named 2024 Best Lawyers in America

LANSING, Mich. — 34 lawyers from Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America^© 2024.

* Indicates lawyers who are listed for the first time in Best Lawyers (Number of years listed in Best Lawyers). Each attorney and their areas of practice for which they are listed are as follows.

Southfield, MI

Dirk H. Beckwith (10)

• Construction Law

Michael R. Blum (10)

• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management

Julie I. Fershtman (10)

• Commercial Litigation
• Insurance Law

Gilbert M. Frimet

• Health Care Law

Paul J. Millenbach (10)

• Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants

Brian J. Renaud (10)

• Administrative/Regulatory Law

GRAND RAPIDS

Karl W. Butterer

• Commercial Litigation
• Employment Law – Management

Jonathan J. David*

• Trusts and Estates

Frederick D. Dilley (30)

• 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

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Lawrence Korolewicz (10)

• Insurance Law

Thomas R. TerMaat

• Insurance Law

Steven J. Tjapkes (10)

• Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Trusts and Estates

Jack L. Van Coevering (10)

• Litigation and Controversy – Tax
• Tax Law

Lynwood P. VandenBosch (10)

• 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

Charles E. Barbieri (30)

• 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 (10)

• 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 Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Charles A. Janssen

• Elder Law
• Trusts and Estates

Scott L. Mandel

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

Thomas R. Meagher (10)

• Commercial Litigation

Douglas A. Mielock (20)

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

Kevin J. Roragen

• Commercial Litigation
• Municipal Law

David R. Russell

• Commercial Litigation

Michael D. Sanders

• Workers' Compensation – Employers

Deanna Swisher

• Commercial Litigation

Brent A. Titus (20)

• Litigation – Real Estate
• Real Estate Law

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