Fact Sheet

Founded: 1902 in Lansing, Michigan by Walter S. Foster

People:

87 attorneys - all graduates of ABA accredited law schools and all in "good standing with the State Bar of Michigan"
22 paralegals
45 legal assistants
36 administration employees including accounting, human resources, marketing, office services, recruiting and technology

Recognitions:

Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating 33 attorneys hold an AV^® Preeminent™ rating.
Best Lawyers in America^© 37 of our attorneys earned this designation for 2023. Additionally, Foster Swift was ranked in more than 45 of the 75 national practice areas listed in the U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers 2023 Best Law Firms in America.
Michigan Super Lawyers 10 of our attorneys were recently selected for this recognition based on the survey conducted by Law & Politics magazine. We were also honored to have Michigan Super Lawyers name six of our young attorneys as "Rising Stars."
Theodore Swift Civility Award. In 2000, the Ingham County (Lansing) Bar Association established this annual recognition in honor of Ted Swift, one of the attorneys for whom our firm is named. He was the award’s first recipient. It honors local trial lawyers for “…manifesting civility in his or her relations with the Bench, Bar, clients, and the public, while adhering to and advancing the highest principals and traditions of the legal profession.” Mike Sanders, former President of the firm, received this award in 2018 and Lansing attorney Scott Storey received it in 2021.

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