23 Attorneys Selected to 2019 Michigan Super Lawyers and “Rising Stars”

LANSING, Mich. —14 lawyers from Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC have been selected to the 2019 Michigan Super Lawyers list while 9 have been selected as "Rising Stars.” Only five percent of the lawyers in Michigan are selected by Super Lawyers while the "Rising Stars" list recognizes no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in each state.

2019 Michigan Super Lawyers and their area(s) of practice for which they are listed:

Southfield

Attorney	Practice Area
Dirk H. Beckwith	Business Litigation
Michael R. Blum	Employment & Labor
Julie I. Fershtman	Civil Litigation: Defense
Paul J. Millenbach	Business Litigation

Grand Rapids

Frederick D. Dilley

General Litigation

Lansing

Charles E. Barbieri	Environmental
Charles A. Janssen	Estate & Probate
Richard C. Kraus	Appellate
David M. Lick	Construction Litigation
Scott L. Mandel	Business Litigation
Gary J. McRay	Health Care
Douglas A. Mielock	Estate & Probate
Webb A. Smith	Business Litigation
Scott A. Storey	Energy & Resources

2019 "Rising Stars" List and their area(s) of practice for which they are listed:

Southfield

Attorney	Practice Area
Alicia W. Birach	Workers’ Compensation
Adam A. Fadly	Civil Litigation: Defense
Ray H. Littleton II	General Litigation
Trevor J. Weston	Estate & Probate

Grand Rapids

Laura J. Genovich

Bankruptcy: Business

Lansing

Zachary W. Behler	Business Litigation
Allison M. Collins	Insurance Coverage
Joshua K. Richardson	Civil Litigation: Defense
Patricia J. Scott	Civil Litigation: Plaintiff

Super Lawyers is a research-driven rating system of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Annual selections are made using a multiphase process that includes peer nominations, independent research by Super Lawyers and evaluations from a highly credentialed panel of attorneys.

To be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years of age or younger, or have been in practice for 10 years or less.