Overview

Alicia Birach is a member of the Employer Services Practice Group and works out of the firm's Southfield office. She has extensive experience representing insurance carriers, third party administrators and employers against workers' compensation claims. Additionally, she is experienced in counseling employers on labor and employment issues.

Alicia started her professional career in the accounting realm. Prior to her tenure at Foster Swift, she worked in transfer pricing at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Detroit and was also involved with Tax Services at KPMG in Detroit. While still in school, she completed internships with the Serious Fraud Office in London, England and the Internal Audit Department at Central Michigan University.

Alicia completed her undergraduate studies at Central Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science in business administration, focusing on accounting. She received her Juris Doctorate from Wayne State University Law School, where she was a winning member of the Moot Court Team and won the Arthur Neef Competition argued before the Michigan Supreme Court.

Honors & Recognitions

Affiliations

Memberships & Affiliations

Legal Affiliations:

• American Bar Association 
• State Bar of Michigan
  • Workers' Compensation Section
• Oakland County Bar Association

Communications

Publications

• Court of Appeals Ruling Halts Pending Minimum Wage Increase and New Earned Sick Time Act – For Now, Labor & Employment Law News E-blast, January 27, 2023
• Don't Forget! Michigan's Minimum Wage Increases on January 1, Additional Hike Expected, Foster Swift Labor & Employment Law News E-blast, December 28, 2022
• Impact of Executive Orders on Reduction and Termination of Benefits, Foster Swift Workers' Compensation Update, April 2, 2020
• Is an Employee Injured before December 19, 2011 Obligated to look for Work?, Foster Swift Workers' Compensation Update, February 23, 2020
• Can Michigan Employers Terminate Employees Who Lawfully Use Medical Marijuana?, Foster Swift Employment Labor & Benefits News, January 25, 2018
• Limiting Opioid use in Workers' Compensation Cases, Foster Swift Employment, Labor & Benefits News, November 17, 2016

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News & Events

Speaking Engagements

• What Employers Need to Prepare for in 2023, Foster Swift Going Forward Webinars, October 12, 2022
• Workers' Compensation Premiums and Other Issues, Fall 2022 Labor & Employment Law Update Webinar, October 12, 2022
• Impact of COVID on Michigan's Workers' Compensation Law, Foster Swift 2nd Wednesday Morning Break, April 14, 2021
• Coronavirus Impact on Michigan Workers' Compensation, RIMS Detroit Chapter, April 16, 2020
• Responding to Workplace Violence: Workers' Compensation, October 25, 2018
• Responding to Workplace Violence: Workers' Compensation, Foster Swift, October 17, 2018

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News

• Preparing Women Business Leaders for 2024 Legal Challenges, Meltwater Newswire, February 20, 2024
• Returning in 2023: Legal Strategies for Women Business Leaders, EIN Newswire, March 28, 2023
• New Virtual Program Addresses Legal Strategies for Women Business Leaders, Michigan Business Network, March 28, 2022
• Impact of COVID on Michigan’s Workers’ Comp Law, Foster Swift Employer Services E-blast, April 6, 2021
• Workers' Compensation Issues in the Media, Business Insurance and Work Comp Central, October 9, 2020
• 18 Attorneys Selected to 2020 Michigan Super Lawyers and “Rising Stars”, September 18, 2020
• Birach Voted into SBM Section, June 22, 2020