Dickinson Wright Receives Top Rankings by 2017 Chambers USA; 35 Attorneys Recognized as Leaders in their Fields

Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that Chambers USA, publisher of the world’s leading guides to the legal profession, has ranked 11 of the firm’s practices and 35 of the firm’s attorneys in the 2017 Chambers USA Guide.

Chambers named Dickinson Wright’s Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, General Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, and Real Estate practices as “Top Ranked” practices in Michigan. In Arizona, Chambers named the firm’s Real Estate practice as a “Top Ranked” practice. Also, the firm’s Gaming & Licensing practice in Nevada and the firm’s General Commercial Litigation and Real Estate practices in Tennessee were named as “Recognized Practitioners” by Chambers. Thirty-five attorneys from Dickinson Wright were named “Leaders in their Fields”.

London-based publisher Chambers & Partners conducts research into the strengths and reputations of U.S. law firms by state, through in-depth interviews with peers and competing firm attorneys, in-house counsel and significant purchasers of legal services.

Of the “Top Ranked” practices, Dickinson Wright’s General Commercial Litigation practice in Michigan and the firm’s Real Estate practice in Arizona received Band 1 rankings. Of the 35 attorneys ranked by Chambers, the following attorneys received a Band 1 ranking: Glenn M. Feldman, Native American Law; Steven G. Howell, Banking & Finance: Bankruptcy; Edward H. Pappas, General Commercial Litigation; William P. Shield, Jr., Banking & Finance; Jeffrey Silver, Gaming & Licensing; and Robert W. Stocker, II, Gaming & Licensing.

Below is a list of Dickinson Wright attorneys who were listed in Chambers USA 2017:

Banking and Finance

Craig W. Hammond, Detroit

Colleen M. Shevnock, Ann Arbor

William P. Shield, Jr., Detroit

Banking and Finance: Bankruptcy

Steven G. Howell, Detroit

James A. Plemmons, Detroit

Theodore B. Sylwestrzak, Detroit

Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions

Richard M. Bolton, Detroit

Mark R. High, Detroit

Michael T. Raymond, Troy

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Cynthia A. Moore, Troy

Jordan Schreier, Ann Arbor

Gaming & Licensing

Kate Lowenhar-Fisher, Las Vegas

Jeffrey Silver, Las Vegas

Robert W. Stocker, II, Lansing

General Commercial Litigation

John P. Desmond, Reno

Michael N. Feder, Las Vegas

Kenneth J. McIntyre, Detroit

Thomas G. McNeill, Detroit

Edward H. Pappas, Troy

Daniel D. Quick, Troy

Intellectual Property

John S. Artz, Troy

John C. Nishi, Ann Arbor

Labor & Employment

Timothy H. Howlett, Detroit

Media & Entertainment

Derek C. Crownover, Nashville


Native American Law

Glenn M. Feldman, Phoenix

Real Estate Law

John G. Cameron, Jr., Grand Rapids

James N. Candler, Jr., Detroit

Stephen E. Dawson, Troy

Fred C. Fathe, Phoenix

N. Courtney Hollins, Nashville

Monica J. Labe, Troy

Leslee M. Lewis, Grand Rapids

James H. Patterson, Phoenix

Harlan W. Robins, Columbus

Katheryne L. Zelenock, Troy

Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2017 is available online at www.chambersandpartners.com/usa.