Dickinson Wright Recognized in Legal 500 United States 2024 Edition

Dickinson Wright is pleased to announce that the firm has received 10 practice rankings and 36 attorneys have been listed in this year’s The Legal 500 United States 2024.

For more than 30 years, The Legal 500 has been analyzing the capabilities of law firms worldwide with a comprehensive research program that each year brings the most up-to-date vision of the global legal market. The Legal 500 assesses the strengths of law firms in over 100 jurisdictions. The rankings are based on a series of criteria, and research is based on feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms, and interviews with leading private practice lawyers.

The Legal 500 United States 2024 ranked Dickinson Wright in the following practice areas:

• Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes
• Industry Focus – Cannabis
• Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)
• Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing
• Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Litigation
• Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions): Defense
• M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m)
• Real Estate – Construction 
• Real Estate
• Real Estate Finance

The Legal 500 United States 2024 recognized the following Dickinson Wright attorneys in their editorial as “Leading Lawyers”:

Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing

• Richard Jones (Troy, MI)

The Legal 500 United States 2024 recognized the following Dickinson Wright attorneys in their editorial as “Recommended Lawyers”:

Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes

• John Desmond (Reno, NV)
• Scott Knapp (Lansing, MI)
• John Nelson (Austin, TX)

Industry Focus – Cannabis 

• Benton Bodamer (Columbus, OH)
• Scot Crow (Columbus, OH)
• Lloyd Pierre-Louis (Columbus, OH)

Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)

• John S. Artz (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Jonathan Baker (Silicon Valley, CA)
• Steven Daniels (Austin, TX)
• William Honaker (Troy, MI)
• Frank Long (Phoenix, AZ)
• Philip Rettig (Ann Arbor, MI)

Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing

• K. Lance Anderson (Austin, TX)
• Andrea Arndt (Austin, TX)
• Steven Daniels (Austin, TX)
• Stephen Mason (Austin, TX)

Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Litigation

• Nicole Meyer (Washington, DC)
• H. Jonathan Redway (Washington, DC)

Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions): Defense

• Joshua Burgener (Nashville, TN)
• Reid Estes (Nashville, TN)
• Timothy Howlett (Detroit, MI)
• Brian Johnson (Lexington, KY)
• William Thacker (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Kathryn Wood (Troy, MI)

M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m)

• Benton Bodamer (Columbus, OH)
• Richard Bolton (Detroit, MI)
• Scot Crow (Columbus, OH)
• Amy Kwiatkowski (Detroit, MI)

Real Estate – Construction (including Construction Litigation)

• Cynthia Alexander (Las Vegas, NV)
• Todd Baxter (Phoenix, AZ)
• John Cameron (Grand Rapids, MI)
• Scott Holcomb (Phoenix, AZ)
• Stephen Richman (Phoenix, AZ)

Real Estate

• John Cameron (Grand Rapids, MI)
• Monica Labe (Troy, MI)
• Leslee Lewis (Grand Rapids, MI)
• Michael Lusardi (Troy, MI)
• James Patterson (Phoenix, AZ)
• Katheryne Zelenock (Troy, MI)

Real Estate Finance

• Leslee Lewis (Grand Rapids, MI)
• Michael Lusardi (Troy, MI)
• Katheryne Zelenock (Troy, MI)