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We Lead

The combination of our legal skills and business knowledge with our consistent leadership in the community greatly enhances our ability to serve our clients. Our attorneys have served as directors of financial institutions, corporations and a variety of charitable, cultural, legal and educational institutions, including:

  • Chairman of the Board of Directors, Michigan National Bank
  • Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Michigan Opera Theatre and Detroit Opera House
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Cranbrook Educational Community
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Beaumont Hospital
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Henry Ford Hospital
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Kresge Hearing Institute, University of Michigan Hospital 
  • President and Member of Board of Advisors, Horizons Upward Bound
  • Member, Board of Directors, State Bar of Michigan
  • Former Prosecutor, Oakland County, Michigan
  • Director, Oakland County Bar Foundation
  • President and Director, Oakland County Bar Association
  • Detroiter of the Year 
  • Director, Penske Corporation
  • Director, Detroit Diesel Corporation
  • Director, North Pointe Insurance Company
  • Director, Conifer Holdings
  • Founder, Chairman and Director, Nexlink Communications
  • "M&A Attorney of the Year," Association for Corporate Growth
  • "Deal Maker of the Year," M&A Advisor
  • "Cross-Border Deal of the Year," M&A Advisor
  • "Leader in the Field - Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisition's," Chambers & Partners
  • "The Best Lawyers in America," Woodward / White, Inc.
  • "Top Lawyers in Michigan," DBusiness Magazine
  • "Michigan SuperLawyers," Thompson Reuters Corporation
  • "Top 100 Michigan Lawyers," Thompson Reuters Corporation
  • "Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit," DBusiness Magazine
  • "Michigan Women Leaders in the Law," Fortune Magazine
  • "Top Women Attorneys in Michigan," Hour Detroit Magazine
  • Recipient, The Roberts P. Hudson Award (highest award presented by the State Bar of Michigan)
  • President, Michigan Chapter, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
  • Fellow, International Academy of Family Law
  • Director, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History