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Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that 110 of the its attorneys, in multiple practice areas and markets, have been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018 guide. Additionally, 10 of the firm’s practitioners have been named Best Lawyers 2018 “Lawyer of the Year,” a special distinction conferred upon a single lawyer within a practice area and metropolitan market. The Best Lawyers in America® is the pre-eminent national listing of outstanding attorneys ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today Detroit and Ann Arbor-based member Robert A. Boonin was elected to be a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Boonin was nominated by his peers and elected by the American Bar Foundation’s Board ...

News & InsightsShare EmailPrint PDF In the News Press Releases Blogs Media Contacts Dykema to Receive Texas Appleseed Pro Bono Leadership Award August 9, 2017 Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that it has been chosen by Texas Appleseed’s Board of Directors as one of three law firms to receive the organization’s Pro Bono Leadership Award ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Washington, D.C.-based member Sean C. Griffin has earned DRI’s G. Duffield Smith Outstanding Publication Award for his November 2016 article on data security titled, “Hacks, Files, and Ethical Gapes: Attorneys’ Liability for Data Breaches,” which appeared in the DRI publication For The Defense. Griffin will be recognized at the Awards Luncheon of DRI’s 2017 Annual Meeting in Chicago on October 5, 2017. Each year, the G ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today the addition of Ayanna Clinton as the firm’s Chief Human Resources Officer. Clinton replaces Dykema’s former Chief Human Resources Officer Kim Amodeo, who retired in April ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Jason T. Hanselman, Lansing-based member in the Firm’s Government Policy and Practice group, has been elected to serve as President of the Ingham County Bar Foundation (ICBF) for a one-year term. The ICBF is the Ingham County Bar’s philanthropic entity and has a close relationship with the Ingham County Bar Association (ICBA) and other local bar organizations ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is pleased to announce that it has received recognition for its unparalleled client relationships in the Financial Services industry in the report BTI Industry Power Rankings 2017: The Law Firms with the Best Client Relationships in 18 Industries. The Firm was named a Clientopia Leader and is one of only 24 law firms with Clientopia relationships in the Financial Services industry ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Brian Melendez and Timothy D. Kelly, both from the firm’s Minneapolis office, have been named 2017 Super Lawyers by Minnesota Super Lawyers Magazine. The Super Lawyers designation, conferred upon the most respected legal practitioners in the state, is based upon peer recognition and professional achievement. No more than 5 percent of the lawyers in each state are selected by the research team to receive this honor ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today several pieces of news regarding some of the firm’s San Antonio-based attorneys; John Dulske became President of the San Antonio Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, Deborah Williamson received the 2017 Michelle A. Mendez Award of Excellence from The Bankruptcy Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, and Bryan Kost received the Goldstein Award of Excellence from The William S. Sessions American Inn of Court ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Jamie A. Zaniewski to its Government Policy & Practice Group as a government policy advisor in the firm’s Lansing office. Prior to joining Dykema, Zaniewski served as Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s health care and insurance policy advisor. Zaniewski focuses her work on health care, insurance, nonprofits, licensing and regulated industries ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the continued expansion of its Dallas office with the additions of Ferdose al-Taie, Virgil Ochoa and Ian Pesses, who each join the firm as senior counsel. “We’re thrilled to add Ferdose, Virgil and Ian to our expanding Dallas office,” said Chris Kratovil, Dykema’s Dallas Office Managing Member. “The addition of these three outstanding, experienced lawyers further expands the capabilities of our full-service 44-lawyer office in North Texas ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Michael Klein to its Litigation Department and Insurance Industry Group as a member in the firm’s Austin office. Klein joins Dykema after practicing at the Austin office of Sedgwick LLP. Klein has more than 35 years of experience representing clients as a trial lawyer. He has tried nearly 50 matters to final award or judgment in both state and federal courts, as well as arbitration ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is proud to announce that pro bono clients Samira Hakimi and her two sons, four and eight years old, and Nazifa Nabizada and her 10-month old son were granted asylum in the United States after more than five months of detention in the Karnes County Detention Facility. Rene Ruiz and James “Marty" Truss, San Antonio-based members in the firm’s Government Policy & Practice group, represented the Hakimi family ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that six of its San Antonio-based attorneys have been named "Best Lawyers" S.A. Scene Magazine's Best S.A. Lawyers 2017. In compiling the annual list, S.A. Scene Magazine asks licensed, practicing lawyers of Bexar County to tell them who they believe are the city's best lawyers and attorney's at law in 80 distinct areas of practice. Attorneys are not allowed to vote for themselves. The Dykema attorneys named in Best S.A ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that seven of its Los Angeles-based attorneys have been named 2017 Rising Stars in the Southern California edition of Super Lawyers. The Rising Star list is the result of an exhaustive, multi-phase selection process that mirrors the patented methodology used to assemble the Super Lawyers list. Attorneys designated as Rising Stars are up-and-coming attorneys who are 40 years of age or younger and have practiced law for 10 years or less ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Jason T. Hanselman, Lansing-based member in the Firm’s Government Policy and Practice group, has been reappointed by Governor Rick Snyder to Michigan’s Unarmed Combat Commission on a term that expires June 5, 2021. Housed within the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, the 11-member commission oversees professional boxing and mixed martial arts events ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that the firm’s Immigration and Automotive Product Liability Litigation practices have been ranked by the Legal 500 United States 2017 (The Legal 500). In addition to the practice rankings, eight total Dykema attorneys received individual recognition within the two practice categories, including naming Kathleen Campbell Walker as a “Leading Lawyer” in Immigration ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that attorneys from multiple offices and practice areas received 21 individual rankings and 10 practice areas have been recognized in the 2017 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business guide. Published annually, Chambers has been ranking the best law firms and lawyers since 1990, and now cover 185 jurisdictions throughout the world ...

On May 18, 2017, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously held that the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is not subject to the state’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) laws, affirming the decisions of two lower courts. Better Government Ass’n. v. Illinois High School Ass’n et al, 2017 IL 121124 (May 18, 2017). Dykema member David Bressler argued to the court on behalf of the IHSA, assisted on the briefs by Melanie Chico and Rosa Tumialán ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Chicago-based attorneys Heather Kramer and Melanie Chico will be presented with an Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Service by The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. The award will be presented at the Eighteenth Annual Excellence in Pro Bono and Public Interest Service Award Ceremony on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in the James B ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Michael D. Weis to its Corporate Finance Practice Group as a member in the firm’s Chicago office. Weis joins Dykema from Williams, Bax & Saltzman, where he served as chair of the firm’s Business and Transactional practice. He is also a Certified Public Accountant. Weis’s practice focuses on general corporate representation, commercial real estate and finance and taxation for mid-size privately and publicly held entities ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, is pleased to announce that four of its Dallas-based attorneys are listed as “Best Lawyers in Dallas,” in a special editorial feature in the May 2017 issue of D Magazine. D Magazine, with a circulation of more than 60,000, is one of the leading city magazines in the nation. Each year, D Magazine canvasses the local legal community asking lawyers to nominate other practitioners within their respective practice areas whom they judge to be “the best ...

Small energy drink maker Jacked Up, LLC prevailed over international food conglomerate Sara Lee Corporation yesterday in a significant appellate victory in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Jacked Up was represented on appeal by a team of attorneys from Dykema, a leading national law firm ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that Jill Wheaton, Ann Arbor-based member in Dykema’s Litigation Department and Leader of the firm’s Appellate practice, has been chosen to serve on Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society’s Board of Directors. Wheaton accepted the role at the Historical Society’s Annual Membership Luncheon April 20 at the Detroit Athletic Club. She will serve a two year term, effective immediately ...

Sheryl Toby, metro Detroit-based member of Dykema’s Business Services Department, was recently asked by the United States Department of Commerce (USDOC) to give a cross-cultural educational business presentation to a group of Pakistani business leaders through its Special American Business Internship Training (SABIT) Supply Chain for Pakistan program. Toby’s presentation, titled “Introduction to Automotive Supply Chain,” was given on March 30, 2017, in Ann Arbor ...