Miller Canfield Law Firm

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Since 1852, Miller Canfield's collaborative approach, deep resources and network of local, regional and worldwide relationships have helped our lawyers get work done quickly, efficiently and successfully for our clients. We engage the best people, best practices and deliver the best possible results. We know our clients' businesses, organizations and industries and look out for their best interests. They look to us for legal expertise as well as insight and business advice. Together, we build businesses, communities and prosperity.

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Frederick A. Acomb Principal Frederick Acomb defends and prosecutes transnational litigation and international arbitration matters for clients located throughout the world. His work regularly takes him around the globe... acomb@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Joseph M. Ammar Senior Counsel Joseph Ammar's practice focuses on creditors' rights, bankruptcy, commercial law, and other banking matters. His clients include financial institutions and all types of creditors. Joe's... ammar@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com
Thomas G. Appleman Principal Thomas G. Appleman focuses his practice on inbound and outbound foreign direct investment and multi-national cross-border mergers, acquisitions and joint venture transactions. He also helps... appleman@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Jeffrey S. Aronoff Principal Jeffrey S. Aronoff specializes in all types of public finance and securities, including municipal infrastructure finance, economic development finance and school finance, both as bond... aronoff@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com

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Elizabeth Baker Associate Beth Baker is an employment-based immigration attorney with hands-on experience managing the nonimmigrant, immigrant, PERM labor certification and permanent residence process for large,... bakere@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Megan R. I. Baxter-Labut Associate Megan Baxter-Labut is an associate in Miller Canfield's Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Insolvency Group. She is experienced representing clients involved in complex commercial litigation,... baxter@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com
Kimberly A. Berger Principal Kimberly A. Berger specializes in domestic and international trademark prosecution and intellectual property litigation, including domain name disputes, trade secrets, unfair competition,... berger@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Eric S. Bergeron Principal Eric Bergeron is a commercial transactions attorney with broad experience in banking and financial services, creditor rights, real estate, corporate and related practice areas. Eric has... bergeron@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com/
Russell Bucher Associate Russell Bucher is an associate in the Energy and Environmental Group. He joined Miller Canfield after working as an intern for the Honorable Laurie Michelson in the United States District... bucher@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com

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Ahmad Chehab Senior Attorney Ahmad Chehab focuses his practice on employment law, including advising and representing employers in collective bargaining, labor arbitrations and contract negotiation. Ahmad also has... chehab@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Pawel Chudzicki Principal Pawel Chudzicki assists clients in their complex cross-border business activities and transactions. He serves both U.S. and foreign companies in industries including aerospace,... chudzicki@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com
Thomas D. Colis Principal Thomas Colis represents cities, counties, townships, villages, schools, libraries and authorities on a broad range of financings and associated legal matters. He has extensive experience... colis@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com/	Michelle P. Crockett Chief Diversity Officer Michelle P. Crockett leads the firm's hiring of all attorneys, recruitment, diversity & inclusion initiatives, mentoring programs, professional development and continuing education (CLE... crockett@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com/
James M. Crowley Principal Jim Crowley is a member of the Firm's Public Finance Practice Group and concentrates his practice in the areas of school finance, election and general school business law. Jim has extensive... crowley@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com/	Anna Czajkowska Associate Anna Czajkowska is a licensed attorney-at-law (radca prawny). Anna specializes in real estate, civil and commercial law. Her practice covers comprehensive legal services for entities... czajkowska@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com

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Zhiguo Du

Associate

Zhiguo Du focuses his practice on international business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint venture transactions, corporate governance, tax planning, and our China practice....

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Christopher M. Dutot

Associate

Christopher Dutot is an immigration attorney with extensive background working with clients in the IT, automotive and health care sectors. He has helped both businesses and individuals with...

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Scott R. Eldridge

Principal

Scott Eldridge focuses his practice on management-side labor and employment law, governmental litigation, and commercial litigation. He represents colleges and universities, municipalities...

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Schuyler A. Ferguson

Associate

Schuyler Ferguson is an associate in Miller Canfield's Employment and Labor Group. Schuyler has represented employers in all phases of litigation, including extensive motion practice,...

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Gary R. Glenn

Principal

With more than 30 years of experience in a wide variety of transactions, Gary brings a unique combination of pragmatism, insight and knowledge to bear on each client's particular needs. ...

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Arthur L. Griem

Associate

Arthur Griem is an associate in Miller Canfield's Corporate Group. He earned his J.D. from Wayne State University Law School, where he was a Governor's Scholar, chairperson of the...

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Vera S. Hansen Associate Vera Hansen is an associate in Miller Canfield's Corporate and Transactions Group. Her experience includes drafting, negotiating, and reviewing contracts, and reviewing and assessing... hansen@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Ashley N. Higginson Associate Ashley Higginson's practice focuses on employment and labor issues, with particular experience in education matters. Ashley has extensive experience working with public school districts,... higginson@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com
Maria B. Hiltunen Associate Maria Hiltunen is a tax and benefits associate in the Corporate Group. Her practice includes federal taxation, state and local taxation, and employee benefits matters. She has broad... hiltunen@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Nhan T. Ho Associate Nhan Ho's practice concentrates on employment discrimination, leave rights, and wage and hour litigation and disputes. She regularly counsels employers on their policies and practices to... ho@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com
Paul D. Hudson Principal Paul chairs the firm's Appeals group and focuses his practice almost exclusively on appellate matters in the state and federal appeals courts. He has argued more than 40 appeals in... hudson@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com

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Aimee J. Jachym

Aimee Jachym Corporate and Securities Attorney Miller Canfield Law Firm Kalamazoo, Michigan

Principal

As a principal in Miller Canfield's Corporate and Securities group, Aimee Jachym represents businesses in commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and...

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Erica L. Jilek

Associate

Erica Jilek is an associate in Miller Canfield's Employment and Labor Group. She graduated with honors from Wayne State University Law School, where she was Senior Articles Editor of the...

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Barry P. Kaltenbach Principal Barry Kaltenbach has handled commercial disputes in state and federal courts from coast to coast for the past twenty years, while always trying to keep his clients out of court. His... kaltenbach@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com/	Andrzej Kiedrzyn Senior Counsel Dr. Andrzej Kiedrzyn, a licensed legal advisor (radca prawny), specializes in commercial and administrative law, litigation and customs matters, joint ventures and privatization matters,... kiedrzyn@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com/
Samantha A. Kopacz Principal Samantha Kopacz's practice centers around the design, implementation and administration of employee benefit plans and executive compensation arrangements. Sam has more than a decade of... kopacz@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Anna Kowalczyk-Pogorzelska Legal Advisor Anna Kowalczyk-Pogorzelska is a licensed legal advisor (radca prawny) who specializes in real estate, commercial, and administration law. Her experience includes advising a variety of... kowalczyk@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com
Timothy D. Kroninger Associate Tim Kroninger is an associate attorney whose focus is on intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, trade secrets, data privacy, licensing and transactional work. He is... kroninger@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com

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Jeffery L. LaBine Principal A corporate partner in Miller Canfield's Ann Arbor and New York offices, Jeff concentrates primarily on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and other corporate and securities... labine@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Emily G. Ladd Associate Emily Ladd is an associate in Miller Canfield's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. Emily practices general commercial litigation and represents a broad range of individual and... ladd@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com
Scott R. Lesser Principal As a leader on Miller Canfield's highly experienced Commercial Real Estate Workout Team, Scott uses his knowledge and expertise to avoid and resolve his clients' concerns before they... lesser@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com/ScottLesser	Ronald C. Liscombe Principal Ronald C. Liscombe assists public sector clients with a range of issues, including public finance and governance matters. Ron has deep knowledge of state and local government, having... liscombe@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com

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Steven D. Mann Principal Steven D. Mann specializes in the area of municipal finance, representing public agencies as bond counsel. His practice covers all facets of tax increment financing, special assessments,... mann@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Anita C. Marinelli Associate Anita Marinelli is an associate in Miller Canfield's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group who focuses her practice on intellectual property and commercial litigation, as well as... marinelli@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com
Patrick F. McGow Principal Patrick McGow advises cities, counties, townships, villages and authorities on a broad range of infrastructure financing and related legal matters. As bond counsel, his role is to help his... mcgow@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Barbara A. Moore Associate Barbara Moore's practice focuses primarily on employment issues related to workplace policies, claims of discrimination and mistreatment in the workplace, and wage and hour compliance.... mooreb@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com

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Megan P. Norris

Principal

Megan Norris has been representing employers for three decades. An accomplished litigator who has been elected by her national peers to both the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and...

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Gregory A. Nowak

Senior Counsel

Gregory Nowak is one of Michigan's leading experts on state and local tax issues. With more than 20 years experience, he focuses his practice on both structural tax planning and state tax...

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Magdalena Olkiewicz-Borkowska

Attorney

Magdalena Olkiewicz-Borkowska is a licensed attorney (adwokat) in the firm's Gdynia and Warsaw offices. Her practice covers the area of intellectual property law, technology licensing and...

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Loren M. Opper

Of Counsel

When it comes to tax issues, Loren Opper is widely recognized as one of the leading legal experts in the United States with an extensive prior background in both the private and public...

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A. Michael Palizzi Principal Michael Palizzi is a nationally recognized trial lawyer and business counselor. Over the past 25 years, he has specialized in complex commercial litigation, intellectual property counseling... palizzi@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Samuel Parks Associate Samuel Parks is an associate in Miller Canfield's Corporate Group, with a focus on transactional and particularly tax work. He also has experience advising both public and private sector... parks@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com
Jessica Pask Associate Jessica works with the Employment and Labor Group assisting with litigation and arbitration and representing various clients in labor relations and immigration issues. She obtained law... pask@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Jeffrey Patterson Associate Jeffrey Patterson is a labour and employment lawyer at Miller Canfield’s Windsor office. He advises public and private sector clients on a wide range of labour and employment issues... patterson@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com
L. Steven Platt Senior Counsel L. Steven Platt is one of the Midwest's most experienced and trusted labor and employment attorneys. His job is to solve the labor and employment problems that keep his clients up at night... platt@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com

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Amanda Rauh-Bieri Associate Amanda Rauh-Bieri is an associate in Miller Canfield's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. She is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, where she was... rauh-bieri@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Justyna Regan, Ph.D. Senior Attorney Dr. Justyna (Balcarczyk) Regan is an attorney licensed in Poland (radca prawny) and in Illinois, and senior attorney in the firm's Chicago office. She also works closely with the firm's... regan@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com
Jeffrey G. Richardson Principal Jeffrey Richardson advises multinational clients in the information technology and defense sectors on matters including mergers and acquisitions, distribution agreements, joint ventures,... richardson@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.co	Ryan J. Riehl Principal Ryan Riehl focuses his practice on federal and state of Michigan tax issues. He specializes in partnership taxation, like-kind exchanges and other real estate tax matters, corporate... riehl@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com
Steven A. Roach Principal Steven A. Roach brings more than 30 years of commercial transaction and litigation experience in restructuring lending relationships and enforcing loan transactions. He applies this... roach@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Kamil Robakiewicz Principal Kamil Robakiewicz specializes in litigation and alternative dispute resolution, with a particular emphasis on labor and employment disputes. He has considerable experience in conducting... robakiewicz@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com
Steven J. Rotunno Principal Steven J. Rotunno has more than three decades of experience representing corporations, partnerships and financial services professionals in complex and wide-ranging legal matters, including... rotunno@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Sean C. Rucker Associate Sean Rucker is an associate in Miller Canfield's Public Finance Group. He is a graduate of Wayne State University Law School and previously interned with the General Motors Student Corps... rucker@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com
Piotr Rusin Associate Piotr Rusin is a licensed Polish legal advisor (radca prawny). Piotr specializes in real estate, civil and international contract law. He has extensive experience in advising Polish and... rusin@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com

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Jennifer L. Sabourin Principal Jennifer Sabourin advocates on behalf of employers in every step of the employment relationship. She makes it a priority to learn her clients' business in order to find the right balance of... sabourin@millercanfield.com 313-496-7689 www.millercanfield.com	Katarzyna Sasiak Associate Katarzyna Sasiak is a licensed attorney (adwokat) in the firm’s Warsaw office. Katarzyna’s experience includes real estate (environmental protection law and construction law) and civil law... sasiak@millercanfield.com 48-22-447-4300 www.millercanfield.com
Leigh M. Schultz Principal Leigh focuses her practice on labor and employment consultation and litigation. She provides both public and private sector employers of all shapes and sizes, and in a variety of industries... schultzl@millercanfield.com 269-388-6810 www.millercanfield.com	Brian Schwartz Principal Brian Schwartz represents management in various aspects of labor and employment counseling and litigation. His practice focuses on defending single-plaintiff and class-action lawsuits... schwartzb@millercanfield.com 313.496.7551 www.millercanfield.com
Julianne Cassin Sharp Principal Julianne Cassin Sharp leads the firm's Immigration practice team. She has represented companies and individuals in the areas of business-based and family-based immigration law for 18 years... sharp@millercanfield.com 313.496.7667 www.millercanfield.com	Michael C. Simoni Principal Michael C. Simoni is an experienced trial and appellate attorney specializing in sophisticated commercial litigation. As an appellate lawyer, Michael specializes in providing a fresh set... simoni@millercanfield.com 313.496.7583 www.millercanfield.com
Ronald A. Spinner Principal Ron Spinner brings extensive business experience to his bankruptcy practice, developing results-oriented strategies and breaking new legal ground where necessary to do so. Indeed, Ron's... spinner@millercanfield.com 313.496.7829 www.millercanfield.com	Marc N. Swanson Principal Marc Swanson is the deputy group leader of the Bankruptcy Group at Miller Canfield. He specializes in representing debtors, lenders, creditors, equity holders and unsecured creditors'... swansonm@millercanfield.com 313-496-7591 www.millercanfield.com
Alan D. Szuma Principal Alan Szuma is a member of the Public Finance Practice Group in Miller Canfield's Detroit office. He concentrates his practice in the areas of school and municipal finance, and general... szuma@millercanfield.com 313-496-7604 www.millercanfield.com/

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Nancy A. Valentine

Nancy Valentine Transactions Attorney Miller Canfield Law Firm

Principal

Nancy Valentine is a nationally recognized attorney with extensive litigation and transactional experience representing financial institutions, privately held companies, receivers and...

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Amanda Van Dusen

Principal

After more than 35 years in practice, Amanda Van Dusen continues to distinguish herself as one of the most successful and influential public finance attorneys in the State of Michigan....

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Richard A. Walawender Principal Richard Walawender is Co-Leader of the firm’s Corporate Group, leads the firm’s Autonomous and Connected Vehicles practice team and plays an essential role in the firm’s International... walawender@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Lu (Kevin) Wang Associate Kevin Wang's practice covers a wide range of employment-based immigration matters. He represents U.S. companies from start-ups to multinational corporations navigating the various temporary... wangl@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com
Shusheng Wang Principal Shusheng Wang is the firm's Co-Director for Global Business and a member of the firm's China practice. His expertise involves international business transactions, mergers and acquisitions,... wang@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Yanping Wang Principal Yanping Wang is a member of Miller Canfield's Corporate and Transactions Group, focusing on international business relationships, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and foreign direct... wangy@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com
Richard W. Warren Principal Richard Warren defends employers facing all types of wrongful discharge lawsuits, including discrimination, retaliation and harassment claims filed by employees. He also has a wealth of... warren@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com	Glenn E. Weinstein Principal Glenn Weinstein has extensive experience helping clients with debt finance, secured lending, project finance and related areas of tax, governmental, real estate and securities law. Glenn's... weinstein@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com
Howard O. Weissman Senior Counsel Howard Weissman has decades of experience from both an in-house and outside counsel perspective advising on laws and regulations impacting international business operations, such as the... weissman@millercanfield.com www.millercanfield.com

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Lana A. Yaghi

Lana Yaghi Corporate business Attorney Miller Canfield Law Firm

Senior Attorney

Lana Yaghi is a senior attorney at Miller Canfield's Washington D.C. and New York offices. She focuses her practice on corporate and commercial matters in a broad range of industries,...

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Robert T. Zielinski

Principal

Robert T. Zielinski provides creative and effective representation and advice in resolving the multitude of issues that arise in today’s complex employment relationships. This includes, but...

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