Michigan Super Lawyers Articles

Recounting the historic legal battle that resulted from the Flint Water Crisis

How Lisa Schmidt’s penchant for writing took over her entire practice

How Gabi Silver helped free Richard Phillips from a life sentence

Miles Macik traded in his NFL jersey for a business suit

Brian McKeen’s medical malpractice career is defined by cases that weren’t obvious winners

When the pandemic hit, Lori Becker geared up to help as an emergency responder

Great Lakes Legal Group was born of, and defined by, a tight relationship

Justice Brennan’s 80th birthday and other fond memories from Marie Deveney’s clerkship

Outside the office, Madelaine Lane’s high notes come on the opera stage

Rather than giving up, Ryan Kelly has found ways to adapt in clients’ time of need

The signs that guided Jennifer Salvatore to open her own employment and civil rights firm

Bodybuilding, engineering and even martial arts influence Wolfgang Mueller’s law practice

Timothy J. Mullins represents school districts and their myriad legal issues

A Q&A with Henry Gornbein about his many irons in the fire

Local Counsel with Maria L. Martinez

Discovery with Maryam Karnib

Six immigrants share their journeys to become Michigan attorneys

The IP attorney uses humor to protect a brewery and fight off the band LMFAO

Homayune Ghaussi works to bring law back to Afghanistan

Clerking for a SCOTUS judge left a lasting impact on Riyaz Kanji

John Bursch has had 14 U.S. Supreme Court cases, and won 10 of them

Bud Roegge litigates an agricultural disaster

What Amy Tripp’s grandparents taught her about life and elder law

The Southfield attorney tells us what’s good in the neighborhood

“Lifetime Detroiter” Saul Green fights every day for his city and its people

Disciplined for talking too much in school, Kathleen Lang now uses those skills to relate to others in the courtroom

How Barone Defense Firm uses psychodrama to help clients cope with traumatic events

How Doug Donnell and John Anding busted Huntington National Bank

Julie I. Fershtman brings legal knowledge to the equine industry

Mike Turco helps provide potable water to the communities that need it most

The Wyoming attorney doesn’t need coffee to feel refreshed—just travel, laughter and ABBA

Civil rights and employment attorney Deborah L. Gordon gets in the pit

Scott A. Wolfson of Wolfson Bolton in Troy on bittersweet boom times and how a bankruptcy lawyer wound up trying a freedom of religion case

Riyaz A. Kanji goes to bat for tribal clients

Litigator E. Powell Miller loves the national pastime and has one of his own: winning multimillion-dollar cases

Criminal defense attorney Margaret Sind Raben of Gurewitz & Raben shares stories of incorrect paperwork, double jeopardy and the legal definition of a dating relationship

Ronald Strote keeps his feet on the ground in his construction law and ADR practice

Darcie R. Brault embodies the Midwestern qualities of Michigan’s labor and employment bar

Taking a ride through Divorce Land with family law attorney Susan E. Cohen

Mary Jo Larson demystifies the world of employee benefits law

Bodman PLC provides much-needed aid to the city’s homeless and low-income residents

Ralph E. McDowell, bankruptcy attorney at Bodman PLC, talks about the supply and demand balancing act, and his belief that Detroit can prevail through hard times.

Keefe Brooks stays calm in the courtroom

Aleksandra “Aleks” Miziolek, the director of Dykema’s automotive industry group, follows the golden rule of transactional law: get the deal done

She represents clients accused of some of Michigan’s worst crimes

The employment law attorney prides himself on being straightforward with clients and colleagues

Former migrant worker Cirilo Martinez is determined to help immigrants

Michigan State’s many legal clinics assist residents all over the state

Sharon M. Woods, of Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, applies scientific thinking to her business litigation practice

Through nearly four decades of litigation, Jon Muth says it’s the people along the way who count

Meet the attorney who trademarked the KISS faces and patented Neil Young’s model-train control—and hadn’t even planned to go into law

She helped level the playing field for women and minorities

Qui tam lawyer David Haron helps clients come forward

To Joseph Aviv, positive word-of-mouth speaks louder than academic accolades

Four lawyers tell why they defend—or do battle with—the troubled auto industry

Or you can call him counselor. Ralph A. Castelli Jr. wears both hats well

Raj A. Malviya believes in people power

But life hasn’t always been smooth pouring for liquor-law expert Kelly Allen

Cary McGehee plays above the rim

Henry S. Gornbein takes law to the airwaves

Robert P. Roth practices medical malpractice defense at Portnoy & Roth in Bloomfield Hills. He recently became a troubleshooter for Hospital Corporation of America, the nation’s largest hospital chain

To Richard Victor, nothing can take the place of a grandparent        

To George Googasian, every case is personal        

Three local lawyers get their day in the nation's highest court        

Families who litigate together stay together  

Atleen Kaur means business when it comes to helping Michigan's South Asian community

... hodgepodge city planning just wouldn't exist  

David Christensen, a knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, hasn’t lost the common touch

With clients ranging from rappers to famous authors, Howard Hertz’s career is a roller coaster. Just how he likes it.

When tensions reach the breaking point between bosses and employees, it’s time for the lawyers to sort things out

Justin Klimko’s musical parodies target most everyone

Gretchen Colter moonlights as a nurse

Lisa Gleicher's victory for cancer patients

Eugene Driker on preparation, inspiration and the essence of the case

Dennis Archer has been a state Supreme Court justice, two-term mayor of Detroit and president of the ABA — and he still considers it a privilege to practice law

Jon March is one of the best lawyers in the state, but last fall he got to play the greatest of them all

Since 9/11, Shereef Akeel has fought for American Muslims; but his biggest case is a class action lawsuit on behalf of the prisoners of Abu Ghraib

Deborah LaBelle is using the state Legislature and international law to reform U.S. prisons

Tom Cranmer tells what he’s learned as president of the Michigan Bar Association

Michigan’s top criminal defense attorneys make a case for defending the bad guys

Michigan's top attorneys set the bar for helping others

Four of Michigan's top divorce attorneys recount their most memorable cases

Henry Baskin represented Marvin Gaye and hosts a cable law program, but his legacy may be in family law

John Willems went from representing unions to management, but he still preaches the same gospel