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Dickinson Wright PLLC

Dickinson Wright is a growing, full-service law firm of experienced, creative, diverse and dedicated legal professionals. Our attorneys are respected by their peers, honored by industry endorsements and recognized through significant appointments to bar associations and the judiciary system. But, the most important thing to us is the respect we’ve earned from our clients. For more than 130 years, we’ve put our clients first.

Across our 40 practice areas, our team of nearly 300 lawyers has an unwavering focus on providing unmatched client service and the highest quality legal advice. We are proactive and accessible. We offer clear and concise solutions. And always, we are mindful that we must deliver the absolute best value on every client engagement, whether it’s large or small. At Dickinson Wright, we generate value for our clients through state-of-the-art technological sophistication, a supportive working environment and the recognition that we must earn our reputation each and every day by delivering superior client service and results. From Fortune 500 companies to small and emerging businesses to governmental entities, nonprofits and individuals, every client is important to us.

Every client benefits from the depth of our experience, the breadth of our expertise and our focus on providing personalized service. Dickinson Wright serves our clients from law offices in Detroit, Troy, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, and Lansing, Michigan; Las Vegas, Nevada; Nashville, Tennessee; Phoenix, Arizona; Washington, D.C. and Toronto, Ontario. And, our affiliations with leading law firms throughout the world provide us with global reach. At Dickinson Wright, we are committed to continuing our long history of client service and excellence. We are proud of our proven track record of producing results for our clients. We are pleased to offer our clients both personalized service and legal assistance around the world.

At Dickinson Wright, client satisfaction and exceeding expectations are daily commitments. We look forward to exceeding your expectations every day. 

Associate
Experience in trademark and unfair competition litigation.
Experience in trademark prosecution and Opposition and Cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the…
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Of Counsel
Mr. Allen focuses his practice exclusively on immigration law and procedure. He joined the Dickinson Wright Immigration Group in 2013, bringing with him an established practice focusing on…
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Associate
Mike is an Associate in the Toronto office of Dickinson Wright. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate transactions, private equity and corporate finance, restructuring…
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Associate
Dylan is an Associate in Dickinson Wright’s Toronto office, where his practice is focused on commercial litigation. In addition, Dylan has experience assisting clients with a variety of…
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Associate
Successfully represented publicly traded company in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) whistleblower retaliation suit resulting in federal district court granting summary judgment.
Successfully defended…
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Member
Aaron Burrell focuses his practice in the areas of complex commercial litigation, labor and employment law, appellate law, and minority business enterprises.
As a member of the firm’s labor…
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Of Counsel
Ted Citrome’s practice focuses on all aspects of Canadian taxation with a particular emphasis on the taxation of acquisitions/divestures, reorganizations and corporate finance. Ted has…
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Member
Practices primarily in the area of employment law, his practice includes the representation of private businesses, tribal entities, including casinos and telephone companies, and…
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Partner
Lisa Corne is a Commercial insolvency lawyer, with extensive experience litigating complex, sophisticated matters and particular expertise in restructuring and insolvency law, including…
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To be successful in the current competitive and fast-paced business environment, corporations of all sizes need to be able to rely on experienced and knowledgeable advisors. That’s why so…
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Attorney
Scot has extensive experience in corporate, mergers and acquisitions and tax law. His clients rely on him to advise them with respect to their complex financial transactions as well as…
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Attorney
ames B. Cunningham is a resident in our Nashville, Tennessee and Troy, Michigan offices and focuses his national practice in three primary areas: corporate and commercial real estate…
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Of Counsel
Heather Frayre’s immigration practice primarily involves matters tied to the recruitment, hire, transfer, and retention of international workers. She counsels corporate and individual…
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Member
Clients hire Jacob because his aggressive, tenacious, creative and proactive strategies often put the other side on its heels, and because he gets successful results in investigations and…
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Member
Alison regularly advises clients on trademark matters, including trademark clearance and protection, policing, rebranding, licensing and global brand protection strategies. Her practice…
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Member
Aimee Gibb's prominent assignments include: represent private and public sector clients in a variety of tort based claims; represented international hotel corporation in a multi-million…
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Member and Practice Department Manager
Counsel for Fifth Third Bank and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in loan restructurings, banking and bankruptcy related matters throughout Michigan.
Counsel to numerous secured lenders, unsecured…
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Member
Deborah Grace is a member in our Labor & Employment Benefits Group. Her prominent assignments include:  principal employee benefits counsel to public and private companies, advising…
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Associate
Chris is an associate in Dickinson Wright's Toronto office and advises individuals and private and public companies of all sizes. His practice includes a variety of corporate and commercial…
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Of Counsel
Ms. Granadier practices in the area of employee benefits law. She has extensive experience with benefits issues in corporate transactions, executive compensation, medical benefits, and…
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Associate
Mr. Gregory’s practice is focused primarily in the area of ERISA, employee benefits and compensation. His experience includes counseling clients on the design of plan amendments to continue…
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Associate
Zane Hatahet practices in the firm’s Corporate Department. Mr. Hatahet advises on matters involving securities regulation, corporate finance & governance, banking, and mergers &…
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Hospitals, medical professionals, insurance organizations and others in the healthcare industry face a number of…
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Member
Mr. Holcomb's practice focuses on representation of public entities, construction and real estate documentation and claims, as well as commercial litigation, with emphasis on government…
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Member
With over 25 years of experience, Bill has extensive knowledge and expertise in all aspects of patent, trademark, trade secret and copyright matters including litigation in a broad range of…
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Member
David J. Houston is a labor and employment law attorney at Dickinson Wright. He has represented employers in counseling and planning through litigation defense in all subject matter areas,…
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Member and Labor & Employment Practice Leader
Represented clients in high profile employment litigation covered by the media including The New York Times and 20/20.
Tried jury cases defending wrongful termination, race discrimination,…
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Member
Counsel to companies seeking employment of foreign nationals in the H-1B visa category who have attained the level of a Bachelor's Degree by virtue of work experience.
Counsel to companies…
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Partner
Ned is one of Canada's leading authorities in franchising and distribution law. He has represented some of the world's foremost franchises, and provides legal services to Canadian and…
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Of Counsel
PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS Assisted owners of dialysis clinics in dispositions to national dialysis providers (straight sales and joint venture dispositions). Negotiated medical director service…
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Member
Leslee M. Lewis, of Dickinson Wright, is general corporate and real estate counsel to national, regional and emergent businesses and nonprofits in daily contracts and affairs, organization…
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Partner
Michael Lipton is a partner in our Gaming Regulation Practice Group. He has an extensive practice before gaming regulatory authorities throughout Canada and advises clients in regard to…
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Partner
Mr. Litwack's practice is devoted to corporate/commercial matters with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and securities and capital markets. Alan acts generally as counsel to public and…
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Associate
PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS Assisted Fortune 150 company obtain zoning approvals, tax incentives, and ordinance compliance for development of new world headquarters. Assisted major manufacturing…
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Member
Firm's Co-Leader of the Antitrust Practice Group.
Summary judgment dismissing $1.5 billion antitrust, RICO, and breach of contract suit against automotive manufacturer.
Dismissal of…
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Associate
Joseph McKinney focuses his practice in the areas of civil and commercial litigation, labor and employment law, minority business enterprises, and business immigration. Mr. McKinney has…
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Member
Nicole Meyer’s practice covers all aspects of trademark, domain name and copyright law.
She focuses on domestic and foreign trademark counseling and worldwide portfolio management. She…
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Member
Robin is a certified estate and trust law specialist by the State Bar of Arizona. Robin practices primarily in the areas of estate planning, probate and trust administration, taxation and…
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Member
Mr. Mitchell focuses his practice on intellectual property procurement, licensing and enforcement in the areas of consumer products, automotive products, life sciences and medical devices.…
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Member
Tip's practice consists primarily of advising on trust and estate matters, gift and estate tax planning, and closely-held business matters, including succession planning. Tip represents…
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Member
Mr. Rigberg represents commercial property owners and developers, homebuilders, and business owners in Federal and State Court litigation involving title issues, construction/engineering…
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Of Counsel
Clients with cybersecurity and information privacy concerns and challenges hire Justin for his experienced, tenacious, and thorough approach to data privacy and navigating an incident…
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Member
Bill Rosin is a Member of Dickinson Wright and concentrates his practice in corporate law.
Mr. Rosin is a deal making lawyer, representing clients in a wide range of commercial transactions…
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Member and Practice Department Manager
Co-lead discovery counsel for Ford Motor Company in a multi-billion dollar ERISA stock drop putative class action brought by 401k plan participants.
Lead counsel for IndyMac Bank in a jury…
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Associate
Jessica advises corporate clients on matters related to corporate governance, contracting, regulatory compliance, and licensing. Jessica regularly counsels clients in highly regulated…
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Partner
Practice involves advising and representing clients in connection with all facets of business, contract and shareholder related litigation, with an emphasis on employment, real estate…
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Partner
Donald A. Sheldon is a Partner with Dickinson Wright.  

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT



Instructor, Bar Admission Course: Business Law, 1985-1986
Lecturer, University of Toronto, Faculty of…
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Of Counsel
Mr. Silver's practice focuses on every aspect of gaming, liquor licensing and regulatory law, as well as planning and zoning matters, contractor licensing and transportation law.
Mr. Silver…
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Partner
PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS


High profile matters with Government clients
Major development projects in Toronto
Strategic Counsel re Gomery Commission
Representing Ontario Jr. hockey…
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Member
Design customized estate plans for married couples, unmarried couples, individuals, and high net worth clients, that achieve client goals including:



Tax savings strategies and estate tax…
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Associate
Jared provides counsel to business entities and individuals in transactional, corporate and information technology matters. Prior to joining Dickinson Wright, Jared served as in-house…
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Of Counsel
Rose's practice focuses on healthcare regulatory, transactional and corporate law in her representation of healthcare providers and suppliers and other current or prospective participants…
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Member
Rose's practice focuses on healthcare regulatory, transactional and corporate law in her representation of healthcare providers and suppliers and other current or prospective participants…
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Attorney
Mark E. Wilson (Member, Troy) chairs Dickinson Wright’s Health Care Practice Group and has facilitated the creation and ongoing operations of Medical "Supergroups" in which multiple…
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Associate
Emma assists clients in a wide variety of complex business and commercial litigation matters.  Her litigation practice includes environmental, toxic tort, securities, lender liability, and…
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Member
PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS Employment Discrimination/Harassment/Retaliation/Whistleblower Claims: -Represented Clients in single and multi-plaintiff actions alleging violations of federal and…
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Member
Brad Wyatt is a member in the firm's Corporate practice group. Mr. Wyatt regularly advises companies in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance matters and general…
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