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News | September 3, 2026
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Warner Attorneys Awarded Honors by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine

Seven Attorneys Listed as Super Lawyers for 21 Consecutive Years

Warner Norcross + Judd LLP attorneys have been awarded multiple honors by the 2026 Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine. The magazine’s evaluation and selection process rewards integrity, discipline and adherence to the highest professional standards.

As Michigan Super Lawyers celebrates its 21st anniversary, Warner is delighted to share that seven attorneys have been recognized as a Super Lawyer for 21 consecutive years.

Honors included:

  • Michigan Super Lawyers, which highlighted 44 attorneys in dozens of practice areas in each of Warner’s nine offices for the peer-review award that recognizes attorneys who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
  • Top 100 Lawyers, which recognized one attorney from the firm among all Michigan Super Lawyers.
  • Rising Stars, which recognized 16 attorneys who are under the age of 40 or have been in practice for 10 years or less and have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Warner attorneys named Super Lawyers and where noted, Rising Stars, by office are:

Bloomfield Hills

  • Nazli G. Sater

Detroit

  • Michael G. Brady
  • Kurt M. Brauer
  • Sean H. Cook
  • Homayune A. Ghaussi
  • Mary Jo Larson, also named a Super Lawyer for 21 consecutive years
  • Thomas J. Manganello
  • Lawrence J. Murphy, also Top 100
  • Linda Paullin-Hebden
  • Alan T. Rogalski
  • Jennifer A. Watkins
  • Laura N. You
  • Lisa B. Zimmer
  • Ashley E. Racette, Rising Star
  • Adam T. Ratliff, Rising Star
  • Zainab H. Sabbagh, Rising Star

Grand Rapids

  • Charles N. Ash Jr.
  • Edward J. Bardelli
  • Jeffrey S. Battershall
  • Andrea J. Bernard
  • John V. Byl
  • Troy M. Cumings
  • Dennis J. Donohue
  • Douglas A. Dozeman, also named a Super Lawyer for 21 consecutive years
  • Amanda M. Fielder
  • Gaëtan Gerville-Réache
  • Stephen B. Grow
  • Matthew D. Johnson
  • Madelaine C. Lane
  • Brian J. Masternak
  • Susan G. Meyers
  • Matthew T. Nelson
  • Jeffrey A. Ott
  • Dean F. Pacific
  • Richard A. Roane
  • David L.J.M. Skidmore
  • Eugene E. Smary, also named a Super Lawyer for 21 consecutive years
  • Douglas E. Wagner, also named a Super Lawyer for 21 consecutive years
  • Michael J. Bovill, Rising Star
  • Emily E. Cantor, Rising Star
  • Ashley G. Chrysler, Rising Star
  • Haley E. Clough, Rising Star
  • Sarah Harper, Rising Star
  • DeAndre’ Harris, Rising Star
  • Charles R. Quigg, Rising Star
  • Emily S. Rucker, Rising Star
  • Jarrod H. Trombley, Rising Star
  • Carly Zagaroli, Rising Star

Holland

  • Mark K. Harder, also named a Super Lawyer for 21 years

Kalamazoo

  • James L. Liggins Jr.

Macomb County

  • Matthew K. Casey
  • Frank E. Henke
  • Brian D. Wassom
  • Nina Lucido, Rising Star

Midland

  • Susan M. Cook, also named a Super Lawyer for 21 consecutive years
  • Rozanne M. Giunta, also named a Super Lawyer for 21 consecutive years
  • Jonathan E. Lauderbach
  • Chelsea N. Brown, Rising Star

Muskegon

  • Brian T. Lang
  • Tiffany R. VanderKolk, Rising Star

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