Warner Norcross + Judd LLP attorneys have been selected for multiple honors by The Best Lawyers in America® 2027.
Honors included:
- Best Lawyers, which highlighted attorneys in 50-plus practice areas across Warner’s nine offices for the peer-review award, denoting legal excellence in specific practice areas.
- Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch,” which recognized 24 attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice.
- Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year,” which honored seven attorneys for legal excellence in specific practice areas by geography.
Warner attorneys by office are (unless otherwise noted, all are Best Lawyers):
Bloomfield Hills
- Roquia K. Draper
- Antonia R. Giles, Ones to Watch
- Charles C. Kadado, Ones to Watch
- Randall J. Peck
- Nazli G. Sater
Detroit
- Aaron J. Beresh
- Michael Brady
- Kurt M. Brauer
- Robert J. Cambridge
- Vito A. Ciaravino
- Sean H. Cook
- Katelyn D. Crysler, Ones to Watch
- Jennifer L. Dudley
- Homayune A. Ghaussi
- Rozanne M. Giunta
- Wyatt J. Istvan-Mitchell
- William R. Jansen
- Jay A. Kennedy
- Kurt A. Kissling
- Steven C. Kohl
- Mary Jo Larson
- Christopher M. LeClair, Ones to Watch
- Dennis W. Loughlin
- Thomas J. Manganello
- Lawrence J. Murphy
- Linda Paullin-Hebden
- Erin Poston, Ones to Watch
- Katherine L. Pullen
- Ashley E. Racette, Ones to Watch
- Adam T. Ratliff, Ones to Watch
- Alan T. Rogalski
- Zainab H. Sabbagh, Ones to Watch
- Timothy H. Smith, Ones to Watch
- Jennifer A. Watkins
- Laura N. You
- Lisa B. Zimmer
Grand Rapids
- Thomas M. Amon
- Loren Andrulis
- Charles N. Ash Jr.
- Edward J. Bardelli, Grand Rapids Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year
- Jeffrey S. Battershall, Grand Rapids Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year
- Jared T. Belka
- Andrea J. Bernard, Grand Rapids Construction Litigation Lawyer of the Year
- Jeffrey O. Birkhold
- Daniel W. Borst
- Richard L. Bouma
- Michael J. Bovill, Ones to Watch
- Daniel S. Brookins, Ones to Watch
- Charles E. Burpee
- John V. Byl
- Jason Byrne
- Emily E. Cantor, Grand Rapids Business Organizations Lawyer of the Year
- Scott R. Carvo
- Haley E. Clough, Ones to Watch
- Kelly M. Clum-Matthysse
- Corinne N. Curtis
- Rob M. Davies
- Cameron S. DeLong
- Daniel K. DeWitt
- Dennis J. Donohue, Grand Rapids Environmental Law Lawyer of the Year
- Douglas A. Dozeman
- Carl W. Dufendach
- Daniel P. Ettinger
- Amanda M. Fielder, Grand Rapids Labor and Employment Litigation Lawyer of the Year
- Gaëtan Gerville-Réache
- Charlie Goode
- Stephen B. Grow
- William W. Hall
- Sarah Harper, Ones to Watch
- Alexandra E. Haywood, Ones to Watch
- Philip T. Haywood, Ones to Watch
- Timothy Hillegonds
- Timothy L. Horner
- Catherine H. Jacobs
- Laura A. Jeltema
- Matthew D. Johnson
- Michael J. Jones
- Jonathan P. Kok
- Anthony J. Kolenic Jr.
- Stephen R. Kretschman
- Madelaine C. Lane
- Gordon R. Lewis
- Heidi A. Lyon, Grand Rapids Employee Benefits Law Lawyer of the Year
- Rodney D. Martin
- Brian J. Masternak
- F. William McKee
- Christian E. Meyer
- Susan Gell Meyers
- Laura E. Morris
- James Moskal
- Cody A. Mott, Ones to Watch
- Matthew T. Nelson
- Robert J. Nolan
- Jeffrey A. Ott
- Dean F. Pacific
- Steven A. Palazzolo
- Jeffrey B. Power
- Christopher J. Predko
- James J. Rabaut
- Louis C. Rabaut
- Richard A. Roane
- Vernon P. Saper
- Gregory E. Schmidt
- Janelle E. Shankin, Ones to Watch
- Matthew E. Sierawski, Ones to Watch
- David L.J.M. Skidmore
- Jamie C. Slotsema, Ones to Watch
- Raquel Sportel, Ones to Watch
- Anne Steen, Ones to Watch
- James J. Steffel
- Justin W. Stemple
- Alexander J. Thibodeau, Ones to Watch
- Gordon J. Toering
- Jarrod H. Trombley, Ones to Watch
- Ford J.H. Turrell
- W. Michael Van Haren
- Karen J. VanderWerff
- Douglas E. Wagner
- Mark J. Wassink
- Stephen C. Waterbury
- Bruce C. Young
- Lance R. Zoerhof
Holland
- Mark K. Harder
- Jennifer L. Remondino
Kalamazoo
- Rachel J. Foster
- Sara Nicholson
- Christopher E. Tracy
- B. Jay Yelton III
Lansing
- Jeffrey W. Bracken
- Troy M. Cumings
- Monique C. Field-Foster
- Ronald R. Stallworth
Macomb County
- Matthew K. Casey
- David C.C. Eberhard
- Frank E. Henke
- Nina E. Lucido, Ones to Watch
- David W. MacDonald
- Brian D. Wassom
- Robin E. Yono
Midland
- Susan M. Cook
- Jonathan E. Lauderbach
Muskegon
- Robert A. Dubault
- Paul R. Jackson
- Brian T. Lang
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