ARRIVALS & PROMOTIONS

MICHAEL D. CALVERT and RACHEL L. COMBS have joined Collins Einhorn Farrell.

KAITLYN ELIAS and ALEANNA B. SIACON have joined the Troy office of Dickinson Wright as associates.

BILL GILBRIDE, TIM KRAMER, DAN KIELCZEWSKI, and TOM QUILTER have joined Miller Johnson’s Detroit office.

NICHOLAS H. KLAUS has joined the Levitt Law Firm in Mount Pleasant.

MICHAEL E. “MIKE” WOOLEY has joined Varnum as a partner.

AWARDS & HONORS

LAURA M. DINON with Plunkett Cooney was recognized on the 2024 list of Michigan’s Go-To Lawyers for employment law by Michigan Lawyers Weekly.

SARAH HARPER with Warner Norcross & Judd was recognized as Young Dealmaker of the Year by Crain’s Grand Rapids Business.

THOMAS S. VAUGHN with Dykema has been awarded the Association for Corporate Growth of Detroit Lifetime Achievement Award.

NEW OFFICE

STEVEN SUSSER and JESSICA FLEETHAM have opened a new practice, Evia Law, focused on intellectual property and commercial contract litigation.

OTHER

BODMAN has released its 2023 diversity, equity, and inclusion report.

FISHMAN STEWART awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Margaret J. Van Antwerp, a civil and environmental engineering student at Calvin University, for winning the Engineering Society of Detroit’s annual Engineering Student Writing Contest.

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY is offering a graduate certificate in Neuroscience and the Law.

PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS AND EVENTS

The INGHAM COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION hosts its annual meeting and shrimp dinner on Wednesday, May 15.

MDTC hosts its annual meeting and conference on Friday-Saturday, June 14-15.