ARRIVALS & PROMOTIONS

ERIN FREERS-COLE was promoted to chief of administration at the Macomb County Office of Public Defender.

RANDI G. HERMIZ has joined Butzel in Troy.

ELISHA OAKES was promoted to chief of trials at the Macomb County Office of Public Defender.

ALISSA OETMAN has joined Kreis Enderle in Kalamazoo as an associate attorney.

RONALD R. STALLWORTH has joined Warner Norcross & Judd in Lansing as senior counsel.

KIMBERLY McLEAN and TRACY ZAWASKI have joined Fishman Stewart in Troy.

AWARDS & HONORS

BODMAN has been recognized as the most gender-diverse Michigan-based law firm in an annual survey conducted by the National Law Journal.

BUTZEL was recognized by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as one of its 2024 Empowering Women honorees.

EMILY E. CANTOR, a partner with Warner Norcross & Judd in Grand Rapids, was recognized by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as a Go-To Lawyer for cannabis law.

JEFFREY C. GERISH, president and chief executive officer with Plunkett Cooney in Bloomfield Hills, was named to the board of directors of the Detroit Regional Chamber.

Traverse City-based arbitrator and mediator LEE HORNBERGER has been appointed to the Oregon Employment Relations Board panel of arbitrators.

FRANK T. MAMAT, a partner with Plunkett Cooney in Bloomfield Hills, was reelected to the board of directors of the Jewish Bar Association of Michigan.

PAUL MERSINO, president and chief executive officer with Butzel in Detroit, was named to the board of directors of the Detroit Regional Chamber.

MITCHELL ZAJAC with Butzel in Detroit was elected chair of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School board of directors.

WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD has been ranked as one of the Top 10 Best Law Firms to Work For by Vault.com, a provider of career intelligence to job seekers in law, finance, accounting, and consulting.

OTHER

J.J. CONWAY LAW in Royal Oak celebrated its 25th anniversary on June 18.