ARRIVALS AND PROMOTIONS
CONOR M. BOWERS has joined the Detroit office of Bodman.
CARMEN GOODSON has joined Kreis Enderle as an associate in its Grand Rapids office.
CHRISTOPHER M. MANN has joined Varnum as a partner in its Birmingham office.
FRANK A. MISURACA has joined Collins Einhorn Farrell in Southfield.
JAMERIKA RAMSEY has joined Plunkett Cooney’s Bloomfield Hills office.
JEONG SEO has joined Fishman Stewart in Troy as an associate.
RAQUEL S. SPORTEL has joined Warner Norcross + Judd in Grand Rapids as an associate.
CHRISTOPHER J. ZDARSKY has joined the Grand Rapids office of Butzel as a shareholder.
AWARDS AND HONORS
GEANEEN M. ARENDS with Butzel in Detroit has been recognized as a Notable Black Business Leader by Crain’s Detroit Business.
KELLI L. BAKER, a partner with Plunkett Cooney in Grand Rapids, was recognized on the Michigan Lawyers Weekly list of Influential Women of Law for 2024.
AARON BURRELL with Dickinson Wright in Detroit has been recognized as a Notable Black Business Leader by Crain’s Detroit Business.
BUTZEL has been recognized on Crain’s 2024 Best Places to Work list.
JOHN JOSEPH (J.J.) CONWAY with J.J. Conway Law in Royal Oak has been recognized on Michigan’s Leading Lawyers list for 2024 in the category of employee benefits.
MADELAINE C. LANE, a partner with Warner Norcross + Judd in Grand Rapids, was recognized on the Michigan Lawyers Weekly list of Influential Women of Law for 2024.
SHANIKA A. OWENS with Butzel in Detroit was recognized on the Michigan Lawyers Weekly list of Influential Women of Law for 2024.
REBECCA L. WEEKLEY with Williams Williams Rattner & Plunkett in Birmingham was recognized on the Michigan Lawyers Weekly list of Influential Women of Law for 2024.
LEADERSHIP
KATHLEEN CIESLIK, a partner with Varnum in Birmingham, has been appointed to the board of directors for the Planned Giving Roundtable of Southeast Michigan.
JONATHAN E. LAUDERBACH, executive partner at the Midland office of Warner Norcross + Judd, has been elected to the board for the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation.
JOSEPH PETERSON with Plunkett Cooney in Bloomfield Hills was named vice chair of the Oakland County Bar Association Tax Law Committee.
PETER RAGEAS with the Law Offices of Peter C. Rageas in Royal Oak has been appointed to the Wayne County Ethics Board.
MOVES
BUTZEL relocated its Ann Arbor office to 101 North Main Street, Suite 200.
J.J. CONWAY LAW has relocated to 150 W. 2nd Street, Suite 250 in Royal Oak.