ARRIVALS AND PROMOTIONS
New associates at Varnum include COLE ANDERSON, MARIAH DeHOOP, BRADY DILLER, ISAAC HOUSKAMP, SILAS KOK, and SCHUYLER PRUIS in Grand Rapids; DILAN KAMA and JULIA MORAN in Birmingham; CHARLOTTE JOLLY in Novi; and KATHLEEN LOK in Ann Arbor.
AROOJ ANJUM, BRETT ASHER, LAURA DEMARCO CHRISTIAN GRAZIANI, BRIT-TANY LAWLER, FRANCISCO LOZANO, and SAMANTHA NORRIS with Kitch all received promotions.
NICHOLAS T. BADALAMENTI has joined Plunkett Cooney in Bloomfield Hills.
PAUL H. BEACH, JOHN C. MUHS, and MICHAEL A. STONE with Warner Norcross + Judd have been named partners. Beach is based in Grand Rapids, Muhs is based in Detroit, and Stone is based in Macomb County.
KARA DUNN BEURKENS, JULIAN J. HEIDENREICH, and JASON D. OSBOURN have joined Bosch Killman VanderWal in Grand Rapids.
JEFFREY BULLARD SR., JOHN M. CONWAY, DENNIS D. ALBERTS, JARED J. ANDRZEJEWSKI, and MICHAEL A. ROSS have joined Secrest Wardle in Troy.
DANIEL J. CANINE and JESSICA D. VanWERT have joined Bodman’s Troy office.
JARED CHRISTENSEN, ERIN COBANE, DAVID DURELL, COLE LUSSIER, MAUREEN MOODY, ANGELIQUE NEAL, CALLIE ROOT, and SHARAÉ WILLIAMS with Dickinson Wright were elected members of the firm.
RONALD GARDNER has joined Howard & Howard in Royal Oak.
REGAN GLENN has joined Plunkett Cooney as an associate in its Bloomfield Hills and Flint offices.
HANNAH M. JOHNSON and RYAN M. SEAMES have joined Taylor Butterfield in Lapeer.
ERIC S. HYDORN has been named a shareholder at the Dobrusin Law Firm in Pontiac.
RACHEL McRIPLEY was promoted to director of the Regional Managed Assigned Counsel Office in Dearborn.
SHANIKA A. OWENS, BLAKE C. PADGET, and BLAINE A. VELDHUIS are newly elected shareholders at Butzel.
RYAN RAMSAYER with the Barone Defense Firm in Birmingham has been named partner.
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law named NICHOLAS SCHROECK as its next dean.
RHONDA R. STOWERS with Plunkett Cooney in Flint has been named partner.
KLARA ZIERK has joined Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard as an associate in its Detroit office.
LEADERSHIP
JOSEPH Z. KOWALSKY has been named president of Organs for Life, Inc.
JAMES L. LIGGINS JR. with Warner Norcross + Judd in Kalamazoo was reappointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees.
ADAM OSTRANDER with Warner Norcross + Judd in Kalamazoo was appointed to the OutFront Kalamazoo board.
ALEX THIBODEAU with Warner Norcross + Judd in Grand Rapids has been named a co-secretary and treasurer of the board of Grand Rapids Art Museum.
PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS, AND EVENTS
MDTC hosts its 9th Annual Legal Excellence Awards on Thursday, March 20 at the Gem Theatre in Detroit.