Miller Johnson is pleased to welcome Jeffrey T. Gray as a Member in the Grand Rapids office. He will be in the business section’s employee benefits and executive compensation practice group.

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Marisa Griggs joins the firm as an Associate with the Human Resource and Employment Law Team. Prior to joining Rhoades McKee, Griggs served as Legal Counsel and Human Resources Director of a multi-state corporation overseeing more than 500 employees nation-wide.  She counseled and worked closely with senior-level managers on complex issues such as policy interpretation, performance and disability management, employee discipline and discharge, conflict resolution, and other issues representing significant risk to the corporation.

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Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge is pleased to announce that attorneys Michael E. Doversberger, Patricia S. Hertel, and Samantha A. Pepprock have joined the firm, as along with its new Holland office coordinator, SaraJane Bos.

Mike Doversberger is an attorney in Smith Haughey’s Holland office, practicing in the areas of business, real estate, intellectual property, franchise, and employment law. Mike began his legal practice in Mishawaka, Indiana and Dowagiac, Michigan, before joining Smith Haughey. He has represented both individuals and publicly traded corporations, has drafted and negotiated numerous types of agreements, and has acted as counsel to employers on human resource needs and strategies. He also has experience litigating commercial disputes, contracts and employment claims. More >>

Koral Fritz joins the firm’s Real Estate and Environmental Law teams.  A graduate from Vermont Law School with a Masters in Food and Agriculture Law and Policy, Koral also brings real-life engagement and experiences to our team.  Prior to joining Rhoades McKee, Fritz worked as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Kalamazoo 9^th Judicial Circuit Court Criminal and Civil Trial Division, a Legal Intern with the Regulatory Affairs Department of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, and a Law Clerk for the Food and Water Watch.  More >>

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that John A. Ferroli has been appointed as the Office Managing Member of the firm’s Grand Rapids office. Ferroli, who also serves on the firm’s Recruiting Committee, succeeds longtime Grand Rapids Office Managing Member James Brady.

Ferroli focuses his practice on the litigation of environmental, tort and commercial disputes, and representing clients in a wide variety of matters involving environmental issues, including agency enforcement actions, regulatory and permit compliance issues, property rights and claims, insurance claims, and corporate and real estate transactions. His environmental litigation experience has notably included federal and state cost recovery and contribution litigation, the defense of environmental and toxic tort suits and insurance coverage litigation. Ferroli’s practice involves sites and disputes across the United States. He is a longstanding member of the State Bars of Michigan and California.

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Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP announced today that IP partners Tim Flory and Peter Cummings will join its expanding Grand Rapids office. Their arrival comes as the firm doubles its Grand Rapids office space to take up most of the fourth floor of its current building, the recently renovated 300 Ottawa Avenue Building.

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Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge is pleased to announce that attorney Jay C. Kakaty has joined the firm and will be practicing in our Grand Rapids office, although he will also be working closely with our Muskegon, Holland and Ann Arbor offices.

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Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP announced that litigator Joe Sadler has joined the firm as a partner in the Grand Rapids office. He will be joined in the growing West Michigan office by associates Emily Byl and Taylor Webb.

Honigman opened the Grand Rapids office at the end of 2016 after hiring leading corporate lawyer Tracy T. Larsen, who is office managing partner and co-leader of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice.

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Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge is pleased to announce that attorneys Ashley C. Quackenbush and Ryne J. Takacs have joined the firm, practicing in our Grand Rapids office, and attorney Christopher S. Berry joined the firm, practicing in our Muskegon office.

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