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Adkison Need Allen & Rentrop PLLC, Bloomfield Hills
A partner in the firm, Kelly A. Allen specializes in all facets of liquor licensing, including business formation, lease and land purchase negotiations, liquor license acquisition and transfers, and violations. She represents clients in complex and challenging situations before many municipalities and the Michigan Liquor Control Commission. Ms. Allen is a past president of the Oakland County Bar Association and...
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Clark Hill, Lansing
Joseph W. Colaianne counsels public and private clients in connection with complex public infrastructure projects, including financing, transactional, real estate, regulatory compliance, and governance. He has over 30 years of experience in municipal and public sector law. Currently, Mr. Colaianne is the general counsel for the Four Lakes Task Force, a Michigan nonprofit organization that was appointed by Midland and...
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Davis & Davis Law Offices PLC, Grand Rapids
George B. Davis is a partner at his firm in Grand Rapids. He has more than 40 years of experience in municipal and environmental law, exclusively representing public clients. Mr. Davis's statewide-recognized expertise includes the review and drafting of local regulatory ordinances and assisting local units of government throughout the state with the administration and enforcement of those ordinances as...
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Rhoades McKee PC, Grand Rapids
Patrick R. Drueke regularly represents landlords and tenants leasing commercial or industrial space; buyers and sellers of commercial and residential property; developers and other property owners seeking zoning approval; neighborhood associations as general counsel; businesses and individuals in disputes regarding their real estate or construction projects; owners and operators of environmentally contaminated sites facing enforcement action; and commercial and residential...
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Bloom Sluggett PC, Grand Rapids
David M. Eberle devotes his practice entirely to representing municipal and public sector clients. He serves as senior legal counsel for multiple municipalities and public entities across the state. Mr. Eberle is a member of the State Bar of Michigan's Government Law Section and serves on the Michigan Municipal League's Economic Development & Land Use Committee as well as the...
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Miller Canfield, Lansing
Scott R. Eldridge focuses his practice on management-side labor and employment law, governmental litigation, and commercial litigation. He represents colleges and universities, municipalities, nonprofits, public bodies, government contractors, and commercial enterprises in state court, federal court, and administrative tribunals, as well as in the Michigan appellate courts. Mr. Eldridge is a member of the Labor and Employment Law Section of...
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Fahey Schultz Burzych Rhodes PLC, Okemos
William K. Fahey works with public utilities and local governments across Michigan, concentrating on complex appeals, public projects, intergovernmental cooperation, energy law, and zoning and planning. He regularly presents on state and local government legal issues and has served as an adjunct professor at Cooley Law School. A member of the State Bar of Michigan since 1977, Mr. Fahey participates...
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Saginaw
Thomas H. Fancher was city attorney for Saginaw, Michigan, from 1996 to 2011. In 2011 he left and began his own municipal law consulting practice. Mr. Fancher is active in the Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys and has been a speaker at several of its events. He is the president of Legal Services of Eastern Michigan and has been a...
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Chief Assistant City Attorney, Livonia
As chief assistant city attorney for the city of Livonia, Michael E. Fisher was co-lead counsel for the three dozen or so municipalities who were defendants in "Bull Transport et al v Wayne County," a class action brought by the trucking industry to thwart municipal enforcement of truck weight limits. He also appeared on Livonia's behalf in "Lott v City...
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General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights
Gary W. Francis is associate general counsel for employment and labor law. He provides counsel to the corporation on all employee relations matters to ensure compliance with all employment and labor laws, including Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Employee...
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Rosati Schultz Joppich & Amtsbuechler PC, Farmington Hills
Lisa J. Hamameh is a shareholder with her firm, where she practices public entity law, particularly municipal law and land use and zoning. Ms. Hamameh has been recognized by Michigan Super Lawyers for 14 consecutive years. In 2011 and 2012 she was recognized as a Rising Star and from 2013 to 2025 she was listed as a Super Lawyer for...
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Rosati Schultz Joppich & Amtsbuechler PC, Farmington Hills
Steven P. Joppich is a shareholder of the firm and currently serves as city attorney for the city of Farmington Hills and as township attorney for Independence Township. He also serves as general counsel to the Oakland Township Parks and Recreation Commission and assists in providing general counsel representation to the cities of Novi and Farmington. He also serves as...
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Miller Canfield, Detroit
Ronald C. Liscombe is a public finance attorney whose practice focuses on state and municipal finance, economic development, housing finance, school finance, election law, and state and local government law. He represents municipalities, public authorities, state agencies, school districts, and underwriters in a broad range of tax-exempt and taxable financing transactions throughout Michigan. Mr. Liscombe serves as bond counsel, disclosure...
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Williams Williams Rattner & Plunkett PC, Birmingham
Jason C. Long has been practicing in the areas of eminent domain, condemnation, property tax, and other real estate and appellate litigation for more than 20 years. He is experienced with a variety of property types ranging from single-family homes to office complexes to sophisticated industrial facilities and has represented both property owners and governmental agencies in tax and other...
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Miller Canfield, Detroit
Steven D. Mann focuses his practice on serving the needs of public agencies. He serves as bond counsel, helping clients understand the options available for financing public improvements such as water and sewer projects, building and facilities improvements, street and drainage improvements, and economic development initiatives. Mr. Mann specializes in all facets of tax increment financing, election law, the preparation...
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Miller Canfield, Detroit
Michael P. McGee has served as bond counsel and underwriter's counsel for hundreds of transactions in various areas including economic development, transit, and transportation. In addition, he has negotiated complex intergovernmental agreements for a wide variety of clients, including a major economic development project for the southeast Michigan region and related legislation. Over the past 25 years, Mr. McGee has...
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Miller Canfield, Detroit
Patrick F. McGow focuses his practice on municipal law, advising cities, counties, townships, villages, and authorities on a broad range of infrastructure financing and related legal matters. In addition to serving as bond counsel in financing transactions, he advises his clients on special assessments, elections, millage and ballot proposals, state and federal tax issues, and other finance matters. Mr. McGow...
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Plunkett Cooney PC, Bloomfield Hills
Courtney L. Nichols is a shareholder and serves as the coleader of the firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group. Ms. Nichols represents employers in workforce-related litigation, including disputes involving allegations of wrongful termination, discrimination, and whistleblower claims. She also represents and advises employers on issues pertaining to various state and federal statutes, including the Family and Medical Leave Act, the...
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Williams Williams Rattner & Plunkett PC, Birmingham
Jerome P. Pesick is a shareholder of the firm. His practice areas include eminent domain, condemnation, land use, and property taxation. During his more than 40 years in practice, Mr. Pesick has successfully tried and settled hundreds of condemnation cases throughout Michigan. He has also regularly represented clients in major property tax appeal cases involving all types of business properties...
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Rosati Schultz Joppich & Amtsbuechler PC, Farmington Hills
Carol A. Rosati, the managing shareholder of the firm, practices in the areas of municipal law and zoning and land use litigation. She is a past chair of the State Bar of Michigan's Government Law Section (formerly the Public Corporation Law Section), where she served as a council member from 1988 until 2023. Ms. Rosati was the recipient of the...
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Rosati Schultz Joppich & Amtsbuechler PC, Farmington Hills
Thomas R. Schultz has practiced in the area of municipal law for 20 years, providing general and special counsel legal services to local governmental agencies. In this capacity, he renders advice on a wide variety of matters, including ordinance drafting, compliance with Open Meetings Act and Freedom of Information Act requirements, property taxation and special assessments, and the acquisition of...
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Dickinson Wright PLLC, Lansing
Jarrod T. Smith is a member of the firm's Lansing office, where his practice focuses on public finance, governmental policy and economic development law. He has extensive experience advising state and local issuers, as well as various underwriters and financial institutions, in structuring and executing complex public finance transactions, leveraging his deep knowledge of governmental procedures and financial frameworks. Before...
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Kerr Russell, Detroit
James E. Tamm has represented municipalities throughout the state of Michigan in the areas of municipal law, land use planning, and civil rights. An active member and past chair of the Government Law Section of the State Bar of Association, he has frequently been a speaker on behalf of the Michigan Municipal League and the Michigan Township Association. Mr. Tamm...
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Michigan Court of Appeals, Detroit
Judge Christopher M. Trebilcock was appointed by Governor Gretchen E. Whitmer in 2025. Before his appointment, he was an equity member in the Detroit office of Clark Hill, PLC, where he practiced employment and labor law; election law; and administrative, municipal, and education litigation. Judge Trebilcock previously was an equity principal with Miller Canfield, PLC, and served as the deputy...
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