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Laura S. Amtsbuechler is a shareholder practicing in the area of liability defense. Laura has extensive trial experience representing municipalities, individuals and businesses. She is also a trained mediator. She has successfully litigated cases inv…
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Holly S. Battersby is a shareholder with the firm who specializes in defending a broad range of civil litigation arising under both state and federal law. Holly regularly represents governmental entities and their employees in courts across the state…
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Thomas D. Beindit is an associate attorney practicing in the area of liability defense and providing general counsel to municipalities. He is experienced in all aspects of litigation and has extensive experience representing municipalities and employ…
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Michael T. Berger is an Associate with extensive litigation and appellate experience and is well versed in the challenges that municipalities and their employees face in civil litigation. He began practicing law in 2013 and tried several cases within…
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Andrew J. Brege is a shareholder in the Lansing office. He focuses his practice on municipal law, municipal liability and civil rights defense. Andy has represented municipalities, governmental agencies, and private businesses across the state on emp…
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Margaret T. Debler is a firm shareholder, working out of the Farmington Hills office. She concentrates her practice in the areas of civil rights defense litigation, and the defense of state law claims against municipalities including police misconduc…
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Debani T. Gordon-Lehman is an Associate with the firm and focuses her practice on municipal law, employment law, law enforcement and civil rights. She also assists with providing general counsel services to several municipalities. Debani assists thes…
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Lisa J. Hamameh practices primarily municipal law, land use and zoning, Condominium and Homeowners’ Association law. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Wayne State University in 1995 and is a 2000 graduate of Wayne S…
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Melanie M. Hesano is an Associate with the firm and focuses her practice on municipal law, employment law, law enforcement and civil rights. She also assists with providing general counsel services to several municipalities. Melanie assists these com…
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Steven P. Joppich has devoted his legal career to representing the interests of governmental entities. Since 1994, he has assisted local governments throughout Michigan with a variety of legal issues both in and out of the courtroom. As a result, Ste…
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In more than 30 years as a litigator and advisor to local governments, Anne McClorey McLaughlin has time and again obtained excellent results for her clients. She has litigated and tried cases involving an extensive variety of issues and claims affec…
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Stephen G. Meads is a shareholder in the firm and has specialized in municipal law and prosecution for over 25 years. He spent the first five years of his legal career at the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office. While there, he handled all aspec…
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Stephanie Simon Morita concentrates her practice in municipal law, local taxation law, and property tax appeal defense. She has extensive trial experience representing municipalities in valuation disputes in the Michigan Tax Tribunal, and has also su…
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Alexandra L. Page is an associate attorney who focuses her practice primarily on municipal liability, civil rights defense, and providing general counsel to municipalities. Alexandra is also a trained civil mediator. Prior to joining the firm as a cl…
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Andrea M. Pike represents municipalities and other governmental bodies throughout the State of Michigan and has successfully advocated their interests in state, federal, and appellate courts. Andrea concentrates her practice in the areas of labor and…
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Carol A. Rosati is a founding and managing shareholder of the firm, in charge of its day-to-day operations. She is considered one of the top attorneys in the State of Michigan in the area of zoning and land use defense for municipalities. Carol is ad…
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Elizabeth Kudla Saarela is a Shareholder with the firm specializing in municipal law. For the past 21 years she has focused her practice in providing legal services to local governmental agency clients. She is the Township Attorney for Hamburg Townsh…
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Thomas R. Schultz is a shareholder in the firm and has concentrated his practice in municipal law for over 25 years. He is currently the City Attorney for the City of Novi, the City of Farmington, and the City of Sylvan Lake. He provides general coun…
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Joellen Shortley has provided legal advice and counsel to municipal elected officials and departments for over twenty years. She is particularly experienced in negotiating complex contracts and resolving vendor disputes to avoid service interruptions…
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Charles Snell is an associate with the firm, specializing in criminal prosecution and ordinance violations. He was an Assistant Prosecutor with the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office for fifteen years. While working in that capacity, he prosecuted…
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Marcelyn A. Stepanski is a Shareholder specializing in state and federal appellate practice and complex brief writing. She represents municipalities and other governmental bodies throughout the State of Michigan and has successfully advocated their i…
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Carlito H. Young is a shareholder practicing in the Litigation Defense and Labor Practice Groups of the firm. He specializes in representing government clients in First Amendment issues, police matters, employment cases, insurance coverage, and wrong…
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Matthew J. Zalewski is an associate at the firm, providing general counsel and litigation services to municipalities, and specializing in land use, zoning, real estate, and constitutional law. He has spent his entire legal career in municipal law, ha…
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Prior to joining the firm, Debra A. Walling began her career in Columbus, Ohio where she practiced personal injury and corporate law. Upon moving to Michigan in 1984, she was an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Troy for six years. Debbie then…
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