Plunkett Cooney attorney Arturo Alfaro was recently appointed to serve as a member of the Oakland County Bar Foundation’s (OCBF) Board of Trustees. His one-year term began on July 1.

The OCBF is dedicated to ensuring access to justice and to promoting an understanding of the law in the local community. The foundation partners with the Oakland County Bar Association (OCBA) and community members and organizations to support worthy causes in Oakland County. The OCBF promotes and funds programs through fundraising and grants designed to increase access, affordability and understanding of the law and legal system.

A member of Plunkett Cooney’s Bloomfield Hills office, Alfaro practices in Plunkett Cooney's Transportation Law Practice Group and focuses his practice in the areas of motor vehicle negligence and no-fault law. He routinely defends insured motorists, rental car companies and corporations in no-fault coverage disputes and negligence suits. 

As Leader of the firm’s Immigration Law Practice Group, Alfaro also maintains a multi-faceted immigration law practice through which he assists individuals and families with family-based petitions and visa processing, including permanent residency and removal of residency conditions. He also handles naturalization, employment authorizations and other types of applications.

Alfaro currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Hispanic Bar Association of Michigan. He is a member of the Oakland County and Detroit Bar associations and the Immigration Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, where he served as treasurer. Alfaro is also a member of the Immigration Law Practice Group of ALFA International, a consortium of approximately 140 law firms throughout the United States and in countries around the world.

Alfaro has been designated by Best Lawyers as one of peer review service’s Ones to Watch in immigration and transportation law since 2023, and he was selected by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as an Up & Coming Lawyer in 2025. Alfaro received his law degree, magna cum laude, from Cooley Law School in 2020 and his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from Baker College in 2004.

Established in 1913, Plunkett Cooney, which is one of the Midwest’s oldest and most accomplished law firms, is a leading provider of business and litigation services to clients in the private and public sectors. The firm employs attorneys in eight Michigan cities, two Ohio cities, Chicago, Illinois and Indianapolis, Indiana.

Plunkett Cooney has achieved the highest rating (AV) awarded by Martindale-Hubbell, a leading, international directory of law firms as well as recognition by Best Lawyers as one of the nation’s leading law firms since the honor’s inception in 2010.

For more information regarding Alfaro’s appointment to the OCBF board, contact John Cornwell of Plunkett Cooney’s Practice Development Department at (248) 901-4008; jcornwell@plunkettcooney.com.

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