08.19.2026

Michigan Super Lawyers magazine has named 15 attorneys from Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and most accomplished law firms, to its 2026 list of Super Lawyers as well as seven attorneys to its list of Rising Stars.

Receiving special recognition by the magazine this year is health care attorney Mark S. Kopson, who was listed among the “Top 100 Michigan Super Lawyers” for his work in the area of health care law.

Below is a list of Plunkett Cooney partners who received the 2026 Michigan Super Lawyer designation:

Plunkett Cooney’s Bloomfield Hills office members:

• Douglas C. Bernstein – Bankruptcy: Business
• Matthew J. Boettcher – Business Litigation
• Charles W. Browning – Insurance Coverage
• Jeffrey S. Hengeveld – Professional Liability: Defense
• Mark S. Kopson – Health Care
• Frank T. Mamat – Employment & Labor
• Mary Massaron – Appellate
• Kenneth C. Newa – Insurance Coverage
• Courtney L. Nichols – Employment and Labor
• Scott H. Sirich – Construction Litigation
• Patrick E. Winters – Insurance Coverage

Plunkett Cooney’s Detroit office member:

• Jennifer Andreou – Personal Injury Medical Malpractice: Defense
• Kenneth R. Chadwell – Government Relations
• Michael K. Sheehy – Transportation/Maritime

Plunkett Cooney’s Flint office member:

• Audrey J. Forbush – State/Local/Municipal

Below are the Plunkett Cooney attorneys who have received the Michigan Super Lawyer Rising Star designation this year:

• Charles L. Bogren (Grand Rapids) – State/Local/Municipal
• Danielle Chidiac (Bloomfield Hills) – Insurance Coverage
• Madeleine C. Craig (Bloomfield Hills) – Business Litigation
• Elena Djordjeski Light (Bloomfield Hills) – Personal Injury General: Defense
• Simone R. Fabiilli (Bloomfield Hills) – Business Litigation
• Courtney A. Lavender (Bloomfield Hills) – Appellate
• Robert M. Unatin (Bloomfield Hills) – Insurance Coverage

Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a patented multiphase review process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with independent research. Each candidate is evaluated based on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis.

Those named to the annual list of Super Lawyers represent only the top five percent of the state’s licensed practitioners. To be considered a Rising Star, candidates must be either 40 years old or younger or licensed to practice for 10 years or less. No more than 2.5 percent of eligible attorneys receive the Rising Star designation.

Established in 1913, Plunkett Cooney is a leading provider of business and litigation services to clients in the private and public sectors. The firm employs attorneys in Chicago, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana, two Ohio cities and eight Michigan cities.

Plunkett Cooney has received the highest rating (AV) awarded by Martindale-Hubbell, a leading peer review service, as well as recognition by Best Lawyers as one of the nation’s leading law firms.

For more information about Plunkett Cooney’s 2026 Michigan Super Lawyers and Rising Stars, contact John Cornwell of the firm’s Practice Development Department at (248) 901-4008; jcornwell@plunkettcooney.com.

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