09.30.2025

Mark S. Kopson, a partner and leader of Plunkett Cooney’s Health Care Industry Group, was recently selected by Michigan Lawyers Weekly (MiLW) as a member of its 2025 Class of Leaders in the Law.  

According to MiLW, Kopson and this year’s other honorees were selected for, among other things, their significant contributions to the practice of law in Michigan, their experience and expertise as practitioners and their leadership efforts within the bar and community.

This year’s class will be honored during the annual Leaders in the Law awards luncheon on Nov. 14 at The Mint at Michigan First Conference Center in Lathrup Village. The “Lawyer of the Year” will also be announced live during the event.

Kopson currently serves as president of the 12,000-member American Health Law Association (AHLA). He also served for several years as a member of Plunkett Cooney’s Board of Directors and the firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. He currently leads the firm’s Health Care Committee.

Throughout his legal career, Kopson has represented health facilities, health plans, medical and behavioral health providers, nonprofits, integrated delivery systems, and managed care organizations across the United States. His expertise spans commercial and governmental managed care contracting, regulation, compliance and alternative dispute resolution.

Kopson’s expertise in the legal industry has not gone unnoticed by his colleagues who participate in such annual peer review platforms as Best Lawyers in America^®. Since 2014, Kopson has been honored in the area of Health Care Law, and Best Lawyers recently named him its 2026 Lawyer of the Year for attorneys practicing in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Michigan Super Lawyers magazine has also honored Kopson since 2014, naming him among its Top 100 Lawyers for several years.

Kopson has been a Fellow of the State Bar of Michigan Health Care Law Section since 2019, and is active in several bar associations, including the Business Law, Health Law, and Law Practice Management sections of the American Bar Association, the Health Care Law and Business Law sections of the State Bar of Michigan, and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education.

A magna cum laude graduate from the University of Detroit School of Law in 1985, Kopson received his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Detroit in 1981. He is admitted to practice law in the state and federal courts in Michigan, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court.

Plunkett Cooney’s Healthcare Industry Group serves the needs of clients in the increasingly complex business of healthcare. Using a multi-specialty approach, the group’s attorneys develop strategies to both prevent and solve problems on behalf of all types of healthcare providers, payers, and health-related businesses. The firm’s clients include clinically integrated networks, health plans, behavioral health providers, for-profit and non-profit health systems, single- and multi-specialty professional practices, pharmacies, ambulatory surgery centers, and long-term care facilities.

Established in 1913, Plunkett Cooney is a leading provider of business law and litigation services to clients in the private and public sectors. The firm maintains offices in seven Michigan cities, Chicago, Illinois; Columbus, Ohio; and Indianapolis, Indiana.

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. The firm has also received Mansfield Rule Certification Plus 2024-2025 for midsize law firms, which recognizes leaders in diversity, equity and inclusion within the legal industry.

For more information about Mark Kopson’s selection by MiLW as a 2025 Leader in the Law, contact the firm’s Director of Marketing & Business Development John Cornwell at (248) 901-4008 or via email at jcornwell@plunkettcooney.com.

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