08.19.2024

Twenty-nine Plunkett Cooney attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®.

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which lawyers within their own geographic region nominate their peers. These lawyers are not allowed to select nominees from the same area(s) in which they practice. Inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered an honor because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed.

In addition to inclusion on the list this year, Douglas C. Bernstein was named the Best Lawyers® 2025 Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law "Lawyer of the Year" in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Michael S. Bogren received the Best Lawyers™ 2025 Municipal Law Lawyer of the Year award in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Lawyer of the Year is a designation awarded to only a single attorney in each practice area in each community.

Below is the complete list of Plunkett Cooney attorneys who have received the 2025 Best Lawyers designation:

Plunkett Cooney’s Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Best Lawyers:

• Michael P. Ashcraft (Partner) – Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants

• Douglas C. Bernstein (Partner) – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law and Real Estate Law

• Matthew J. Boettcher (Partner) – Commercial Litigation and Banking and Finance Litigation
• Charles W. Browning (Partner) – Insurance Law
• Jeffrey C. Gerish (Partner) – Appellate Practice
• Howard B. Goldman (Partner) – Real Estate Law
• Mark S. Kopson (Partner) – Health Care Law
• Patrick C. Lannen (Partner) – Banking and Finance Law and Commercial Litigation
• David A. Lerner (Partner) – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights and Insolvency and Reorganization Law

• Scott K. Lites (Partner) – Corporate Law and Real Estate Law
• Frank T. Mamat (Partner) – Construction Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment Law
• Mary Massaron (Partner) – Appellate Practice
• Lauren B. McMillen (Partner) – Insurance Law
• Kenneth C. Newa (Partner) – Insurance Law
• Elaine M. Pohl (Partner) – Insurance Law and Insurance Litigation
• Scott H. Sirich (Partner) – Construction Law and Litigation
• Michael D. Weaver (Partner) – Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Litigation and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Patrick E. Winters (Partner) – Insurance Law and Insurance Litigation

Plunkett Cooney’s Columbus, Ohio Best Lawyers:

• Christina L. Corl (Partner) – Education Law, Employment Law – Management and Labor and Employment Litigation
• Daniel J. Hurley (Partner) – Insurance Law and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Plunkett Cooney’s Detroit, Michigan Best Lawyers:

• Jennifer Andreou (Partner) – Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
• Claudia D. Orr (Of Counsel) – Employment Law, Labor and Employment Litigation
• Stanley A. Prokop (Of Counsel) – Insurance Law
• Matthew J. Stanczyk (Partner) – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants                                                                                          

Plunkett Cooney’s Flint, Michigan Best Lawyer:                      

• Audrey J. Forbush (Partner) –Labor and Employment and Municipal Litigation

Plunkett Cooney’s Grand Rapids, Michigan Best Lawyers:

• Michael S. Bogren (Partner) – Municipal Law and Litigation
• Timothy F. Sheridan (Partner) – Construction Litigation / Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Plunkett Cooney’s Indianapolis, Indiana Best Lawyers:

• Pamela A. Paige (Partner) – Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Plunkett Cooney’s Lansing, Michigan Best Lawyer:                

• Peter D. Cronk (Partner) – Commercial Litigation and Banking and Finance Litigation

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 approximately 130 attorneys in seven Michigan cities, Chicago, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana and Columbus, Ohio. Plunkett Cooney has received Mansfield Rule Certification for midsize law firms, which recognizes leaders in diversity, equity and inclusion within the legal industry.

For more information about Plunkett Cooney’s 2025 “Best Lawyers in America,” contact the firm’s Director of Marketing and Business Development John Cornwell at (248) 901-4008; jcornwell@plunkettcooney.com.

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