Former Plunkett Cooney President and Chief Executive officer  (CEO) Thomas P. Vincent was recently named by Michigan Lawyers Weekly (MiLW) to the publication’s 2024 Hall of Fame Class.

Vincent is one of 30 attorneys selected by MiLW as a top legal leader in Michigan who has been practicing for 30 years or more. Candidates were selected because they built exemplary careers with numerous accomplishments and valuable contributions made to the community.

MiLW will host a Hall of Fame awards ceremony on April 26, at Petruzzello’s Banquet and Conference Center of Troy. This year’s honorees will also be profiled in a special section of the April 22 issue of MiLW.

Under Vincent’s leadership from 2017 to 2023, Plunkett Cooney grew to include five new practice groups and went on to win numerous national and international honors, including the coveted Mansfield Rule Certification which honors law firms for their commitments to improving diversity, equity and inclusion.

A partner in the firm's Labor & Employment, Torts & Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution practice groups, Vincent is one of Michigan's most accomplished trial attorneys. He has leveraged his over 40 years of litigation experience to serve as an independent meditator and arbitrator with the goals of quickly, fairly and cost-effectively resolving disputes for litigants. His ADR practice spans a range of matters involving civil rights, class actions, commercial liability, education law, employment liability, governmental law, medical litigation, motor vehicle and trucking liability, pharmaceutical liability, premises liability, product liability and professional liability. He has also completed the ICLE 40-hour General Civil Mediation Training Program. 

Vincent earned his undergraduate degree in 1977 from Wayne State University and his law degree in 1981 from the Michigan State University College of Law. He has received several honors for his legal work, including earning designations as a Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation since 2013 and as a Michigan Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers magazine for multiple years. He has also received an AV Preeminent™ rating by Martindale-Hubbell, a leading peer-to-peer professional ratings service, and he has been named a Leading Lawyer in Commercial Litigation by Leading Lawyers Magazine Michigan since 2015.

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 employs approximately 140 attorneys in seven Michigan cities, Chicago, Illinois, Columbus, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana.

For more information about Thomas Vincent’s selection as a 2024 MiLW Hall of Fame member, 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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