Release date August 15, 2013 The Best Lawyers in America 2014 Miller Johnson TJ Ackert (2013) Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) (2014) Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law Jeffrey S. Ammon (2003) Banking Law (2008) Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law (2012) Construction Law (2009) Corporate Law Land Use and Zoning Law (2009) Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2009) Real Estate Law (2009) Mary V. Bauman (2003) Employee Benefits Law Frank E. Berrodin (2007) Employee Benefits Law Robert D. Brower (1987) Tax Law (2010) James C. Bruinsma (1989) Employee Benefits Law David M. Buday (2011) Health Care Law (2013) Gary A. Chamberlin (2009) Education Law (2010) Labor Law - Management
Tony Comden (2013) Litigation Labor & Employment Karen J. Custer (2013) Real Estate Law Joseph H. Doele (2011) Family Law Christopher L. Edgar (2007) Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law (2013) Litigation - (2012) William H. Fallon (2003) Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law (2013) Jeffrey J. Fraser (2009) Litigation Labor & Employment (2013) David J. Gass (2003) Bet-the-Company Litigation (2009) Commercial Litigation (2006) First Amendment Law (2013) Product Liability Litigation Defendants (2010) Business Litigation (2003 thru 2006) Kenneth G. Hofman (2009) Corporate Law (2013) Health Care Law Wendy Parr Holtvluwer (2013) Non-Profit / Charities Law Carol J. Karr (1993) Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law (2012) Tax Law (2009)
W. Jack Keiser (2010) Family Law Family Law Mediation Peter J. Kok (1995) Labor Law - Management John F. Koryto (2013) Craig H. Lubben (2003) Commercial Litigation (2006) Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law (2012) Litigation Antitrust (2012) Litigation Mergers and Acquisitions (2012) Litigation Real Estate (2012) Personal Injury Litigation (2003-2013) Personal Injury Litigation Defendants (2012) Product Liability Litigation Defendants (2007) Business Litigation* (2003 thru 2006) Jon G. March (1993) Arbitration (2012) Bet-the-Company Litigation (2009) Commercial Litigation (2006) Mediation (2012) Personal Injury Litigation Defendants (2008) Professional Malpractice Law- Defendants (2009) Alternative Dispute Resolution (2007-2011) Business Litigation (1993 thru 2006) Labor and Employment Law (1993-2011) John W. McNeil (1983) Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2008) Tax Law Catherine C. Metzler (2012) Elder Law (2013) J. Lee Murphy (1987) Tax Law (2011)
Lauretta K. Murphy (2003) Elder Law (2009) Craig A. Mutch (2001) Education Law (since 2009) Employment Law Individual Labor Law - Management Jon R. Muth (2003) Bet-the-Company Litigation (2009) Commercial Litigation (2006) Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law (2010) Legal Malpractice Law Defendants (2003) Legal Malpractice Law Plaintiffs (2003) Mediation (2012) Professional Malpractice Law Defendants (2008) Professional Malpractice Law Plaintiffs (2008) Alternative Dispute Resolution (2007-2011) Business Litigation (2003 thru 2006) Personal Injury Litigation (2003 thru 2006) Cynthia P. Ortega (2003) Corporate Law (2013) Real Estate Mark S. Pendery (2013) Litigation & Controversy Tax Tax Law Daniel P. Perk (2012) Commercial Litigation (2013) Litigation Construction Litigation Real Estate (2013) Peter H. Peterson (2010) John T. Piggins (2011) Banking Law Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Nathan D. Plantinga (2011) Litigation Labor & Employment (2012-2013) D. Andrew Portinga (2010) Appellate Practice (2012) Insurance Law (2013) Litigation ERISA (2012) Commercial Litigation Michael B. Quinn Family Law Family Law Mediation (2012) Mark E. Rizik (2005) Banking Law (2013) Health Care Law (2011) Litigation & Controversy Tax (2012) Mergers & Acquisitions Law (2009) Tax Law Ronald E. Roden (2008) Banking Law Corporate Law (2013) Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2009) Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law (2009) Stephen R. Ryan (2013) Commercial Litigation Health Care Law Personal Injury Litigation Defendants (2013) Thomas P. Sarb (1995) Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law Litigation Bankruptcy (2012) Robert W. Scott (2010) Construction Law Real Estate Law Alan C. Schwartz (2008) Banking Law Environmental Law (2009)
Julie A. Sullivan (2012) Family Law Michael J. Taylor (2003) Connie R. Thacker Family Law J. Scott Timmer (2013) Real Estate Law Matthew L. Vicari (2011) Commercial Litigation (2011) Personal Injury Litigation Defendants (2012) Robert D. Wolford (2011) Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law Thomas R. Wurst (2003) 2014 Lawyer of the Year Jeffrey S. Ammon - Best Lawyers 2014 Grand Rapids Banking and Finance Law Lawyer of the Year David M. Buday - Best Lawyers 2014 Kalamazoo Employment Law - Management Lawyer of the Year. Gary A. Chamberlin - Best Lawyers 2014 Grand Rapids Education Law Lawyer of the Year Carol J. Karr Best Lawyers 2014 Grand Rapids Law Lawyer of the Year Peter J. Kok - Best Lawyers 2014 Grand Rapids Lawyer of the Year Craig H. Lubben - Best Lawyers 2014 Kalamazoo Litigation Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year. Jon R. Muth - Best Lawyers 2014 Grand Rapids Legal Malpractice Law Defendants Lawyer of the Year Nathan D. Plantinga Best Lawyers 20143 Grand Rapids Lawyer of the Year D. Andrew Portinga - Best Lawyers 2014 Grand Rapids Litigation - ERISA Lawyer of the Year Stats We have 50 total Best Lawyers 4 have added categories in 2014 9 are 2014 Lawyer of the Year
Top-listed US 1 practice area MI 29 practice areas GR 28 practice areas KZ 16 practice areas 2014 Miller Johnson Top Listed Firm rankings based on the number of Best Lawyers (copied from Best Lawyers web site 8-15-13) Top-Listed in the United States in Family Law Mediation w/ 2 attorneys. * Top-Listed in Michigan in Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) with 1 attorney. * Top-Listed in Michigan in Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law with 5 attorneys. Top-Listed in Michigan in Elder Law with 2 attorneys. * Top-Listed in Michigan in Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law with 2 attorneys. * Top-Listed in Michigan in Family Law with 5 attorneys. Top-Listed in Michigan in Family Law Mediation with 2 attorneys. Top-Listed in Michigan in Legal Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs with 1 attorney. * Top-Listed in Michigan in Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law with 1 attorney. * Top-Listed in Michigan in Professional Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs with 1 attorney. * Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Appellate Practice with 1 attorney. * Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Arbitration with 1 attorney. * Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Banking and Finance Law with 5 attorneys. * Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) with 1 attorney. Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law with 5 attorneys. Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Construction Law with 2 attorneys. * Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Education Law with 2 attorneys. Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Elder Law with 1 attorney. Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Employment Law - Management with 9 attorneys. Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law with 1 attorney. Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Family Law with 3 attorneys.
Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Family Law Mediation with 1 attorney. * Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in First Amendment Law with 1 attorney. Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Health Care Law with 3 attorneys. * Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Labor Law - Management with 8 attorneys. Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Land Use and Zoning Law with 1 attorney. * Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Legal Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs with 1 attorney. Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Litigation - ERISA with 1 attorney. * Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Litigation - Labor and Employment with 6 attorneys. Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Litigation and Controversy - Tax with 2 attorneys. Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Mediation with 2 attorneys. Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Mergers and Acquisitions Law with 5 attorneys. Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law with 1 attorney. * Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Product Liability Litigation - Defendants with 1 attorney. * Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants with 2 attorneys. Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Professional Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs with 1 attorney. Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Real Estate Law with 4 attorneys. * Top-Listed in Grand Rapids, MI in Tax Law with 6 attorneys. Top-Listed in Kalamazoo, MI in Elder Law with 1 attorney. Top-Listed in Kalamazoo, MI in Employment Law - Management with 2 attorneys. * Top-Listed in Kalamazoo, MI in Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law with 1 attorney. Top-Listed in Kalamazoo, MI in Family Law with 2 attorneys. Top-Listed in Kalamazoo, MI in Family Law Mediation with 1 attorney. Top-Listed in Kalamazoo, MI in Health Care Law with 1 attorney. * Top-Listed in Kalamazoo, MI in Labor Law - Management with 1 attorney. * Top-Listed in Kalamazoo, MI in Litigation - Antitrust with 1 attorney. * Top-Listed in Kalamazoo, MI in Litigation - Construction with 1 attorney. * Top-Listed in Kalamazoo, MI in Litigation - Labor and Employment with 2 attorneys. Top-Listed in Kalamazoo, MI in Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions with 1 attorney. Top-Listed in Kalamazoo, MI in Litigation - Real Estate with 2 attorneys. Top-Listed in Kalamazoo, MI in Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants with 1 attorney. Top-Listed in Kalamazoo, MI in Product Liability Litigation - Defendants with 1 attorney. * Top-Listed in Kalamazoo, MI in Real Estate Law with 1 attorney. * Top-Listed in Kalamazoo, MI in with 1 attorney. *
(*) Denotes tie with 1 or more firm(s).
Past Best Lawyers James Engbers (1987-2006) Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law J. Michael Smith (2009) Environmental Law Brent R. Rector (2007-2010) Labor and Employment Law Miller Johnson attorneys who have been Lawyer of the Year Jeffrey S. Ammon - Best Lawyers 2014 Grand Rapids Banking and Finance Law Lawyer of the Year James C. Bruinsma - Best Lawyers 2012 Grand Rapids Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Frank E. Berrodin Best Lawyers 2013 Grand Rapids Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Lawyer of the Year. Robert D. Brower Best Lawyers 2013 Grand Rapids Lawyer of the Year. David M. Buday - Best Lawyers 2014 Kalamazoo Employment Law - Management Lawyer of the Year. Gary A. Chamberlin - Best Lawyers 2014 Grand Rapids Education Law Lawyer of the Year William H. Fallon Best Lawyers 2012 Grand Rapids Litigation - Labor & Employment Lawyer of the Year. Kenneth G. Hofman Best Lawyers 2013 Grand Rapids Health Care Law Carol J. Karr Best Lawyers 2014 Grand Rapids Law Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers 2013 Grand Rapids Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law Peter J. Kok Best Lawyers 2014 Grand Rapids Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers 2012 Grand Rapids Labor Law - Management Lawyer of the Year, and Best Lawyers 2011 Grand Rapids Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year Craig H. Lubben - Best Lawyers 2014 Kalamazoo Litigation Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year. John W. McNeil - Best Lawyers 2012 Grand Rapids Tax Law Lawyer of the Year. Jon G. March Best Lawyers 2012 Grand Rapids Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants Lawyer of the Year. (did not want publicized or added to BIO) Jon March Best Lawyers 2009 Grand Rapids Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year Jon G. March Best Lawyers 2013 Grand Rapids Bet-the-Company Litigation Jon R. Muth - Best Lawyers 2014 Grand Rapids Legal Malpractice Law Defendants Lawyer of the Year, 2012 Grand Rapids Mediation Lawyer of the Year. Peter H. Peterson Best Lawyers 2013 Grand Rapids Employment Law - Management Lawyer of the Year. Nathan D. Plantinga Best Lawyers 20143 Grand Rapids Lawyer of the Year D. Andrew Portinga - Best Lawyers 2014 Grand Rapids Litigation - ERISA Lawyer of the Year Michael B. Quinn - Best Lawyers 2013 Grand Rapids Family Law Mark E. Rizik Best Lawyers 2013 Grand Rapids Litigation & Controversy Tax
Ronald E. Roden Best Lawyers 2012 Grand Rapids Banking and Finance Law Lawyer of the Year. Tom Sarb Best Lawyers 2013 Grand Rapids Litigation Bankruptcy Bob Scott Best Lawyers 2010 Grand Rapids Real Estate Lawyer of the Year