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Roberta Granadier’s practice focuses on employee benefits and executive compensation. She works with private, public and governmental employers on their qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, executive and incentive compensation programs, ESOPs and insured and self-insured health plans. Ms. Granadier has extensive experience with benefits issues in corporate transactions, including change of control parachute excise taxes, plan terminations and spin-offs and transition of benefit...

Joshua P. Lushnat is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Joshua P., who practices law in Birmingham, Michigan, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Joshua P. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Paul has extensive experience in in all facets of intellectual property law. Paul’s practice involves assisting individuals, small businesses, and Fortune 500 companies in building and managing IP portfolios. He provides counseling with regard to invention development and harvesting, worldwide enforcement, patent and trademark procurement, intellectual property landscaping, clearance, and litigation matters, working to craft strategies that enable clients to work toward their unique goa...

Experience Ryan Lee Perry is a shareholder in the law firm of Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C. Ryan received his undergraduate degree from Kalamazoo College, his law degree from Wayne State University, where he was twice named the top oralist in its Moot Court Program, served as the Associate Editor for the Michigan International Lawyer from 1995 through 1997, and was a judicial intern for the Honorable Gerald E. Rosen for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Mich...

I am an intellectual property (IP) and business attorney with over 25 years of experience. I am an advisor, a strategist, a litigator, a deal maker, and a problem solver. But most of all, I am an invested team member. Together, we plan pathways forward, take measured business risks, and develop mitigation plans for foreseeable bumps in the road. We are in it together. My IP experience does not fit neatly in a box. I have managed issues involving one or more of patents, trade secrets, trademar...

John Rondini is a multi-faceted attorney with extensive knowledge in litigation, negotiating settlements, and licensing agreements. John’s practice includes representing clients in patent prosecution, litigation, and cyber security and data privacy matters. In recognizing the pending threat of cyber-incidents his clients may face, John has worked to help develop Brook Kushman’s Cybersecurity and Data Privacy group. John’s experience includes assessing a client’s curren...

Jared A. Smith is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Information Technology Law. Jared A., who practices law in Troy, Michigan, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jared A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Donald K. Warwick is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants. Donald K., who practices law in Troy, Michigan, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Donald K. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Joan C. Skrzyniarz is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Trusts and Estates. Joan C., who practices law in Troy, Michigan, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Joan C. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

David A. Kotzian is the managing member of David A. Kotzian, PLLC in Farmington Hills, Michigan. For the past 24 years, his practice has been concentrated in employment rights litigation, counseling, arbitration and mediation. Mr. Kotzian is a 1984 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, and also earned his Ph.D. in Labor Economics from the University of Michigan. He is the Past Chair of the Oakland County Employment Law Committee, and a past Council Member of the State Bar of Mich...