Kathleen L. Bogas

James B. Cunningham is a resident in our Nashville, Tennessee and Troy, Michigan offices and focuses his national practice in four primary areas: 1. Commercial real estate acquisition, divestiture and development matters, 2. Real estate finance and capital markets transactions, 3. Commercial loan workouts, resolutions and enforcement actions, specifically in the CMBS industry and 4. Corporate matters, with an emphasis on corporate mergers and acquisitions. James' commercial real estate practi...

Tom has over 30 years of experience in helping clients efficiently and effectively define their estate planning goals and to arrange their affairs accordingly. His expertise includes facilitating the direction of a client-centered and directed strategy and then drafting clear and understandable legal documents to implement it, thereby protecting client wealth, closely-held businesses, and families from taxes, post-mortem chaos and expense, and unnecessary complexity. He has expertise and expe...

Mr. Contis is a shareholder in the firm’s Business Practice Group, and Real Estate Practice Group. Mr. Contis concentrates his practice in the areas of, real estate acquisition and development, construction, mortgage and end-loan lending, participation loans, commercial and industrial leasing for landlords and tenants (including master leases, ground leases and subleases) and business planning. Mr. Contis regularly works with lenders, owners and court appointed receivers in the sale of ...

Kenneth B. Chapie is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Kenneth B., 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 Kenneth B. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Diane M. Soubly is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Employment Law - Management and Litigation - ERISA. Diane M., who practices law in Birmingham, Michigan, has been recognized since 2006. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Diane M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Heather G. Ptasznik is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management. Heather G., 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 Heather G. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Alison Duffy is an Member in Dickinson Wright’s Troy office, focusing her practice on Probate Litigation. Previously, she handled civil litigation matters at a Michigan-based personal injury firm, gaining extensive experience in Medicare, Medicaid and ERISA issues and litigating numerous cases before state and federal court juries.

Erin Pawlowski focuses her practice on complex corporate transactions. She has a diverse M&A practice and serves as outside general counsel for businesses in a variety of industries and stages of growth. Erin represents private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, venture capital funds, strategic buyers and sellers, and other privately held businesses. As a part of her M&A practice, Erin advises both buyers and sellers in complex domestic and cross-border transactions of all types an...

James McCullen is a partner at ABC Law Centers (Reiter & Walsh, P.C.) , bringing nearly two decades of birth injury experience to the firm. He joined ABC Law Centers in 2020 after a career spanning both defense and plaintiff-side birth trauma litigation. Jim began his career defending hospitals on a birth trauma team at a large firm, handling complex HIE and obstetrical malpractice cases. He later worked alongside founder Jesse Reiter at Gregory & Reiter, P.C., before opening his own ...

Monica Labe is a senior member of the firm and was the Practice Department Manager of the firm's Real Estate, Environmental and Energy practices from 2008-2011. She is currently a member of the firm's Management Group, serving as Deputy CEO in Charge of Practice Management and Business Development and Marketing and the prior four years, she oversaw the Finance, Accounting and Human Resources departments for the firm. Ms. Labe has extensive experience representing large multi-national corporat...