Ronald E. Hodess

Tom Rauch is a real estate attorney with more than 30 years of legal experience advising individuals, businesses, and municipalities. Based in Troy, Michigan, Mr. Rauch represents clients through Kemp Klein in matters involving Real Estate Law and Land Use and Zoning Law . His practice includes counseling on real estate development, land use approvals, zoning matters, property transactions, and related business issues. Mr. Rauch brings a multidisciplinary background to his legal practice. In ...

Matt Jakubowski is a multi-faceted patent attorney with extensive experience in IP portfolio management, patent preparation and prosecution, IP agreement drafting and negotiation, and patent litigation. Matt is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and serves as the firm’s treasurer and CFO. He counsels clients in a wide range of intellectual property matters, including, IP portfolio management, freedom-to-operate opinions, cybersecurity, litigation, agreement drafting and ne...

Mr. Walters concentrates his practice in employee benefits, corporate law and estate planning. He has more than 25 years of experience counseling employers on all aspects of employee benefit plan formation, administration, and taxation. He also helps business clients form and develop their enterprises, including securing financing of assets and real estate. Mr. Walters frequently assists health care professionals with general corporate and employment matters with particular emphasis on retire...

Michael J. Lusardi provides counsel to companies and individuals in the acquisition, disposition, leasing, development, construction, and financing of office, retail, industrial, mixed-use, and residential projects throughout the United States. He frequently works as real estate counsel for corporate clients, representing them in the acquisition, development, and leasing of real estate and assisting in day-to-day real estate affairs. Prior to joining Dickinson Wright, Michael practiced in Kat...

Kimberly Ruppel is a Member of Dickinson Wright’s Troy office. For over 20 years, Kim has provided counsel and representation to clients in a range of commercial and business disputes and litigation. Known as a trusted advisor with a skill for developing efficient and cost-sensitive solutions, Kim represents clients in matters related to healthcare disputes and litigation, licensing and regulatory matters, governmental fraud and abuse investigations, telemedicine issues, HIPAA complianc...

Ms. Bowman has had a significant amount of experience acting both as bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel in a number of bond transactions, both at the state and local levels. She has acted as bond counsel for regional wastewater treatment and other systems, and represented the owners of a $230 million racetrack in Kansas City, Missouri in connection with bond financing for the facility. Ms. Bowman represents clients in securities law matters. She has also counseled clients on complia...

Nationally recognized trial attorney John Joseph (J.J.) Conway has legally navigated the complexities of disability, employee health benefits, and ERISA law since 1999. Founding J.J. Conway Law on the principle of helping people secure the employee benefits rightfully owed to them, Conway has recovered more than $100 million for his clients and won landmark class-action lawsuits in favor of families and retirees. Among his focus areas, Conway is a trailblazer in advocating for children’...

Lawrence E. Gursten 's legal career as one of the top car accident lawyers in the country spans more than 40 years. He is founding partner of Michigan Auto Law and continues to passionately advocate for victims of car and truck accidents throughout Michigan. Larry has lectured extensively at legal seminars for nearly 40 years, helping Michigan lawyers on the subjects of traumatic brain injury, neck and back injury cases, the Michigan No-Fault law and strategies for litigating automobile accid...

With a practice focus on Litigation, Benjamin Dolan has tried over 40 civil and criminal jury trials. He has represented major financial institutions, lenders, automotive manufacturers and suppliers, insurance companies, surgery centers and managing entities of surgery centers, securities firms, a major telecommunications company and others in various matters including foreclosure, disputes over lease and management agreements, violation of non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, breach ...

L. Jeffrey Zauberman is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Banking and Finance Law. L. Jeffrey, who practices law in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, has been recognized since 2013. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which L. Jeffrey is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.