Dickinson Wright is pleased to announce that the firm has received 10 practice rankings, and 53 attorneys have been listed in this year's The Legal 500 United States 2026.
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The Legal 500 United States 2026 ranked Dickinson Wright in the following practice areas:
- Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes – Mid-Market ($0-250m)
- Industry Focus – Cannabis
- Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing
- Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)
- Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Litigation
- Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions): Defense
- M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market ($0-250m)
- Real Estate – Construction
- Real Estate – Mid-Market ($0-500m)
- Real Estate Finance
The Legal 500 United States 2026 recognized the following Dickinson Wright attorneys in their editorial as "Leading Lawyers":
Industry Focus – Cannabis
- Benjamin Sobczak (Troy, MI)
- Jonathan Wachs (Washington, DC)
Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing
- Richard Jones (Troy, MI)
Real Estate – Mid-Market ($0-500m)
- Michael Lusardi (Troy, MI)
The Legal 500 United States 2026 recognized the following Dickinson Wright attorneys in their editorial as "Recommended Lawyers":
Dispute Resolution – General Commercial Disputes – Mid-Market ($0-250m)
- Max Aidenbaum (Detroit, MI)
- Scot Claus (Phoenix, AZ)
- Vail Cloar (Phoenix, AZ)
- Trent Cornell (Chicago, IL)
- Alexandra Crandall (Phoenix, AZ)
- John Desmond (Reno, NV)
- Salina Hamilton (Detroit, MI)
- Brandon Hubbard (Lansing, MI)
- Kristen Hudson (Austin, TX)
- Brian Johnson (Lexington, KY)
- Scott Knapp (Lansing, MI)
- John Nelson (Austin, TX)
- Daniel Quick (Troy, MI)
Industry Focus – Cannabis
- Scot Crow (Columbus, OH)
- Colin Ferguson (Nashville, TN)
- Brandon Hubbard (Lansing, MI)
- Lloyd Pierre-Louis (Columbus, OH)
- M. Katherine VanderVeen (Denver, CO)
Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing
- K. Lance Anderson (Austin, TX)
- Andrea Arndt (Austin, TX)
- Stephen Mason (Austin, TX)
Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)
- John S. Artz (Ann Arbor, MI)
- Steven Caloiaro (Reno, NV)
- Frank Long (Denver, CO)
- Philip Rettig (Ann Arbor, MI)
Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Litigation
- John S. Artz (Ann Arbor, MI)
- Flavia Campbell (Phoenix, AZ)
- Frank Long (Denver, CO)
- Nicole Meyer (Washington, DC)
- Philip Rettig (Ann Arbor, MI)
Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions): Defense
- Jeffrey Beemer (Nashville, TN)
- Aaron Burrell (Detroit, MI)
- Reid Estes (Nashville, TN
- Timothy Howlett (Detroit, MI)
- Brian Johnson (Lexington, KY)
- Christina McDonald (Grand Rapids, MI)
- William Thacker (Ann Arbor, MI)
M&A/Corporate and Commercial – M&A: Middle-Market - ($0-250m)
- Alex Brown (Columbus, OH)
- Joseph Campos (Seattle, WA)
- Scot Crow (Columbus, OH)
- Mark Ryerson (Chicago, IL)
Real Estate – Construction (including Construction Litigation)
- Todd Baxter (Phoenix, AZ)
- John Cameron (Grand Rapids, MI)
- Scott Holcomb (Phoenix, AZ)
- Emily Krueger (Seattle, WA)
- Robert Marconi (Seattle, WA)
- Kristen Moran (Seattle, WA)
- Stephen Richman (Phoenix, AZ)
Real Estate – Mid-Market ($0-500m)
- John Cameron (Grand Rapids, MI)
- Monica Labe (Troy, MI)
- Ryan Mitchell (Grand Rapids, MI)
- Jeremy Schirra (Columbus, OH)
Real Estate Finance
- James Cunningham (Nashville, TN)
- Michael Lusardi (Troy, MI)
- Jeremy Schirra (Columbus, OH)
- Dawn Faxon Singer (Troy, MI)
- Aaron Thomson (Seattle, WA)
- Katheryne Zelenock (Troy, MI)