Warner Attorneys Selected for Multiple Honors by The Best Lawyers in America®

Business News |Aug 25, 2026|4 min read

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Aug. 20, 2026 – Warner Norcross + Judd LLP attorneys have been selected for multiple honors by The Best Lawyers in America^® 2027.

Honors included:

Best Lawyers, which highlighted attorneys in 50-plus practice areas across Warner’s nine offices for the peer-review award, denoting legal excellence in specific practice areas.
Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch,” which recognized 24 attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice.
Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year,” which honored seven attorneys for legal excellence in specific practice areas by geography.

Warner attorneys by office are (unless otherwise noted, all are Best Lawyers):

Bloomfield Hills

Roquia K. Draper
Antonia R. Giles, Ones to Watch
Charles C. Kadado, Ones to Watch
Randall J. Peck
Nazli G. Sater

Detroit

Aaron J. Beresh
Michael Brady
Kurt M. Brauer
Robert J. Cambridge
Vito A. Ciaravino
Sean H. Cook
Katelyn D. Crysler, Ones to Watch
Jennifer L. Dudley
Homayune A. Ghaussi
Rozanne M. Giunta
Wyatt J. Istvan-Mitchell
William R. Jansen
Jay A. Kennedy
Kurt A. Kissling
Steven C. Kohl

Mary Jo Larson
Christopher M. LeClair, Ones to Watch
Dennis W. Loughlin
Thomas J. Manganello
Lawrence J. Murphy
Linda Paullin-Hebden
Erin Poston, Ones to Watch
Katherine L. Pullen
Ashley E. Racette, Ones to Watch
Adam T. Ratliff, Ones to Watch
Alan T. Rogalski
Zainab H. Sabbagh, Ones to Watch
Timothy H. Smith, Ones to Watch
Jennifer A. Watkins
Laura N. You
Lisa B. Zimmer

Grand Rapids

Thomas M. Amon
Loren Andrulis
Charles N. Ash Jr.
Edward J. Bardelli, Grand Rapids Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year
Jeffrey S. Battershall, Grand Rapids Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year
Jared T. Belka
Andrea J. Bernard, Grand Rapids Construction Litigation Lawyer of the Year
Jeffrey O. Birkhold
Daniel W. Borst
Richard L. Bouma
Michael J. Bovill, Ones to Watch
Daniel S. Brookins, Ones to Watch
Charles E. Burpee
John V. Byl
Jason Byrne
Emily E. Cantor, Grand Rapids Business Organizations Lawyer of the Year
Scott R. Carvo
Haley E. Clough, Ones to Watch
Kelly M. Clum-Matthysse
Corinne N. Curtis
Rob M. Davies
Cameron S. DeLong
Daniel K. DeWitt
Dennis J. Donohue, Grand Rapids Environmental Law Lawyer of the Year
Douglas A. Dozeman
Carl W. Dufendach
Daniel P. Ettinger
Amanda M. Fielder, Grand Rapids Labor and Employment Litigation Lawyer of the Year
Gaëtan Gerville-Réache
Charlie Goode
Stephen B. Grow
William W. Hall
Sarah Harper, Ones to Watch
Alexandra E. Haywood, Ones to Watch
Philip T. Haywood, Ones to Watch
Timothy Hillegonds
Timothy L. Horner
Catherine H. Jacobs
Laura A. Jeltema
Matthew D. Johnson
Michael J. Jones
Jonathan P. Kok
Anthony J. Kolenic Jr.

Stephen R. Kretschman
Madelaine C. Lane
Gordon R. Lewis
Heidi A. Lyon, Grand Rapids Employee Benefits Law Lawyer of the Year
Rodney D. Martin
Brian J. Masternak
F. William McKee
Christian E. Meyer
Susan Gell Meyers
Laura E. Morris
James Moskal
Cody A. Mott, Ones to Watch
Matthew T. Nelson
Robert J. Nolan
Jeffrey A. Ott
Dean F. Pacific
Steven A. Palazzolo
Jeffrey B. Power
Christopher J. Predko
James J. Rabaut
Louis C. Rabaut
Richard A. Roane
Vernon P. Saper
Gregory E. Schmidt
Janelle E. Shankin, Ones to Watch
Matthew E. Sierawski, Ones to Watch
David L.J.M. Skidmore
Jamie C. Slotsema, Ones to Watch
Raquel Sportel, Ones to Watch
Anne Steen, Ones to Watch
James J. Steffel
Justin W. Stemple
Alexander J. Thibodeau, Ones to Watch
Gordon J. Toering
Jarrod H. Trombley, Ones to Watch
Ford J.H. Turrell
W. Michael Van Haren
Karen J. VanderWerff
Douglas E. Wagner
Mark J. Wassink
Stephen C. Waterbury
Bruce C. Young
Lance R. Zoerhof

Holland

Mark K. Harder
Jennifer L. Remondino

Kalamazoo

Rachel J. Foster
Sara Nicholson
Christopher E. Tracy
B. Jay Yelton III

Lansing

Jeffrey W. Bracken
Troy M. Cumings
Monique C. Field-Foster
Ronald R. Stallworth

Macomb County

Matthew K. Casey
David C.C. Eberhard
Frank E. Henke
Nina E. Lucido, Ones to Watch
David W. MacDonald
Brian D. Wassom
Robin E. Yono

Midland

Susan M. Cook
Jonathan E. Lauderbach

Muskegon

Robert A. Dubault
Paul R. Jackson
Brian T. Lang

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