The 2026 listing of leading Employer-focused Michigan Employment Lawyers details attorneys practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters across the Michigan legal market whose practice has a strong employer representation focus and who have been identified by the state’s employment lawyers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
Margaret Alli, Ogletree Deakins – Birmingham
Robert Boonin, Dykema – Ann Arbor
Barbara Buchanan, Butzel Long – Troy
Adam Forman, Epstein Becker Green – Southfield
Elizabeth Hardy, Kienbaum Hardy Viviano Pelton & Forrest – Birmingham
Megan Norris, Miller Canfield – Downtown Detroit
Eric Pelton, Kienbaum Hardy Viviano Pelton & Forrest – Birmingham
James Rosenfeld, Butzel Long – Downtown Detroit
Brian Schwartz, Miller Canfield – Downtown Detroit
Daniel Tukel, Butzel Long – Troy
Leading
William Altman, Fisher Phillips – Birmingham
Luis Avila, Varnum – Grand Rapids
Edward Bardelli, Warner Norcross + Judd – Grand Rapids
Keith Brodie, Barnes & Thornburg – Grand Rapids
Aaron Burrell, Dickinson Wright – Downtown Detroit
David Cessante, Clark Hill – Downtown Detroit
Michelle Crockett, Honigman – Downtown Detroit
Sean Crotty, Honigman – Downtown Detroit
Carey DeWitt, Butzel Long – Troy
Maria Dwyer, Clark Hill – Downtown Detroit
Scott Eldridge, Miller Canfield – Lansing
Gary Fealk, Bodman – Troy
William Forrest, Kienbaum Hardy Viviano Pelton & Forrest – Birmingham
Jaclyn Giffen, Littler – Downtown Detroit
Aaron Graves, Bodman – Downtown Detroit
James Hermon, Dykema – Downtown Detroit
Christina McDonald, Dickinson Wright – Grand Rapids
Terrence Miglio, Butzel Long – Ann Arbor
Brett Miller, Butzel Long – Downtown Detroit
Maureen Rouse-Ayoub, Varnum – Novi
Jennifer Sabourin, Miller Canfield – Downtown Detroit
Leigh Schultz, Miller Johnson – Kalamazoo
Jennifer Stocker, Barnes & Thornburg – Grand Rapids
William Thacker, Dickinson Wright – Ann Arbor
Anne-Marie Welch, Clark Hill – Birmingham
Amy Zdravecky, Barnes & Thornburg – Grand Rapids
Recommended
Andrea Bernard, Warner Norcross + Judd – Grand Rapids
John Birmingham, Foley & Lardner – Downtown Detroit
David Buday, Miller Johnson – Kalamazoo
Michael Chichester, Littler – Downtown Detroit
Rebecca Davies, Butzel Long – Troy
Angelina Delmastro, Starr Butler – Southfield
David Deromedi, Dickinson Wright – Downtown Detroit
Robert Dubault, Warner Norcross + Judd – Muskegon
Jeffrey Fraser, Miller Johnson – Grand Rapids
Zachary Jugan, Starr Butler – Southfield
Jonathan Kok, Warner Norcross + Judd – Grand Rapids
Courtney Nichols, Plunkett Cooney – Bloomfield Hills
Grant Pecor, Miller Canfield – Grand Rapids
James Peterson, Miller Johnson – Grand Rapids
Emily Petroski, Jackson Lewis – Southfield
Nathan Plantinga, Miller Johnson – Grand Rapids
Timothy Ryan, Jackson Lewis – Grand Rapids
Elizabeth Skaggs, Varnum – Grand Rapids
Joseph Starr, Starr Butler – Southfield
Rebecca Strauss, Miller Johnson – Kalamazoo
Sarah Willey, Miller Johnson – Kalamazoo