14 Attorneys Selected to 2025 Michigan Super Lawyers and “Rising Stars”
LANSING, Mich. —12 lawyers from Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC have been selected to the 2025 Michigan Super Lawyers list while two have been selected as "Rising Stars.” Only five percent of the lawyers in Michigan are selected by Super Lawyers while the "Rising Stars" list recognizes no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in each state.
* Indicates having been on the list for 10 years. **Indicates Super Lawyers additional honors. Both Julie Fershtman and Doug Mielock are listed in Super Lawyers "Top 100 Attorneys" and Julie is also listed in the "Top 50 Women Lawyers".
2025 Michigan Super Lawyers and their area(s) of practice for which they are listed:
Southfield
- Dirk H. Beckwith - Transportation/Maritime
- Michael R. Blum - Employment & Labor
- Julie I. Fershtman** - Civil Litigation: Defense
- Paul J. Millenbach* - Business Litigation
Grand Rapids
- Frederick D. Dilley - General Litigation
Lansing
- James F. Anderton, V - Tax
- Charles E. Barbieri - Environmental
- Charles A. Janssen - Estate & Probate
- Scott L. Mandel - Business Litigation
- Douglas A. Mielock** - Estate & Probate
- Michael G. Oliva - Energy & Resources
- Jeffrey S. Theuer - Business Litigation
2025 "Rising Stars" List and their area(s) of practice for which they are listed:
Lansing
- Taylor A. Gast - Business/Corporate
- Brandon M.H. Schumacher - Business Litigation
Super Lawyers is a research-driven rating system of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Annual selections are made using a multiphase process that includes peer nominations, independent research by Super Lawyers and evaluations from a highly credentialed panel of attorneys.
To be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years of age or younger, or have been in practice for 10 years or less.
