Foster Swift Elects Four Shareholders

LANSING, Mich. –Foster Swift Collins & Smith, P.C. attorneys Mark J. DeLuca, Taylor A. Gast, Rachel G. Olney and Tyler J. Olney have been elected as shareholders of the firm entering 2022. All four joined the firm together as associates in 2015.

Mark DeLuca practices from Foster Swift’s Lansing office as a member of the trusts and estates practice group. DeLuca advises and counsels clients in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, business organization and planning, and probate litigation. DeLuca also serves as a board member for the Capital Region Community Foundation, Sparrow Foundation, and Highfields, Inc.

Taylor Gast practices from the firm’s Lansing office. Gast helps businesses and organizations of all sizes and at all stages of development grow and solve problems. He provides practical and thoughtful advice on issues including technology law, data privacy and cybersecurity, startups, mergers and acquisitions, taxation, employee benefits and contracting.

Rachel Olney is a litigator in the firm’s Southfield office where she focuses her practice on a broad range of complex insurance coverage litigation matters including first and third party no-fault, insurance defense, medical malpractice defense, business and commercial litigation, and mass tort defense cases.

Tyler Olney focuses his practice in general litigation and workers’ compensation defense from the firm’s Southfield office. Olney has extensive experience representing employers, insurance carriers, and third-party administrators in workers’ compensation matters throughout the state. He is experienced in counseling employers on labor and employment issues and the intersection between employment and workers’ compensation laws.