TROY – Dickinson Wright is pleased to announce that the firm has received ten practice rankings and 19 attorneys in Michigan have been listed in this year’s The Legal 500 United States 2026.
For more than 30 years, The Legal 500 has been analyzing the capabilities of law firms worldwide with a comprehensive research program that each year brings the most up-to-date vision of the global legal market. The Legal 500 assesses the strengths of law firms in over 100 jurisdictions. The rankings are based on a series of criteria, and research is based on feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms, and interviews with leading private practice lawyers. To view The Legal 500 United States 2026, please click here.
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)
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)
• Salina Hamilton (Detroit, MI)
• Brandon Hubbard (Lansing, MI)
• Scott Knapp (Lansing, MI)
• Daniel Quick (Troy, MI)
Industry Focus – Cannabis
• Brandon Hubbard (Lansing, MI)
Intellectual Property – Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage)
• John S. Artz (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Philip Rettig (Ann Arbor, MI)
Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Litigation
• John S. Artz (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Philip Rettig (Ann Arbor, MI)
Labor and Employment – Labor and Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions): Defense
• Aaron Burrell (Detroit, MI)
• Timothy Howlett (Detroit, MI)
• Christina McDonald (Grand Rapids, MI)
• William Thacker (Ann Arbor, MI)
Real Estate – Construction (including Construction Litigation)
• John Cameron (Grand Rapids, MI)
Real Estate – Mid-Market ($0-500m)
• John Cameron (Grand Rapids, MI)
• Monica Labe (Troy, MI)
• Ryan Mitchell (Grand Rapids, MI)
Real Estate Finance
• Michael Lusardi (Troy, MI)
• Dawn Faxon Singer (Troy, MI)
• Katheryne Zelenock (Troy, MI)
About Dickinson Wright
Dickinson Wright is a general practice business law firm with more than 550 attorneys practicing across over 40 practice areas and 16 industry groups. The firm operates 23 offices throughout the U.S. and Canada, including locations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Washington, D.C., as well as Canadian offices in Toronto and Windsor.
Dickinson Wright provides clients a distinctive combination of exceptional client service, high-quality legal work, value-driven fee structures, deep industry expertise, and business acumen. As one of the few law firms with ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification and one of the only firms with ISO/IEC 27701:2019 certification, Dickinson Wright has implemented state-of-the-art, independently-verified risk management procedures, security controls, and privacy processes for our commercial transactions. Dickinson Wright lawyers are known for delivering commercially-oriented advice on sophisticated transactions and have a remarkable record of wins in high-stakes litigation. Dickinson Wright lawyers are regularly cited for their expertise and experience by Chambers, Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and other leading independent law firm evaluating organizations.
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