Twenty-five Plunkett Cooney attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
The list includes David K. Otis, a partner in the firm’s East Lansing office, named for Municipal Litigation and Law. Otis has the distinction of being named to the Best Lawyers list for over 10 years.
Otis also received the “Lawyer of the Year” honor from Best Lawyers, a designation awarded to only a single attorney in each practice area in each community, in the area of Municipal Litigation.
An alumnus of Michigan State University and WMU-Cooley Law School, Otis is a member of the Ingham County Bar Association, the Public Corporation, Real Property and Corporations, Finance and Business Law
sections of the State Bar of Michigan and the Business Law and Administrative Law sections of the American Bar Association. He is also a member of the Defense Research Institute (DRI).
- Posted September 19, 2019
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Plunkett Cooney attorney named a 'Lawyer of the Year'

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