Two attorneys invited to join prestigious fellowship

Dickinson Wright PLLC attorneys Edward H. Pappas and Kathleen A. Lang have been invited to become Fellows of the International Society of Barristers. According to its Web site, The International Society of Barristers is an honor society of outstanding trial lawyers chosen by their peers on the basis of excellence and integrity in advocacy. It seeks to preserve trial by jury, the adversary system, and independence of the judiciary. With a limited membership, the Society has Fellows from every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, and from Australia, Canada, England, Scotland, and Mexico. Fellows are elected by the Society's Board of Governors on nomination by a Fellow and after inquiry directed to other Barristers in the nominee's region and to judges before whom the nominee has tried cases. Pappas, a member of the firm's Bloomfield Hills, Michigan office and one of the firm's two Chairmen, focuses his practice in complex commercial and business litigation, arbitration and mediation. He has more than 36 years experience in all forms of civil litigation, but is recognized as an expert in business tort litigation, having written the definitive treatise on Michigan Business Torts. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America for Commercial and Bet-The-Company Litigation, Chambers USA Leading Lawyers for Business, Michigan Super Lawyers, and Benchmark Litigation as a Local Litigation Star. Pappas also is a certified mediator and a Fellow of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators, having mediated hundreds of complex civil cases, and serves as an arbitrator on the American Arbitration Association's Large Complex Case Panel. Pappas is the immediate past president of the State Bar of Michigan, and is a past president of the Oakland County Bar Association. He has served on the boards of trustees of Oakland Community College and Oakland Mediation Center, as well as President of the former Oakland Livingston Legal Aid. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, and in 2009 was selected as one of the Top 25 Leaders in the Law by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. Pappas received both his B.B.A. in Business Administration and his J.D. (cum laude) from the University of Michigan. Lang is a member in the firm's Detroit, Michigan office and is the firm's Director of Strategic Development. She focuses her practice in general commercial litigation, including automotive litigation, class actions, and intellectual property litigation. She has served as lead trial counsel for many domestic and foreign corporations. She has tried and arbitrated a wide-variety of cases, including those arising from product liability, toxic tort, contractual disputes, and business torts, and is often involved in pre-litigation counseling and alternative dispute resolution of claims. Lang is listed in Best Lawyers in America and Michigan Super Lawyers, where she is identified as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Michigan. She has been named a Litigation Star in Michigan by Benchmark Litigation, the Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys. She also is a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America and the State Bar of Michigan Foundation. Lang received her B.A. in Business Law from Michigan State University and her J.D. from the University of Detroit Law School. Published: Thu, Aug 19, 2010

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