Foster Swift elects 2011 Executive Committee
LANSING, Mich. -- The Executive Committee at Foster Swift Collins & Smith, P.C. for 2011 is comprised of: Michael Sanders, Scott Chernich, Paul Millenbach, Michael Homier, Matt Hrebec and Jennifer Kildea Dewane.
Sanders has been elected as the firm's president and, as such, he will chair the Executive Committee. He devotes his law practice to the defense of employers, third party administrators, and insurance carriers in workers' compensation matters.
Chernich was re-elected to serve as the firm's treasurer. He focuses his practice on Chapter 11, 7 and 13 bankruptcy matters.
Millenbach was re-elected as the vice president of the Farmington Hills office. He is a litigator and co-leader of Foster Swift's General Litigation Practice Group. He focuses on Michigan no-fault litigation, including medical provider reimbursement and first and third party defense.
Homier was re-elected as the vice president of the Grand Rapids office. He concentrates his practice in the areas of municipal law, public finance, zoning and land use.
Hrebec will serve as the vice president of the Lansing office. His primary practice areas include corporate transactions, securities regulation and employee benefits.
Kildea Dewane will serve as the firm's secretary. She is an experienced health care attorney who provides counsel to many leading health care providers, institutions and payors throughout Michigan.
Additionally, Scott Storey will continue to serve as general counsel for the firm. He focuses his practice on energy law, law of lawyering, litigation, construction and appeals.
Foster Swift is a full service law firm founded in 1902. Foster Swift employs more than 100 attorneys in six Michigan offices; Grand Rapids, Lansing, Detroit, Farmington Hills, Holland and Marquette. For more information about the firm, its attorneys and to access recent publications, visit www.fosterswift.com
James Thelen joins Cooley Law School leadership group
James B. Thelen, of DeWitt, Mich., has been named Associate Dean for Legal Affairs and General Counsel at Cooley Law School. He takes over duties from James Robb, who has been named Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations.
Mr. Thelen was most recently a partner at Miller, Canfield, Paddock, and Stone, where he worked in the firm's Lansing office and handled several matters on Cooley's behalf. He first joined Miller Canfield in 1995, and was an associate attorney in the Labor and Employment Practice Group. He was named a principal in 2005.
At Miller Canfield, he managed discrimination and other employment-related litigation for employers, as well as governmental and administrative agency proceedings involving unemployment compensation, workers' compensation, labor relations, affirmative action, and Department of Labor audits.
Mr. Thelen served as the Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Vice President for Legislative Affairs at Western Michigan University 1997-1999 before returning to private practice at Miller Canfield. He also served as an adjunct professor at WMU from 1997-2002, teaching upper level undergraduate courses in judicial process and political/social history.
Mr. Thelen earned his juris doctor degree cum laude from Tulane University School of Law, where he was named to Who's Who Among American Law Students. He earned his bachelor of arts degree magna cum laude from Western Michigan University, where he was a 1988 Medallion Scholar, a 1992 Presidential Scholar in Communication, a Rhodes Scholar nominee, and vice president for student government. He was also named to Who's Who Among American College Students.
Published: Thu, Mar 17, 2011
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