MICHIGANâ€™S LARGEST LAW FIRMS - Michigan Lawyers Weekly

LARGESTLAW FIRMS

BY DENISE G. CALLAHAN

Young lawyers can be a little like thelady with the blindfold these days, withcareer options in the balance. But it’sprobably best to weigh those optionswith the blinders off.

Many law firm surveys offer salary fig-ures for starting attorneys and the Michi-gan Lawyers Weekly annual Largest LawFirms Survey is no different. Only thisyear, lifestyle benefits are included, andthose little perks can make a difference.

Three years ago, when HonigmanMiller Schwartz and Cohn jumped itsassociate pay scale by $30,000 to$115,000 (plus a $5,000 signing bonus),many thought the top firms would digdeeper in their pockets as well.

But the newest figures reveal that, ifanything, the big guys are actually giv-ing themselves some wiggle room.

For instance, at fifth-ranked DickinsonWright, the list price in 2002 was $90,000,plus a $5,000 bonus. For 2003, the firm of-fered a scale from $80,000-$95,000.

Meanwhile, Howard & Howard,ranked 16th, introduced a range of

$95,000-$100,000 in 2003 instead of theflat $100,000 figure they posted for 2002.

Number 10 Clark Hill went from a flat$95,000 to $90,000 plus a $5,000 bonus.

The only top-20 firm to log in with anincrease was sixth-ranked Warner Nor-cross with a $10,000 bump to $85,000.

Back when the Honigmans of this worldwere jacking up rates, Warner Norcrossannounced a phased plan to increase itsassociate starting salary said Director ofHuman Resources, Cheryl Coutchie.

“I don’t think anyone is having thebest years of their lives right now,” shesaid. “But we are a very conservativelyrun law firm so it is not going to put usin jeopardy to keep our word.”

Nearly half (nine) of the top 20 firmsdidn’t report rookie rates. Why would thatbe? And why are people skittish about re-vealing billing rates and annual billing?

“As far as billing rates go, we are verysensitive about not wanting to seem toohigh and we don’t want to seem too low,”said Wendy Passineau, client services di-rector for the 17th ranked firm SmithHaughey Rice and Roegge. “We also don’twant to provide a benchmark for our com-

petitors so they can adjust their rates.Also, new associates salaries vary somuch we don’t want to commit ourselves.”

Honigman, however, doesn’t mindhaving associate salary specifics outthere — they don’t have any competi-tion, at least in Michigan.

People speculated the firm jacked upits rates to keep step with the risingsalaries nationwide several years agowith the dot-com boom. They were right.

According to CEO Alan S. Schwartz,rates started rising in the Silicon Valley,then the trend seeped onto Wall Street,Chi-town next picked up on the momen-tum and Honigman picked up the mantle.

“We hopefully are competitive nation-wide rather than just in the Detroit areaor Michigan,” said the CEO of the fourthranked firm. “We want to attract the bestand brightest from the best schools.”

Actually, Schwartz surmised otherMichigan law firms probably wouldagree his firm pays attorneys at all lev-els higher compensation. Just how canthey afford to shell out top dollar?

Well, he says the people at his firm

Law Firm Growth, Salaries Stall In 2002But Some Glimmers Of Hope For 2003

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MICHIGAN’SLARGESTLAW FIRMS

Section B

LAWYERS INMICHIGAN

M/F PARTNERS

M/F ASSOCIATES

M/F OFCOUNSEL M/F OTHER

187 101/23 25/21 12/5 N/A5. Dickinson Wright PLLC500 Woodward Avenue, Suite 4000Detroit, MI 48226(313) 223-3500(313) 223-3598 Faxwww.dickinsonwright.com

Ann Arbor; Bloomfield Hills; Grand Rapids;

Lansing

James A. Samborn, CEO

are highly motivated producers who havetheir eyes on achieving success.

“We don’t have any required minimumhours but our work ethic is very strong,”he noted. “We work very hard and, there-fore, we do very well. We run ourselvesvery efficiently, and don’t spend moneyunwisely so we can enable our lawyers todo very well.”

As for perks, the company offers stan-dard fare: vacation, flex and part-timearrangements, and a home loan program.

Can’t Take It With YouBut some say there is more to life than

just money. If you work at 41st ranked Parmenter

O’Toole in Muskegon you can work out atthe in-house gym, work flex time, go onfirm outings and hoist a cold one at a localtavern with your work buddies on Fridays.

The firm also boasts a beautiful and safelocation along Lake Michigan to raise yourfamily and the time off in which to enjoy yourloved ones. They also have an unwritten pol-icy: you can’t take yourself too seriously.

“They gotta be fun guys. If they’re not fun,we don’t want them here,” said Chris Kelly,a managing partner with the firm. “Wespend too much time in this building. Wedon’t want to work with a bunch of stiffs.”

Those fun guys have to be honest andfair and willing to work hard, but Kellysaid it is nice they all get to live wherethey live and still “work on some prettycool legal stuff.”

And new hires at Parmenter will bepaid more in 2003. The firm now lists astarting range of $42,500-$75,000, upfrom a flat $40,000 last year.

In addition to its healthy pay raise fornew hires, Warner Norcross also showedit — like Parmenter — is family-friendlywith its lifestyle benefits.

The most unique benefit was the adop-tion reimbursement offering. Coutchiesaid her assistant actually got the ballrolling on that one. She was going throughthe adoption process and brought up thefact that many costs associated with try-

ing to have children aren’t covered in thenormal scheme of things. Usually, beforeparents adopt they go through the expen-sive and arduous fertility process, whichoften isn’t covered, or is only partially cov-ered, by insurance.

The firm pays a $2,500 cost reimburse-ment, plus the firm fills in the gaps thatdisability pay might not cover, to allownew moms and/or dads to stay home withtheir child.

Job ShoppingAgain, money and even perks aren’t the

only things to consider when job hunting.Those new attorneys paid all that moneyfor law school but, as first round draftpicks, do they really get to “practice” lawin those early years?

Some from smaller firms claim thatlarger firms pay the big bucks and thenstuff their high-priced talent in a law li-brary doing grunt work.

Not true, said Thomas W. Linn, CEO ofMiller Canfield, Paddock and Stone,P.L.C., the state’s largest law firm.

Beginning lawyers at Miller, Canfieldjump right into the trenches, taking dep-ositions, doing discovery and all thethings — with supervision — lawyers do.The young pups can also find themselves— if they are litigators — occupying achair in a courtroom that actually has atable after about six months.

On the transactional side, Linn saidfirst- and second-year attorneys can findthemselves running million-dollar deals.

And with the high price these lawyerscommand, Linn said law firms can’t affordarid associate assignments.

“The salaries are only the half of it —there is also substantial overhead,” he ex-plained. “They have to do meaningful,productive work rapidly.”

Women In LawHow are the job opportunities for

women looking these days? The numbers aren’t great but, then

again, one has to look at the bigger picture. When Miller Canfield Deputy CEO

Beverly Hall Burns was 13 years old backin the 50s she knew she wanted to be alawyer. Her Sunday school teacher — abarrister himself — told her girls couldn’tgo to law school. She tried journalismfirst, but later pursued her originaldream. She’s been one of the top dogs atthe firm for years. But out of 139 part-ners, only 21 share her gender.

There is a caveat. Miller Canfield is theoldest firm in the state and that can makea difference when looking at gender issues.

“We have a very mature group of part-ners who made partner when womenweren’t even in law school, much less outof law school,” she commented. “The bulkof the women partners out there nowmade partner in the last 10 years.”

Moreover, Burns noted that the firmhas and is hiring “fabulous” younglawyers who will one day jump on thepartnership track. As more and morewomen enter the law, the numbers won’tlook so “glass ceiling-ish”

The firm recently announced the eleva-tion of another rising star, Amanda Van-Dusen, who took a seat as a managing di-rector in January. VanDusen, who, like somany other female lawyers wanted to man-age both work and family, found that oppor-tunity at Miller Canfield. It seems thingsmight be looking up for the “gentler gender.”

Moving On UpThe Lawyers Weekly survey showed

some other new faces who moved to thetop of a couple law firms’ managementstructure. Not everyone listed their man-aging partners/CEOs, but of those whodid, three firms have new bosses.

After the untimely death of J. ThomasLenga last spring, Clark Hill elected JohnJ. Hern Jr. as its CEO.

Meanwhile, Michael Cavanaugh atFraser Trebilock Davis & Dunlap handedthe baton to Michael H. Perry, and CraigNeckers stepped down at Smith HaugheyRice & Roegge.

“I think Craig felt he had put in histime and it was time for someone else tostep up,” said new CEO Patrick F. Geary.

“I’m not sure how it happened. I think Imust have stepped out to go to the bathroomand when I came back I was it,” he said.

All joking aside, Geary said he is find-ing out how — and why — leadership atlaw firms and major corporations tends tochange about every five to seven years. Henoted he’s finding he has a pretty awe-some responsibility and there is certainlyless time to actually practice law.

“Some of it is what I like to call play-ground supervising, settling squabblesthat come up,” he explained. “I try to leavethe small things to others. But it’s fasci-nating. I think it is a significant honor tobe in this seat but there is also a signifi-cant responsibility. It is a big deal to be amanaging partner, that’s why I thinkthere is opportunity for burnout.”

Growth: Great Or Gruesome?There have been some internal

changes, what about external growth inthis flagging economy? It appears therewasn’t a whole lot.

Linn said Miller Canfield — findingstagnant growth a bad thing — added 18lawyers in the name of client service, tohelp handle burgeoning workloads.

Moreover, Plunkett & Cooney added 14lawyers to keep up with growth in a num-ber of practice areas, said Henry B.Cooney, its president and CEO.

The rest of the responding law firms re-ported low single digit increases, no in-creases and nine firms experiencedlawyer-loss counts.

While some top dogs, such as Honig-man’s Schwartz, are projecting things willbe improving — and says he’s alreadywitnessed a business boost at the firm —others predict the glory days are over.

“Years ago, firms were growing by leapsand bounds, that’s just not happeninganymore except by mergers,” said DavidOtis, managing partner of the Plunkett &Cooney Lansing office. “There just isn’tgrowth in business anymore. Law firmsare just trying to hold down what theyhave. If you’re not shrinking, you’re pat-ting yourself on the back.”

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280 118/21 93/44 3/1 N/A

234 98/28 46/51 9/2 N/A

197 93/14 33/33 20/4 N/A

192 102/33 27/19 9/2 N/A

1. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.150 W. Jefferson, Suite 2500Detroit, MI 48226(313) 963-6420(313) 496-7699 Faxwww.millercanfield.com

2. Dykema Gossett, PLLC400 Renaissance CenterDetroit, MI 48243(313) 568-6800(313) 568-6545 Faxwww.dykema.com

3. Butzel Long150 W. Jefferson, Suite 900Detroit, MI 48226(313) 225-7000(313) 225-7080 Faxwww.butzel.com

4. Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP2290 First National Building660 Woodward AvenueDetroit, MI 48226-3506(313) 465-7000(313) 465-8000 Faxwww.honigman.com

Ann Arbor; Grand Rapids;Kalamazoo; Lansing;

Monroe; Troy

Ann Arbor; BloomfieldHills; Grand Rapids;

Lansing

Ann Arbor; BloomfieldHills; Holland; Lansing

Bingham Farms; Lansing

Thomas W. Linn, CEO

Rex E. Schlaybaugh Jr.

Richard E. Rassel, chairman and CEO

Alan S. Schwartz

Commercial Litigation, E. H. Pappas;Product Liability, Torts, Regulatory,

Appellate, K.A. Lang; Labor &Employment, School, Family, T.H.Howlett; General Corporate, RealEstate, Trust & Tax, R.M. Bolton;

Technology, B.R. Balow; Financial,J.K. Lawrence

22 Partners: $220-$425Associates: $145-$220Paralegals: $100-$140

N/R $80,000 –$95,000

Bank One; SBC; Ford MotorCompany; Visteon; MGM Mirage;

Kmart; Borders, Inc.; Jervis B. Webb;Magna; DaimlerChrysler

N/R

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AREAS OF PRACTICE (DEPARTMENT HEADS)

PARALEGALS/SUPPORT STAFF HOURLY BILLING RATES TOTAL ANNUAL

BILLING REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS LIFESTYLE BENEFITSSALARY RANGE

FOR NEW ASSOCIATES

Business & Finance; Environmental & Regulatory;

Financial Institutions & Transactions;Intellectual Property & E-Business;

International Business; Labor &Employment; Litigation & Dispute

Resolution; Personal Services;Public; Real Estate

Business Department (corporate, bankruptcy, real estate,tax/estates, employee benefits) —Judy O’Neill, director; Litigation &

Advocacy Department(employment, litigation) — DennisM. Haffey, director; Regulatory &Government Policy Department

(environmental, government, healthcare, intellectual properties) —

George W. Ash, director

Litigation, Edward M. Kronk andDonald B. Miller; Family, Edward

Gold; State Capitol Practice, JamesJ. Urban; Corporate & Business,Robert A. Hudson; Transaction &

Finance, James L. Hughes; WealthPlanning, Michael P. Witzke; Labor &Employment, John P. Hancock Jr.;

Immigration, Clara DeMatteis Mager;Real Property, D. Stewart Green;

Media/IP, Leonard M. Niehoff

Antitrust, David A. Ettinger;Bankruptcy, Reorganization &Commercial, Robert B. Weiss;

Corporate, Donald J. Kunz;Employee Benefits, Sherill Siebert;Environmental, Joseph M. Polito;

Health Care, Gerald M. Griffith; Labor& Employment, William D. Sargent;Litigation, Norman C. Ankers; RealEstate, Lawrence D. McLaughlin;

Tax, Alan M. Valade

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Partners: $230-$495Associates: $160-$285Paralegals: $100-$195



N/R

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$95,000

$95,000 (includesa $5,000 stipend

paid upongraduation from

law school)

$90,000 plus$5,000 signing

bonus

$115,000(including $5,000

starting bonus)

N/R

Oxford Automotive, Inc.; StandardFederal Bank; Sears; OmegaHealthcare; General Motors;

Oakwood Healthcare

Covansys; Takata, Inc.; DetroitNewspapers, Inc.; The University ofMichigan; Michigan Road BuildersAssociation; TRW, Inc.; Oakland

County; William Beaumont Hospital;Crain’s Communications, Inc.;

Bridgestone/Firestone

N/R

Flexible hours; job sharing; reduced

hour positions;telecommuting

Flextime

N/R

Vacation; flex-time/part-time

arrangements; homeloan program

Survey MethodologyTo determine the largest law firms in Michigan, Lawyers Weekly mailedsurveys to law firms across the state in March 2003.

Firms that received questionnaires were selected by using last year’s survey,in addition to surveys from previous years, together with informationavailable from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

The survey was also promoted in various issues of Michigan LawyersWeekly. All law firms with 20 or more attorneys were invited to participate.

Firms are ranked by the number of attorneys they employed in Michigan asof Jan. 1, 2003. The total number includes lawyers in all Michigan offices.

Lawyers Weekly appreciates the cooperation of all the law firms thatparticipated in this year’s survey.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Inside Section B

Largest Law Firms — Survey Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page B2

Salary Comparison For New Hires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page B6

2000–2003 Change In Firm Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page B10

Males/Females At The Top 20 Firms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page B11

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6. Warner Norcross & Judd LLP900 Fifth Third Center111 Lyon Street NWGrand Rapids, MI 49503(616) 752-2000(616) 752-2500 Faxwww.wnj.com

7. Plunkett & Cooney, P.C.535 Griswold, Suite 2400Detroit, MI 48226(313) 965-3900(313) 983-4350 Faxwww.plunkettcooney.com

8. Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLPBridgewater PlaceP.O. Box 352Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0352(616) 336-6000(616) 336-7000 Faxwww.varnumlaw.com

9. Bodman, Longley & Dahling LLP100 Renaissance Center, 34th FloorDetroit, MI 48243(313) 259-7777(313) 393-7579 Faxwww.bodmanlongley.com

Holland; Kentwood; Muskegon; Southfield

Ann Arbor; Bloomfield;Flint; Gaylord; Grand Rapids;

Kalamazoo; Lansing;Marquette;

Mt. Clemens; Petoskey

Grand Haven; Kalamazoo;

Lansing

Ann Arbor; Cheboygan;

Troy

Alex J. DeYonker

Henry B. Cooney

William J. Lawrence III

Larry R. Shulman (chairman,executive committee)

107 57/9 25/12 4/0 N/A

104 34/12 30/24 3/1 N/A

92 48/13 11/15 5/0 N/A

10. Clark Hill PLC500 Woodward Avenue, Suite 3500Detroit, MI 48226(313) 965-8300(313) 965-8252 Faxwww.clarkhill.com

11. Kitch Drutchas Wagner DeNardis & ValituttiOne Woodward Avenue, Tenth FloorDetroit, MI 48226-3499(313) 965-7900(313) 965-7403www.kitch.com

12. Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, PCOne Woodward, Suite 2400Detroit, MI 48226(313) 961-8380(313) 961-8358 Faxwww.jafferaitt.com

Birmingham; Lansing

Ann Arbor; Brighton;

Farmington Hills; Lansing; Marquette;

Mt. Clemens

Ann Arbor; Birmingham; Port Huron

John J. Hern Jr., CEO

Ronald E. Wagner

Jeffrey G. Heuer

92 50/9 (ofthat nine,two are

part-time)

19/11 (ofthat 11, two

are part-time)

3/0 N/A12. Miller Johnson Snell & Cummiskey, P.L.C.250 Monroe Avenue NW, Suite 800Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2250(616) 831-1700(616) 831-1701 Faxwww.millerjohnson.com

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LAWYERS INMICHIGAN

M/F PARTNERS

M/F ASSOCIATES

M/F OFCOUNSEL M/F OTHERFIRM NAME AND ADDRESS BRANCH OFFICES

IN MICHIGAN MANAGING PARTNER


Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights, Robert H. Skilton;

Business/International/Mergers &Acquisitions, Jeffrey S. Battershall;

Environmental, Michael L. Robinson;Financial Services, Rodney D.

Martin; Health, Richard L. Bouma;Human Resources, Paul T. Sorensen;

Litigation, Douglas A. Dozeman;Real Estate Services &

Construction, James J. Rabaut and John G. Cameron; Tax,

Paul R. Jackson and Stephen R. Kretschman;

Technology & Intellectual Property,William P. Dani

Litigation, Carolyn Jereck; Business,Dennis Cowan; Insurance, Rob

Kamenec; Regional, Mike Brogan

Corporate, Donald Johnson; Estate Planning, Dirk Hoffius;

Labor, Dave Khorey; Regulatory, Bruce Goodman;

Trial, Steve Afendoulis; Healthcare, Larry Burns

Banking, Larry R. Shulman and Kathleen O’C.Hickey;

Business/Tax, Terrence B. Larkin;Construction, Harvey W. Berman;

Debtor-Creditor Rights/Bankruptcy,Robert W. Diehl Jr.;

Environmental, Frederick J.Dindoffer; Individual Clients,

David M. Hempstead; IntellectualProperty, Susan M. Kornfield;

Labor & Employment, John C.Cashen; Litigation, Robert G. Brower

and Thomas J. Tallerico; RealProperty, David W. Hipp

30

14

17

15

N/R

N/R

N/R

$105-$415

N/R

N/R

N/R

N/R

$85,000

N/R

N/R

$95,000 (includes$5,000 payable

upon graduation)

Alticor, Inc.; East Jordan Iron Works,Inc.; Fifth Third Bank; Grand Hotel;Haworth, Inc.; Holland CommunityHospital; JSJ Corporation; SpartanStores; Spectrum Health System;

Wolverine World Wide

Compuware; City of Detroit;Meadowbrook Insurance; WilliamBeaumont Hospital; Huntington

National Bank

Tower Automotive; GaineyCorporation; Herman Miller;

Spectrum Health; Independent BankCorporation; Kent County; AppliedFilms Corporation; DaimlerChrysler

Corporation; Huntington Bank;Davenport University

Archdiocese of Detroit; ComericaBank; DaimlerChrysler; Detroit

Lions; Ford Family; LearCorporation; C.S. Mott Foundation;

Standard Federal Bank;PriceWaterhouseCoopers; State

Farm Insurance Companies

Mortgage assistance;flex-time; paid parking;sick-child care; health

club membership;vision and dental care;lap top computers; cellphones; private banking

services; adoptionreimbursement;

employee assistance/counseling program

N/R

N/R

Vacation; health, dental,life and disability

insurance; parking;pension; 401(k); paid

medical leave(including maternity —90 days for attorneyswith the firm one yearor more); part-time

scheduling (requestsconsidered on a case-

by-case basis); medicaland dependent carereimbursement plan

Administrative, Communications &Energy, Roderick S. Coy; Appellate,

James E. Brenner; Business &Corporate, D. Kerry Crenshaw;Criminal, Martin E. Crandall;

Government Policy & Practice, John J. Hern; Intellectual Property,

David J. Simonelli; Labor &Employment, Barbara A. VanZanten; Real Estate,

William B. Dunn; Trial, Litigation &Alternative Dispute Resolution,

Daniel J. Scully; Trusts & EstatePlanning, J. Thomas MacFarlane

Appellate, Susan H. Zitterman; Labor & Employment, Karen

Berkery; Commercial Litigation,John M. Sier; Long Term & Managed

Care, John P. Hessberg; Medical Malpractice Defense,

Richard R. DeNardis; Products Liability, Mark Wisniewski;Corporate Healthcare, Gregory G.

Drutchas; Workers’ Comp, Victor J. Abela; Insurance Coverage,

Gregory G. Drutchas;Environmental, Richard Quist

Corporate, Derek Adolf; Bankruptcy, Jay Welford;

Employee Benefits, Karen Grotberg;Estate Planning, Shirley Kaigler;

Financial Services, Ralph Margulis;Litigation, Jeffrey Heuer; Intellectual

Property, Lawrence Jordan;Securities, Peter Sugar;

Real Estate, Mark Krysinski

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12

10

N/R

N/R


N/R

N/R

N/R

$90,000 (plus$5,000 signing

bonus)

N/R

$90,000 (plus$5,000 signing

bonus)

DaimlerChrysler AG; Ford MotorCompany; SPX Corporation;

Michigan Manufacturers Association;City of Detroit; CareTech Solutions,

Inc.; Magna International, Inc.;McLaren Performance Technologies,Inc.; Americorp Financial, Inc.; The

Skillman Foundation

American Standard; CVS Pharmacy;Detroit Medical Center; HCR

Manorcare; Henry Ford HealthSystem; MHA Insurance Company;Michigan State University; TrinityHealth; Ascension Health System

Honey Baked Ham, Co.; GreektownCasino; Sosnick Development; Sun

Communities; GreenfieldCommercial Credit; Starbucks Coffee

Co.; United States AviationUnderwriters; Weiss Construction;

Zingerman’s Community of Business

N/R

N/R

N/R

Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights, Thomas P. Sarb;

Business/Corporate/Taxation,Jeffrey G. York and Mark E. Rizik;

Employee Benefits, James C.Bruinsma; Employment/Labor

Relations, David M. Buday; Estate Planning/Probate,

Carol J. Karr; Health Care, Kenneth G. Hofman; Intellectual Property,

Barry C. Kane; Litigation, David J. Gass; Mergers & Acquisitions,

Robert R. Stead; Real Estate/Environmental, Robert

W. Scott and J. Michael Smith

18 N/R N/R $85,000 Alticor, Inc.; Benteler AutomotiveCorporation; Borgess Medical

Center; Bronson Methodist Hospital;Gordon Food Service, Inc.; Meijer,

Inc.; Pine Rest Christian MentalHealth Services; Spartan Stores, Inc.;

Spectrum Health; Steelcase, Inc.

Vacations for associates increaseswith length of employment up to

three weeks (members — noformal policy); flexible part-time

arrangements; family leave aboverequired FMLA leave (considered

per request and on a case-by-case basis): flex time; MJS&C In

Motion incentive program toencourage cardiovascular

exercise; club memberships,including health/athletic;

prescription/major medical/dental/vision (firm pays 100

percent premium for employeesand dependents); disability andlife insurance; parking; 401(k);

flexible benefit plan (pre-taxsavings); dependant care plan;

moving expenses; bar associationdues paid; bar review/examexpenses paid; employeeassistance program; directdeposit; flu shots/on-sitevaccinations (voluntary)




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89 42/8 13/13 12/1 N/A

88 50/7 14/15 2/0 N/A

82 58/4 5/11 4/0 N/A

14. Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C.313 South Washington SquareLansing, MI 48933(517) 371-8100(517) 371-8200 Fax www.fosterswift.com

15. Garan Lucow Miller, P.C.1000 WoodbridgeDetroit, MI 48207(313) 446-1530(313) 259-0450 Faxwww.garanlucow.com

16. Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.The Pinehurst Office Center, Suite 10139400 North Woodward AvenueBloomfield Hills, MI 48304-5151(248) 645-1483(248) 645-1568 Faxwww.h2law.com

Farmington Hills

Ann Arbor; Grand Blanc;Grand Rapids;

Lansing; Marquette; Port Huron;

Traverse City; Troy

Ann Arbor; Kalamazoo;

Lansing

Charles A. Janssen

Executive Committee: John Gillooly,

Joseph Kochis, Dennis Partridge,

Frederick Plumb and Roger Smith

Gina M. Torielli, president andCEO

81 50/7 12/6 4/2 N/A17. Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge200 Calder Plaza Building250 Monroe Avenue NWGrand Rapids, MI 49503(616) 774-8000(616) 774-2461 Fax www.shrr.com

Ann Arbor; East Lansing; Traverse City

Patrick F. Geary, CEO

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Dickinson Wright 187 101/23 81%/19% 25/21 54%/46% 12/5 71%/19% 138/49 74%/26%

Warner Norcross 178 85/9 90%/10% 45/24 65%/35% 14/1 93%/7% 144/34 81%/19%

Plunkett & Cooney 161 75/16 82%/18% 48/21 70%/30% 1/0 100%/0% 124/37 77%/23%

Varnum, Riddering 149 75/11 87%/13% 24/10 71%/29% 11/0 100%/0% 121/28 81%/19%Other: 11/7 61%/39%

Bodman, Longley 119 60/13 82%/18% 24/16 60%/40% 6/0 100%/0% 90/29 76%/24%

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Kitch Drutchas 104 34/12 74%/26% 30/24 56%/44% 3/1 75%/25% 67/37 64%/36%

Jaffe Raitt 92 48/13 79%/21% 11/15 42%/58% 5/0 100%/0% 64/28 70%/30%

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Howard & Howard 82 58/4 94%/6% 5/11 31%/69% 4/0 100%/0% 67/15 82%/18%

Smith Haughey 81 50/7 88%/12% 12/6 67%/33% 4/2 67%/33% 66/15 81%/19%

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Cox, Hodgman 70 30/3 91%/9% 34/2 94%/6 1/0 100%/0% 65/5 93%/7%

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Miller, Canfield 251 247 252 280 +18Dykema Gossett 216 225 234 234 -0-Butzel Long 162 171 192 197 +5Honigman Miller 178 176 191 192 +1Dickinson Wright 182 N/R 183 187 +4Warner Norcross 154 163 171 178 +7Plunkett & Cooney 153 152 147 161 +14Varnum, Riddering 131 144 147 149 +2Bodman, Longley 112 115 114 119 +5Clark Hill 101 91 102 107 +5Kitch Drutchas 97 N/R 99 104 +5Jaffe Raitt 100 N/R 97 92 -5Miller Johnson 94 88 90 92 +2Foster, Swift 75 80 85 89 +4Garan Lucow 84 83 86 88 +2Howard & Howard 81 73 78 82 +4Smith Haughey 76 N/R 76 81 +5Sommers, Schwartz 80 80 81 81 -0-Cox, Hodgman 63 72 69 70 +1Harness, Dickey 62 63 60 53 -7 Braun Kendrick 43 46 49 48 -1Kerr, Russell 43 44 46 47 +1Rhoades McKee 40 45 46 47 +1Sullivan, Ward N/R N/R 47 46 -1Cummings, McClorey 41 47 45 44 -1Mika Meyers 38 37 37 41 +4Raymond & Prokop 36 37 42 41 -1Seyburn, Kahn 38 41 43 41 -2Fraser Trebilcock 44 33 36 39 +3Law, Weathers 40 36 33 37 +4Dean & Fulkerson 36 34 39 36 -3Harvey Kruse 34 34 34 35 +1Barris, Sott N/A N/A N/A 34Lacey & Jones 38 37 38 33 -5Hertz, Schram 30 30 31 32 +1Sachs Waldman 36 33 31 31 -0-Dawda, Mann 23 25 27 29 +2Strobl Cunningham N/A N/A N/A 27O’Reilly, Rancilio 25 27 26 26 -0-Kreis, Enderle N/A N/A 28 27 -1-Parmenter O’Toole N/A N/A 23 21 -2

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5 N/R N/R N/R Standard Federal Bank; Wal-MartStores, Inc.; Chicago Title of

Michigan; City of Marshall; CassCounty; Harold Zeigler AutomotiveGroup; St. Julian Wine Co., Inc.;Greater Kalamazoo United Way

N/R

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Estate Planning, Frank Henke;Litigation, Robert C. Davis;

Environmental, Robert C. Davis;Creditors’ Rights,

Craig S. Schoenherr Sr.


Paralegals, $60-$75

N/R N/R City of Fraser; City of SterlingHeights; Fifth Third Bank; GeneralMotors Acceptance Corporation;

Milliken Millwor, Inc.; Toyota MotorCredit; Warren Consolidated Schools;

SportRack Automotive; WebastoSunroof; John Carlo, Inc.

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John C. Schrier; Business & RealEstate, Christopher L. Kelly;Litigation, W. Brad Groom


N/R $42,500 –$75,000

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Company; Brenner Oil Co.; POWM(Physician’s Organization of WesternMichigan); Dynamic Design; Quality

Tool & Stamping Co.; MuskegonCounty Road Commission

In-office gymnasium;flex time; firm outings;

Friday happy hours

Commercial Real Estate (includingfinance and development);

Environmental; Labor &Employment Relations;

Estate Planning & Probate; Business (including corporations,

partnerships, tax, and mergers and acquisitions);

Commercial Civil Litigation

8 N/R N/R N/R Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.;Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceCompany; BASF Corporation; FifthThird Bank; Ford Motor Company;Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; The Sherwin-Williams Company; AMB Property,

LP; Burlington Coat FactoryWarehouse Corporation; Ford

Leasing Development Corporation

N/R

Litigation, Murray R. Feldman;Securities/Estate Planning/Probate,

John Sharp; Corporate/Banking,Thomas J. Strobl;

Tax, Jeffrey B. Levine; Real Estate, Sanford H. Passer

2 Partners: $150-$300Associates: $120-$140Paralegals: $70- $100

$7.27 million $25-$40 perbillable hour

Bank One, NA; Flat Rock Metal, Inc.;Bar Processing Corporation; B&V

Construction, Inc.; Midwest GuarantyBank; Hillside Productions; Robert B.Aikens & Associates, LLC; PeoplesState Bank; AA Capital Partners;

City of Pontiac

Vacation/sick/personaltime off; holidays;flexible start time;

work contribution; lifeinsurance; medical

and child-carereimbursement plan

Litigation; Products Liability;Insurance Coverage; Construction;

Premises Liability; AutomobileLiability; Asbestos; Toxic Tort;

Environmental; No-Fault

11 N/R N/R N/R Center for Claims Resolution;Nationwide Insurance Company;Amerisure Insurance Companies;

Wausau Insurance Companies; TitanInsurance Company; Olympia

Arenas, Inc.; Honeywell International,Inc.; Breed Technologies, Inc.;

MTD Products, Inc.

N/R

Litigation, Sharon M. Woods; RealEstate, William G. Barris; Tax &

Estate, Robert E. Kass

7 N/R N/R N/R CMS Energy; General MotorsCorporation; Ford Motor Company;

Bank One; The Sterling Group;Kojaian Group; City of Detroit; MGM

Grand Casino; Dow ChemicalCompany; Buffalo Bills, Inc.

Health; vacation; flextime; paid seminars (in-state and out-of-state); paid parking;

paid professional dues

Workers’ Compensation; Civil Litigation; Labor, Employment

& Commercial; Appeals; Estate Planning

3 N/R N/R N/R Ameritech; DaimlerChrysler; AIG;Gallagher Bassett; Meijer Stores, LP;Oakland County; State of Michigan;Travelers Insurance; University of

Michigan; Wayne County

N/R

Securities/Commodities, BradleySchram and Gary Saretsky; RealEstate, Bradley Schram and Ken

Silver; Corporate, Robert Geller andJeffrey Robbins; Commercial

Litigation, Gary Saretsky and MarkKowalsky; Bankruptcy/

Banking/Finance, Michael Zousmer;Insurance & Negligence Litigation,

Steve Weiss and Victor Norris;ERISA/Class Action, Robert Geller

and Bradford Yaker; Criminal, WalterPiszczatowski and Victor Norris;

Estate Planning/ Taxation/Probate,Jeffrey Robbins and Ken Silver;Entertainment, Howard Hertz

5 Partners: $220-$360Associates: $155-$235Paralegals $100-$140

N/R $55,000 –$65,000

Morgan Stanley, Inc.; Prudential Securities;

T.D. Waterhouse Securities; The Huntington National Bank;American Insurance Group AIG;SMART; Taubman Companies; The Forbes Co.; The Silverman

Building Companies; Toll Brothers, Inc.

Flex-time/part-timeaccommodations;

congenial andsupportive work

environment

Personal Injury, Barry P. Waldman;Workers’ Compensation,

Granner S. Ries; Discrimination, Mary K. Norton;

Labor, George Kruszewski; Labor (Building Trades),

Rolland R. O’Hare

4 N/R N/R $40,000 –$50,000

Michigan State AFL-CIO; MichiganDemocratic Party; Michigan StateUtility Workers Council; Michigan

Corrections Officers; ServiceEmployees International Union;

Detroit Federation of Teachers; WayneCounty Sheriffs; Livonia Firefighters

Union; Detroit Police CommandOfficers Association; Amalgamated

Transit Union Local 1564

N/R

Corporate, William G. Coon; Labor &Employment, R. Ian Hunter;

Litigation, James M. Dworman; RealEstate, Thomas P. Martin; Estate

Planning, James P. Dean;Environmental, James K. O’Brien;

Family, Paul J. Mastrangel;Transportation, John W. Bryant

4 N/R N/R N/R Builders Association of SoutheasternMichigan; Cassens Transport

Company; KSR International, Inc.;LDM Technologies; NorthwestPropane; Parker Motor Freight;Pullman Industries; Troy School

District; Yellow Transportation, Inc.

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