Twenty-Three Sommers Schwartz Attorneys Named to the 2020 Class of Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

Fewer than five percent of Michigan attorneys chosen by Thomson Reuters receive the Super Lawyers honor. By comparison, nearly two-thirds of Sommers Schwartz’s lawyers were honored this year.

Michigan Super Lawyers

The Sommers Schwartz lawyers on this year’s Super Lawyers list are:

• David W. Christensen
• Michael J. Cunningham
• Matthew G. Curtis
• Andy Dragovic
• Richard D. Fox
• Richard L. Groffsky
• Ramona C. Howard
• Samuel A. Meklir
• Mary Pat Rosen
• Robert B. Sickels
• Kevin J. Stoops
• Judith A. Susskind
• Daniel D. Swanson
• Jason J. Thompson
• Norman D. Tucker
• Matthew L. Turner
• Kenneth T. Watkins

Michigan Super Lawyers – Top Women Lawyers

Judy Susskind was also named to the Michigan Super Lawyers lists of the “Top 50 Women Lawyers” and the “Top 25 Women Consumer Lawyers,” putting her at the highest ranks of female attorneys in Michigan. 

Judy’s Super Lawyers honors are among several accolades she received this year, such as Best Lawyers Medical Malpractice “Lawyer of the Year” for Detroit, Leading Lawyers Top 10 Personal Injury Lawyers in Michigan, and the State Bar of Michigan Negligence Section’s Earl J. Cline/Sherwin Schreier Award for Excellence.

Michigan Super Lawyers – Rising Stars

Super Lawyers also recognizes “Rising Stars,” outstanding attorneys under the age of 40 or who have been practicing for ten years or less. This group accounts for fewer than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in Michigan. 

The Sommers Schwartz attorneys chosen to this year’s list of Rising Stars are:

• Tad T. Roumayah
• Lisa M. Esser-Weidenfeller
• Benjamin J. Wilensky
• Dina M. Zalewski

Please join us in congratulating all of our 2020 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars!