Month: September 2013

Attorney Mark E. Kellogg Selected Among “The Best Lawyers in America”

Fraser Trebilcock Attorney Mark E. Kellogg was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2014 in the field of Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law.

Mr. Kellogg has devoted his 27 years of practice to the needs of family- and closely-held enterprises. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the International Association of Attorneys for Family-Held Enterprises (AFHE), where he also serves on the membership committee. Mr. Kellogg is also President of the Michigan chapter of the American Association of Attorneys – Certified Public Accountants, Treasurer of the Ingham County Bar Association and member of the Greater Lansing Estate Planning Council.  He also is a member of the international Family Firm Institute.

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National Labor Relations Board Addresses Social Media Policies

On July 31, the Senate confirmed five new members to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), three Democrats and two Republicans, restoring the NLRB to full membership for the first time in a decade.

Established by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) in 1935, the NLRB has increasingly become a focus of partisan politics, with the party holding the White House appointing a majority of either pro-labor or pro-business members. Unlike a court of law, the NLRB is not bound by its own precedent. Its decisions on controversial issues swing wildly based upon the party makeup of the sitting board. In fact, “party oscillation” has become the NLRB’s new norm, following a change in administration. With a solid three member pro-union majority on the recently appointed board, President Obama’s pro-Union agenda should have very little problem in being advanced.

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Attorney Jennifer Utter Heston Receives Highest Rating by Martindale-Hubbell, Named “Best Lawyer” in Administrative/Regulatory Law

Fraser Trebilcock attorney Jennifer Utter Heston recently received two highly distinguished honors. She has been selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2014 in the field of Administrative/Regulatory Law, and she has achieved an AV Preeminent® peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell, an honor indicative of a lawyer’s high ethical standards and professional ability.

Ms. Heston represents Michigan’s largest industrial energy users and independent power producers in the areas of public utility and energy law.  In addition to Michigan, Ms. Heston is a member of the State Bars in Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin. She was on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Criminal Law, and was a Director and Past President of the Michigan 2-1-1 Board of Directors.

For more information, please contact Fraser Trebilcock attorney Jennifer Utter at jutter@fraserlawfirm.com or 517.377.0846.

Attorney Stephen L. Burlingame Honored by Best Lawyers for 20th Year in a Row

Fraser Trebilcock Attorney Stephen L. Burlingame was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2014 in the field of Corporate Law. This marks the 20th year Mr. Burlingame has been honored by Best Lawyers.

Mr. Burlingame has previously been honored by Martindale-Hubbell with the highest possible peer review rating. He has also been listed in Who’s Who in American Law, and Best Lawyers in America for Business Law. Mr. Burlingame has been a lecturer at seminars throughout the state of Michigan on real estate, employment and environmental law.

Best Lawyers©  is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which almost 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly five million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas; because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers©  is considered a singular honor.