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

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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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 20^th 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.

Graham K. Crabtree Named Lansing Appellate Practice “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers

Fraser Trebilcock attorney Graham K. Crabtree was recently named the Best Lawyers® 2014 Lansing Appellate Practice “Lawyer of the Year”.

Before joining Fraser Trebilcock in 1996, Mr. Crabtree specialized in appellate practice for ten years as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Oakland County, followed by five years of service in state government as Majority Counsel and Policy Advisor to the Judiciary Committee of the Michigan Senate. He is an elected member of the Appellate Practice Section Council, and serves as the Chairman of the Council’s Legislative Affairs Committee. This is Mr. Crabtree’s second time included in The Best Lawyers in America^©.

You may reach Graham K. Crabtree via email, gcrabtree@fraserlawfirm.com or at 517.482.5800.