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Attorney Peter Houk Honored as a “Lawyer of the Year” in Arbitration

Each year, Best Lawyers^® identifies attorneys who are rated by their peers as top in their field. This year, Fraser Trebilcock attorney Peter D. Houk has been named the Best Lawyers 2015 Arbitration “Lawyer of the Year” in Lansing. Only a single lawyer in each practice area, in each community, is honored with this distinction.

Mr. Houk has also been selected as a 2014 Super Lawyer in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution, an honor awarded to only five percent of attorneys in Michigan in their respective field. Continue reading Attorney Peter Houk Honored as a “Lawyer of the Year” in Arbitration

Attorney Max Hoffman Honored as a “Lawyer of the Year”

Fraser Trebilcock attorney Max R. Hoffman has been named the Best Lawyers in America^© 2015 Administrative/Regulatory Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Lansing. Only a single lawyer in each practice area in each community is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

Mr. Hoffman has also been selected as a 2014 Super Lawyer, an honor awarded to just five percent of attorneys in Michigan in their respective field.

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Attorney Thaddeus Morgan Honored as a “Lawyer of the Year”

Fraser Trebilcock attorney Thaddeus E. Morgan has been named the Best Lawyers in America^© 2015 Construction Litigation “Lawyer of the Year” in Lansing. Each year, Best Lawyers^® identifies attorneys who are rated by their peers as top in their field, naming only a single lawyer in each practice are, in each community, as a Lawyer of the Year.

Mr. Morgan has also been selected as a 2014 Super Lawyer in the field of Business Litigation, an honor awarded to only five percent of attorneys in Michigan in their respective field. Continue reading Attorney Thaddeus Morgan Honored as a “Lawyer of the Year”

Attorney Elizabeth Latchana Honored as a “Lawyer of the Year”

Fraser Trebilcock Attorney Elizabeth H. Latchana has been named Best Lawyers^® 2015 Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Lansing. Only a single lawyer in each practice area in each community is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers.

On this heels of this major announcement comes a second high honor for Ms. Latchana in achieving an AV Preeminent® peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell. The honor is indicative of a lawyer’s high ethical standards and professional ability and is seen as a significant accomplishment as it demonstrates that an attorney’s peers rank them at the highest level of professional excellence. An individual is judged based upon their legal knowledge, analytical capabilities, judgment, communication ability, and legal experience. Continue reading Attorney Elizabeth Latchana Honored as a “Lawyer of the Year”

Fraser Trebilcock Lawyers Selected Among “The Best Lawyers in America©”

Fraser Trebilcock is proud to announce that four of its attorneys have been selected as 2015 “Lawyers of the Year” in Lansing, by Best Lawyers:

Peter D. Houk, Arbitration

Max R. Hoffman, Jr., Administrative / Regulatory Law

Elizabeth H. Latchana, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Thaddeus E. Morgan, Litigation – Construction

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^©.

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.

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