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Macomb County Bar Association Members Named Michigan Super Lawyers 2009

Super lawyers are determined by three distinct phases. First is the creation of the candidate pool, the research department then evaluates each candidate and the last step is to review the candidates by their peers within their primary area of practice. Together, these three steps create a system of checks and balances that produces a well-rounded list of attorneys. For more information go to superlawyers.com
The Top 100 Super Lawyers
Ronald Deneweth
Robert F. Garvey
Merry E. Cynthia
Jerome P. Pesick
2009 Michigan Super Lawyers
Alan Ackerman
Theresa M. Asoklis
Henry Baskin
Michael R. Blum
Dennis P. Brescoll
Donald F. Carney, Jr.
John C. Cashen
Carl E. Chioini
Joseph W. Cunningham
Michelle Thurber Czapski
Ronald F. DeNardis
Ronald A. Deneweth
Timothy A. Dinan
Lawrence R. Donaldson
Darius W. Dynkowski
Gene J. Esshaki
Walid Y. Fakhoury
Lori J. Finazzo
Fred J. Fresard
Timothy T. Fryhoff
Arthur A. Garton
Robert F. Garvey
James Geroux
Joseph A. Golden
Gordon A. Gregory
Thomas M. J. Hathaway
Maurice Herskovic
Robert D. Ihrie
Michael R. Janes
Amy M. Johnston
Karen S. Kienbaum
Barry F. LaKritz
Brian M. Legghio
Gerard Mantese
James N. Martin
Cynthia E. Merry
Sam G. Morgan
Michael J. Morse
Gail M. Pamukov
Jerome P. Pesick
Mark W. Peyser
Stephen T. Rabaut
Vincent C. Rabaut, Jr.
Michael T. Ryan
Jeffrey Sangster
Lawrence M. Scott
Judith A. Susskind
James C. Thomas
Charles E. Turnbull
Anthony Urbani III
Kathy J. Vogt
Anne Widlak
Leroy H. Wulfmier III

Plunkett Cooney Elects Four to Firm’s Board of Directors

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – March 4, 2009 – At the recent annual business meeting of Plunkett Cooney – one of the
Midwest’s oldest and largest law firms – four partners were elected to the board of directors.Michael S. Bogren, Peter W.
Peacock and Michael K. Sheehy each won re-election to the board while Kenneth C. Newa was elected to serve his
first term. All will serve for three years.Newa is a partner in Plunkett Cooney’s Detroit office and co-chair of the firm’s
Insurance Coverage Practice Group. He focuses his practice principally upon the representation of insurance
companies in a variety of insurance coverage disputes, including complex, high-exposure coverage litigation relating
to environmental, asbestos, toxic tort and defective construction claims. A cum laude graduate of University of Detroit
School of Law, Newa is a member of the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, the Environmental Law and Negligence
sections of the State Bar of Michigan, and the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association.
He is also a member of the Association of Defense Trial Counsel and the Insurance Law Committee of the Defense
Research Institute.Michael S. Bogren, who was also recently re-elected by the newly-seated board as its Secretary/Treasurer,
manages Plunkett Cooney’s Kalamazoo office and serves as the firm’s Regional Office Department Leader. He focuses his
practice in the areas of municipal law, civil rights and labor and employment law.

A 1982 cum laude graduate of University of Detroit School of Law, Bogren is active in a number of professional organizations,
including the Kalamazoo County Bar Association, State Bar of Michigan (Public Corporations and Real Property sections),
American Bar Association, International Municipal Lawyers Association and Association of Governmental Risk Pools. A
partner in Plunkett Cooney’s Mt. Clemens’ office, Peter W. Peacock has been practicing law since 1984. His practice is
concentrated in the areas of municipal law, zoning law, general liability, premises liability, product liability, personal injury,
auto negligence, architect and engineer liability, family law, criminal law and admiralty and marine law.Peacock is a past
president of the Macomb County Bar Association and a member of the State Bar of Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa
Tribal Bar Association. He is also a member of the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Association of Ski Defense Attorneys and
Defense Research Institute. Michael K. Sheehy, a partner in Plunkett Cooney’s Detroit office, currently serves as the firm’s
Trucking & Transportation Practice Group Leader. He focuses his practice in the areas of trucking and transportation litigation,
product liability, mold/toxin liability, construction law, premises liability and motor vehicle claims.Sheehy is active in a number
of trucking and transportation industry organizations, including the Trucking Industry Defense Association, the ALFA
Transportation Practice Group and the Defense Research Institute’s Trucking Law Committee. Established in 1913,
Plunkett Cooney maintains offices in nine Michigan cities and one each in Columbus, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana.
The firm employs 320 people, including 150 attorneys, many of whom are nationally known experts in their field. The firm
has achieved the highest rating (AV) awarded by Martindale-Hubbell, a leading, international directory of law firms.