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September 9 • 2010
MEMOS
Barry F. LaKritz, of
the Law Offices of
Barry F. LaKritz P.C.
in Bloomfield Hills,
has been selected
for inclusion in the
2011 edition of Best
Lawyers in America,
LaKritz
an extensive peer-
reviewed publica-
tion that has been
described by the American Lawyer
as "the most respected referral list of
attorneys in practice'
LaKritz has also been selected as a
Michigan Super Lawyer by U.S. Law
and Politics every year since 2007.
His firm maintains its practice in
Bloomfield Hills and is dedicated to
the representation of victims and
their families in claims and lawsuits
against insurers involving serious
injury or death.
Matthew Adler has
joined Independent
Bank as a senior
mortgage loan offi-
cer at the Troy North
banking office. Adler
will assist customers
with their mortgage
Adler
needs in the coun-
ties of Macomb,
Monroe, Oakland,
St. Clair, Wayne and Washtenaw. He
brings over six years of banking
experience to the position, and he is
certified in both neighborhood and
renovation lending.
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Business & Professional
Sara A. Eber,
formerly of West
Bloomfield, joined
Thompson Coburn
LLP's Chicago office
in January as an
associate in the
business litigation
Eber
group. Eber received
her J.D. cum laude
in May 2009 from
Loyola University Chicago School
of Law, where she was a member of
the Loyola Law Journal and National
Moot Court team.
Thompson Coburn LLP is an
intensely client-focused firm with
a passion for excellence. With more
than 350 attorneys experienced in
virtually all major areas of the law
located in offices in Chicago, St.
Louis, Mo., southern Illinois and
Washington, D.C., the firm serves
clients throughout the United States
and beyond.
Marty A.
Burnstein of West
Bloomfield has
been selected by his
peers for the second
consecutive year
to be included in
the 2011 edition of
Burnstein
the Best Lawyers of
America in the spe-
cialty of construc-
tion law. Best Lawyers is the oldest and
most respected peer review publica-
tion in the legal profession. Burnstein
was also selected by his peers to be
included in DBusiness magazine's most
recent list of top lawyers for Metro
Detroit. Burnstein has almost 40 years
experience as a construction lawyer,
mediator and arbitrator. He has fre-
quently taught, lectured and written in
the area of construction law.
Edward H. Pappas,
a Dickinson Wright
PLLC attorney and
one of the firm's
chairmen, has been
invited to become
a fellow of the
International Society
Pappas
of Barristers, an
honor society of out-
standing trial law-
yers chosen by their peers on the basis
of excellence and integrity in advocacy.
He currently serves on the board of
directors of the Lansing-based Thomas
M. Cooley Law School and in 2009 was
selected as one of the top 25 leaders in
the law by Michigan Lawyers Weekly.
Farmington Hills
attorney Julie I.
Fershtman was
selected as one of
the 2010 women
to watch by Crain's
Detroit Business. She
is being honored
Fershtman
for becoming
president-elect of
the 40,500-member
State Bar of Michigan in 2010.
Fershtman focuses her practice in
the areas of commercial litigation,
insurance disputes and equine law.
Gornbein
The Oakland
• County Board of
Commissioners
announced that
family law attorney
Henry S. Gornbein
has been appointed
to serve as a mem-