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Personal injury law
firm Goodman
Acker P.C. has
announced the
addition of Jordan
Acker of Royal Oak
to its team. Acker,
29, the son of firm
Acker
co-founder and
senior partner
Gerald Acker, has returned to
Michigan following more than seven
years in Washington, D.C., where he
worked in various capacities for
President Obama's administration. At
Goodman Acker, he will handle a
personal injury caseload, as well as
assist with the firm's newly added
election and campaign finance law
section.

Maddin, Hauser,
Wartell, Roth &
Heller P.C., a
Southfield-based
multi-specialty law
firm, has named
Harvey R. Heller
as one of three
Heller
managing directors.
Heller is a share-
holder and the chairman of the firm's
Defense and Insurance Coverage
Practice Group. He is also the creator
of the firm's innovative service solu-
tion, Result Focused Case
Management System, which delivers
cost-efficient, results-oriented legal
services, seamlessly.

Robert Labe, a
shareholder with
Williams, Williams,
Rattner & Plunkett
P.C., in
Birmingham, pre-
sented at a national
teleconference on
Labe
"Irrevocable
Trusts," sponsored
by the National Business Institute.
Labe practices in the areas of busi-
ness law, business succession plan-
ning, estate planning, trusts and
estates, and tax law. He is listed in

Michigan Super Lawyers, Leading
Lawyers and Martindale-Hubbell's Bar
Register of Preeminent Lawyers,
receiving a highest proficiency rating
since 1993.

Weiner

Jerry Laevin
Weiner, special
counsel to Vezina
Law PLC in its
Michigan office,
has been selected
and named as one
of the top lawyers
in the nation in

business litigation as announced in
the Super Lawyers—Business Edition.
This honor is an acknowledgment
and recognition by his peers through-
out the country of his individual ded-
ication to and excellence in the prac-
tice of law.

Dbusiness journal
selected Robert
Meisner as 2014
Metro Detroit top
real estate lawyer.
He is the founder of
the Meisner Law
Group; his specialty
Meisner
is Condominium
Law, Real Estate
Law and Commercial Litigation.
Meisner is co-drafter of the Michigan
Condominium Act, a certified media-
tor, a columnist for more than 35
years, a former professor at Cooley
and MSU law schools, and a prolific
lecturer.

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