Honigman LLP (commonly referred to as Honigman) is a law firm founded in Detroit with over 350 attorneys in eight offices. The firm ranked 135th on The American Lawyer's 2019 AmLaw 200 rankings of U.S. law firms.[3]
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| Headquarters | Detroit, Michigan United States |
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| No. of offices | 8[1] |
| No. of attorneys | 330+ |
| Major practice areas | General Practice |
| Revenue |  $210,400,000 (2018)[2] |
| Date founded | 1948 |
| Founder | Jason L. Honigman and Milton J. Miller |
| Company type | Limited Liability Partnership |
| Website | www.honigman.com |
History
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In 1948, Detroit-based attorneys Jason L. Honigman and Milton J. Miller founded Honigman, which would grow to become one of the largest law firms in Michigan over the next decades.[4] In 2015, Honigman merged with Chicago-based law firm, Schopf & Weiss to establish its first Illinois office. In 2019, Honigman changed its name from "Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP" to "Honigman LLP."
Offices
editPractice areas
editHonigman's attorneys practice in more than 60 different areas of concentration:[5]
- Advertising and Marketing
- Affordable Housing
- Antitrust and Trade Regulation
- Appellate Advocacy
- Arbitration, Mediation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Asia-Pacific
- Automotive and Manufacturing
- Autonomous Vehicle
- Biotechnology
- Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisors
- Cannabis
- Captive Insurance
- Class Actions
- Commercial Transactions
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Construction Planning
- Corporate
- Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity
- e-Discovery and Information Management
- Economic Development Incentives
- Election and Campaign Finance Laws
- Emerging Companies
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
- Employment Counseling and Strategic Workforce Planning
- Employment Litigation
- Environmental
- Finance
- Financial Institutions
- Government Relations and Regulatory
- Health Care
- Hospitality and Lodging
- Immigration
- Industrial and Office
- Insurance
- Insurance and Reinsurance Recovery
- Insurance Tax
- Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- International Transactions
- Investigations and White Collar Defense
- Israel
- Labor and Employment
- Labor/Management Relations
- Leasing
- Lending and Finance
- Life Sciences
- Life Sciences Intellectual Property Litigation
- Litigation
- Matrimonial and Family Law
- Media and Entertainment
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Multifamily and Manufactured Housing
- Noncompete Agreements and Trade Secrets
- Patent
- Patent Office Trials
- Private Equity
- Private Equity Litigation
- Product Liability
- Public Company, Securities and Governance
- Real Estate
- Restructuring and Insolvency
- Restructuring, Workouts and Loan Sales
- Retail
- Securities and Corporate Governance
- Securities and Corporate Governance Litigation
- State and Local Tax (SALT)
- Sustainability and Renewable Energy
- Tax
- Tax Appeals
- Technology Transactions
- Trademark and Copyright
- Urban Redevelopment
- Venture Capital
- Wage and Hour Matters
- Zoning and Land Use
Notable people
edit- Avern Cohn, senior judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- Jason L. Honigman, founding partner
- Mark A. Goldsmith, judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- Carl Levin, former United States Senator from Michigan[6]
- Milton J. Miller, founding partner
- Raymond Kethledge, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Scott Romney, Republican politician, member of the Romney family
- Richard Zuckerman, former Department of Justice Tax Division Assistant Attorney General[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "After making key hire, Honigman to open 7th office in Grand Rapids". Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "The Global 200, Ranked by Revenue". The American Lawyer. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ ""Honigman Law Firm Profile"". The American Lawyer. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ ""Jason Honigman, 85, Ex-Michigan Lawyer"". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "Organizational Profile of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn". The National Law Review. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ "Former U.S. Sen. Carl Levin joins Detroit law firm". Detroit Free Press. 2015-03-09. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
- ^ Harring, Alex (2021-05-12). "Richard Zuckerman Rejoins Honigman After Working for Department of Justice". DBusiness Magazine. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ "Bill Barr accused of 'derailing' huge DOJ investigation after Trump appointment: report - Raw Story". www.rawstory.com. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
According to the report, lawyers for Caterpillar "met with senior federal officials, including the Justice Department's top tax official, Richard Zuckerman," to complain about the inquiries…