Dickinson Wright


Dickinson Wright PLLC, is a law firm based in Detroit, Michigan. With over 475 lawyers across more than 40 practices, Dickinson Wright serves clients from nineteen offices, six of which are in Michigan. In the 2018 NLJ 500, which is based on the number of lawyers at the firm in 2017, the National Law Journal ranked Dickinson Wright 103rd largest in the United States and largest Michigan based firm.

History

Dickinson Wright was founded in 1878 by two young lawyers, Henry Munroe Campbell and Henry Russel.
Members of the firm were involved in drafting the state of Michigan's two constitutions in 1908 and 1963.
The firm began expanding outside of Michigan in 1978 with the opening of the firm's Washington, D.C. office. Since then, the firm has added five additional offices in Michigan. In the late 2000s, the firm added offices in Toronto, Phoenix, and Nashville. In the late 2000s, the firm added offices in Toronto, Phoenix, and Nashville. The firm expanded the Toronto office in 2011, the Phoenix office in 2013, and the Las Vegas office in 2015. The firm opened new offices in Columbus in 2012, Nashville's Music Row in 2014, and Lexington in 2015. Fort Lauderdale and Austin offices were added in 2016. The El Paso office opened in July 2017, and the Silicon Valley office in 2018.
Around the late 1980s and early 1990s, because of the increase in Japanese companies in Metro Detroit, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman hired a Japanese paralegal and two Japanese lawyers. With its new employees it began publishing a Japanese-language newsletter for Japanese clients and began conducting Japanese-language seminars.
The firm adopted its current name, Dickinson Wright PLLC, when it established itself as a professional limited liability company in January 1998.

Practice areas

Dickinson Wright maintains a diverse range of practice areas, including administrative & regulatory, anti-trust & trade regulation, appellate, automotive, automotive litigation, banking & financial services, bankruptcy, business technology, Canadian & U.S. Litigation Differences, construction, corporate, corporate finance, cyber security, data privacy, emerging business, employee benefits, energy & sustainability, environmental, estate planning & administration, family law, gaming, government relations, healthcare, hospitality, immigration, Indian law, insurance, intellectual property, labor & employment, litigation, media, sports & entertainment, mergers & acquisitions, municipal law & finance, patent litigation, private equity, products liability, real estate, schools & education, securities, taxation and transportation.

Offices

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