Plunkett Cooney

Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest law firms, recently named attorneys Joseph M. Ammar and Jeanna M. Weaver as its newest partners.

Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest law firms, was recently named by Fortune magazine and LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell as one of the top law firms in the United States.

Douglas C. Bernstein, a partner at Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest full-service law firms, has been re-elected to a second-consecutive three-year term on the Detroit River Regatta Association (DRRA) Board of Directors.

Senior banking attorney Donald J. Hutchinson recently joined the Banking, Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights Practice Group of Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest law firms.

Plunkett Cooney attorney, Hilary A. Ballentine, was recently named an “Up & Coming Lawyer” by Michigan Lawyers Weekly (MLW), a publication dedicated to covering the state’s legal community.

William D. Booth, a senior partner at Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest law firms, was recently named by an international peer rating service as one of its 2012 “Lawyers of the Year.” A former managing partner of Plunkett Cooney, Booth has been named by Best Lawyers as “Detroit Best Lawyers Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants Lawyer of the Year.”

James J. Murray, a partner in the Petoskey office of Plunkett Cooney and City attorney for the cities of Petoskey and Boyne City, was recently reappointed to the Board of Directors of the Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys (MAMA) and to the Board of the Michigan Municipal League Legal Defense Fund (LDF).

Shokrina R. Beering, the managing partner of the Indianapolis office of Plunkett Cooney, one of the oldest and largest law firms in the Midwest, was recently recognized as one of the Indianapolis Business Journal’s (IBJ) 2011 “Women of Influence.”

After spending approximately four years honing her skills as corporate coverage counsel for a property and casualty insurance company, Maryanne B. Foster recently rejoined Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest law firms, as an insurance coverage attorney.

Devon Battersby Morris, an attorney who focuses her practice in the areas of professional and medical liability, recently joined Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest law firms. As a member of the firm’s Professional Liability Practice Group, Morris defends clients in malpractice actions with an emphasis on claims against attorney and accountant professionals.