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• Rhoades McKee Expands to Hastings and Welcomes Stephanie Fekkes

  April 16, 2019

  Rhoades McKee is pleased to announce an expansion of legal services to Hastings, Barry County and the surrounding communities and welcomes a new shareholder, Stephanie Fekkes. “We look forward to providing comprehensive services to Hastings and the surrounding communities.  Centrally located between Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Kalamazoo, Hastings offers us a unique location to connect […]

• Opus Packaging Acquires Wabash Container

  March 15, 2019

  Rhoades McKee represented Opus Packaging – Wabash, LLC, an affiliate of Opus Packaging Group, Inc., in the acquisition of Wabash Container of Mount Carmel, Illinois.  Founded in 1993, Wabash is a corrugated sheet conversion plant that provides custom packaging in the tristate area offering a large range of manufacturing capabilities for over 25 years.  Wabash […]

• Dunlop and Myott-Beebe Elected as Shareholders

  February 4, 2019

  (February 4, 2019) Rhoades McKee is pleased to announce that Jacob Dunlop and Stephanie Myott-Beebe were recently elected to Shareholder. Jacob Dunlop Dunlop focuses his practice helping entrepreneurs, their businesses and families navigate a broad range of corporate issues including business formation, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, succession planning, credit facilities and real estate matters. […]

• Walson Joins Rhoades McKee as an Associate

  December 13, 2018

  A recent graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, Jacob Walson joins the Business and Corporate Services team assisting business owners with navigating the corporate landscape including but not limited to new entity formation, asset purchase agreements, and resolutions. Serving as a Rhoades McKee Summer Associate in 2017, Walson also brings prior corporate […]

• Ranked as a Grand Rapids Metropolitan Tier 1 Law Firm

  November 2, 2018

  (November 2, 2018) Yesterday, US News Best Lawyers announced “Best Law Firm” rankings. Rhoades McKee ranked as a Metropolitan Tier 1 Law Firm in the following areas: Commercial Litigation Environmental Law Family Law Litigation – Real Estate Mediation Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants According to US News Best Lawyers, “Best […]

• Dunlop Named as 2018 Up and Coming Lawyer

  October 30, 2018

  (October 30, 2018) Michigan Lawyers Weekly has announced that Jacob Dunlop, a Rhoades McKee Associate, has been named to the 2018 Class of Up and Coming Lawyers. According to the publication, the annual list is published after careful consideration of attorneys who in their first ten years of practice go above-and-beyond, display the ambition, drive, […]

• Paul McCarthy Named Local Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation

  October 30, 2018

  (October 30, 2018) Commercial Litigation Attorney Paul McCarthy was named as a 2018 Benchmark Litigation “Local Litigation Star.” Selected through an extensive examination process of litigation specialists in the United States and Canada, McCarthy is among only forty-one other Michigan litigators to be included in this year’s publication. According to the Benchmark Litigation website, the […]

• Nelson will receive 2018 Lion of Bankruptcy Award from The Federal Bar Association

  October 16, 2018

  (October 16, 2018) Rhoades McKee is pleased to announce that Harold Nelson will be honored with the Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Michigan’s Lion of Bankruptcy Award at the State of the Court Luncheon on Friday, October 26. According to the association, the Lion Award recipient has, over a significant period of […]

• Courtade to receive 2018 Hudson Award – State Bar of Michigan’s Highest Honor

  September 6, 2018

  (Sept. 6, 2018) Rhoades McKee is pleased to announce that one of its attorneys, Bruce A. Courtade, will receive the 2018 State Bar of Michigan’s Roberts P. Hudson Award at the Annual Meeting on Wednesday, September 26 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Courtade will share the award with his long-time friend Julie S. Fershtman, an attorney […]

• Ten Attorneys Recognized as Super Lawyers®

  September 1, 2018

  Rhoades McKee attorneys are honored in the annual publication of Michigan Super Lawyers®. According to the website, Super Lawyers® is a rating service that recognizes outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. This selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. […]