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William Francis Murphy was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist from Michigan. He was a Democrat who was named to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1940 after a political career that included serving as United States Attorney General, 35th Governor of Michigan, and Mayor of Detroit. He also served as the last Governor-General of the Philippines and the first High Commissioner to the Philippines.
Jones Day is an American multinational law firm based in Washington, D.C. As of 2023, it is one of the largest law firms in the United States with 2,302 attorneys, and among the highest grossing in the world with revenues of $2.5 billion. Originally headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Jones Day ranks first in both M&A league tables and the 2017 U.S. Law Firm Brand Index. Jones Day has represented over half of the companies in the Fortune 500, including Goldman Sachs, General Motors, McDonald's, and Bridgestone. The firm has also represented former President Donald Trump.
Homer Samuel Ferguson was an American attorney, professor, judge, United States senator from Michigan, Ambassador to the Philippines, and later a judge on the United States Court of Military Appeals.
Damon Jerome Keith was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Keith died in office at age 96.
Dykema Gossett PLLC, is an American full-service law firm. Founded and headquartered in Detroit, it has offices in various locations around the United States including California, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, Washington, D.C., and Wisconsin. Dykema's largest office is in Chicago but its combined Southeast Michigan offices are collectively larger. As of 2020, it was the 118th largest law firm in the nation.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister, commonly known as "Taft", is an American, AmLaw100 law firm founded in Cincinnati, with offices in Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Delaware, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Detroit, Michigan; Indianapolis, Indiana; Covington, Kentucky; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Phoenix, Arizona; and Washington, DC. Taft has been referred to as Cincinnati's most prestigious law firm.
Levi Thomas Griffin was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Honigman LLP 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.
Alston & Bird LLP is an international law firm with over 800 lawyers in 13 offices throughout the United States, Europe, the UK, and Asia. The firm provides legal services to both domestic and international clients who conduct business worldwide. Alston & Bird has advised companies including Amazon.com, The Coca-Cola Company, Microsoft, Bank of America, Starbucks, Toyota, Dell, UPS, and Nokia. Since 2000, Fortune has ranked the firm in the 100 Best Companies to Work For list. The firm's core practices include intellectual property, complex litigation, corporate and tax, with national industry focusing on energy and sustainability, health care, financial services, and public policy.
Steptoe & Johnson is an international law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, London, Brussels, Beijing, and Hong Kong.
Dickinson Wright PLLC is a law firm based in Detroit, Michigan. With over 475 lawyers across more than 40 practices and industries, Dickinson Wright serves clients from twenty offices, six of which are in Michigan. According to the National Law Journal's 2022 NLJ 500 ranking of firms based on size, Dickinson Wright is ranked 102 in the United States.
Miller Canfield, P.L.C., doing business as Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, is an American law firm based in Detroit, Michigan. In 2014, the firm was ranked 165th largest in the United States in terms of attorney headcount by the National Law Journal. It is an international firm with offices and affiliated locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Poland, Qatar, and Ukraine.
Dinsmore is a large U.S. law firm with a lead administrative office in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is an AmLaw 200 and National Law Journal 250 firm, and has been named to the U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers Best Law Firm lists. The firm consists of more than 750 attorneys practicing in 30 cities throughout California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Washington D.C.
Paul David Borman is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, having been appointed in 1994. Borman was earlier an Assistant United States Attorney, and Special Counsel to the Mayor of Detroit. For 15 years thereafter, he was Chief Federal Defender of the Legal Aid & Defender Association of Detroit from 1979 to 1994. When he was appointed to be a federal judge, he became the first federal defender to be appointed to the federal bench. He was also a Professor and Assistant Dean at Wayne State University Law School, and an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Michigan Law School.
Barbara Lynn McQuade is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2010 to 2017. As part of President Donald Trump's 2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, she stepped down in March 2017. She is a professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School, the author of "Attack from Within" and a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is a U.S. national law firm with 277 attorneys across 17 domestic offices. The firm ranked 169th on The American Lawyer's 2021 Am Law 200 rankings.
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP (DGS) is a law firm with its office in Denver, Colorado. It is the second largest law firm in Colorado.
Kurtis T. Wilder is a former associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, appointed in May 2017 by Gov. Rick Snyder.