In The Spotlight

Bowman and Brooke is pleased to announce its debut in The National Law Journal's annual survey of the biggest U.S. firms by headcount, landing a spot at #221! "The NLJ 250" was published on Monday, March 26th, including short profiles of the 15 firms that entered (or rejoined) the list. The National Law Journal described Bowman and Brooke and its nearly 200 attorneys in the following write-up.

"The firm is one of the lead defense counsels for Toyota Motor Corp. in the sudden-acceleration multidistrict litigation. It's the lead firm in multidistrict litigation against Yamaha Motor Corp. alleging defects of its Rhino all-terrain vehicle and helmet manufacturer Riddell Inc. in the National Football League concussion cases. The caseload prompted the firm to open Austin and Dallas, Texas, offices in February 2011. Other offices are in Columbia, S.C.; Gardena and San Jose, Calif.; Phoenix; Richmond, Va.; and Troy, Mich. In 2011, the firm added 15 partners and had a net gain of eight nonpartner lawyers. "There are a lot of opportunities with our existing clients, our new clients…[and] for partners at other firms," said executive managing partner Paul Cereghini."

Click here to see the full "The NLJ 250" rankings.

Bowman and Brooke has landed the #8 spot on The American Lawyer's 2012 Diversity Scorecard. The scorecard is an annual ranking of large U.S. law firms according to their percentage of minority attorneys and their percentage of minority partners. The American Lawyer notes on their description of the scorecard that "according to [the] latest Diversity Scorecard, 13.6 percent of lawyers at the nation's largest firms in 2011 were minority lawyers, compared to 13.9 percent in 2010."

Larry Mann, Partner in the Detroit office, was quoted saying, "As a litigation firm, diversity is one of our assets. But we view diversity as a process, not a metric." Bowman and Brooke is proud to make the list of over 230 firms nationwide.

For the fourth year in a row, Bowman and Brooke has been recognized by Law360 as Product Liability Group of the Year! The article emphasizes the Firm's extensive trial undertakings over the past year, highlighting the depth of industry experience.  Law360 received more than 550 submissions last November, and a committee of Law360 editors reviewed and selected winners based on significance, size, and number of complex litigation and lawsuits throughout the year.

To read the full Law360 article, click here.