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Dykema Gossett By Teresa Cajot
Dykema Gossett, PLLC is a leading national law firm that serves clients through its offices in Michigan; Illinois; Washington, DC; North Carolina; Texas; and California. Through its management structure and focused industry groups, the firm serves businesses in a range of industries.
Practice areas include business services, environmental,
established offices. Additionally, the firm is a member
gaming and Indian law, intellectual property, health
of the World Services Group, a global association of
care, hospitality, insurance, litigation, labor and
major law and other professional service firms.
employment, and real estate. Industry groups include the Automotive Industry Group, the Energy Industry
The firm proudly provides clients with quality service
Group, and the Financial Industry Group.
through the use of e-billing tools, email, phone systems, e-discovery, document review, and more.
Dykema’s beginnings date back to 1926 when Raymond
Technology is what distinguishes the firm in other areas
K. Dykema, Elroy O. Jones, and Renville Wheat
too. Summer associates are connected to Dykema
established a firm in downtown Detroit. In 2004 the
through the Summer Associate Extranet, allowing
firm joined with Rooks Pitts, a firm that traces its
them to ask questions about the program prior to their
origins to 1897 in Chicago. More recently, in 2008, the
actual arrival. During their time with Dykema, summer
firm merged with the law firm of Schwartz Cooper.
associates are offered the opportunity to assist in the preparation of briefs, pleadings, memoranda, opinion
Today, business entities around the globe rely on
letters, and other documents. Participants are also
Dykema to handle a variety of legal challenges. The
encouraged to work on pro bono assignments, attend
firm boasts an estimated 400 attorneys and other
professional development sessions, and participate in
professionals throughout its 11 US offices. It has
corporate closings, conferences, court hearings, labor
formed alliances with independent firms around the
arbitrations, trials, real estate syndications, real estate
world to better serve clients in areas where it has not
planning, and more.
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