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Prestigious lawyer rating service Super Lawyers has named partners John E. Anding and Stephen R. Drew to the 2011 Michigan Super Lawyers.
Super Lawyers selects lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. |
On March 17, 2011, a federal bankruptcy judge in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan ruled that Huntington National Bank will be required to return to victims up to $73 million the Bank improperly received in connection with a Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Barton Watson through an entity known as Cyberco and its sham affiliate Teleservices. The $100 million Ponzi scheme victimized lenders across the country in a financial fraud involving phony sales of non-existent computer equipment from Teleservices to Cyberco.
Read the press release or the article in the Grand Rapids Press for more information. |
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Drew, Cooper and Anding recovered $775,000 in wrongful death/police misconduct case against a municipality for failure to provide medical attention to an individual that died after being pepper sprayed and detained by police officers. |
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Drew, Cooper & Anding won $7.9 Million by jury verdict in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan in a sexual harassment case against a large corporation after client was subjected to years of sexual harassment and a hostile work environment. |
J. Joseph Rossi joins Drew, Cooper & Anding to build the area’s first practice focused on the representation of Whistleblowers reporting fraud against the federal or state government. The False Claims Act rewards private citizens who sue to recover taxpayers’ money taken through fraud. Joe’s unique experience with the federal government, both as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and a military officer, provides unequaled insight into this area of the law.
Read the announcement for more information. |
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