Butzel Long attorney named Co-Chair, Roundtable Subcommittee of the Section of Litigation’s Woman Advocate Committee
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Robin Luce Herrmann has been named Co-Chair, Roundtable Subcommittee of the Section of Litigation’s Woman Advocate Committee, American Bar Association (ABA).
As Co-Chair, Herrmann will identify speakers as featured presenters for future programs. Butzel Long’s Michigan offices have hosted several of the networking programs.
She also serves as Co-Chair for the Women in Communications Law Committee of the Forum on Communications Law. She is a past member and Vice-Chair of the ABA Law and Media Committee the past Chair of the ABA’s First Amendment and Media Litigation Committee’s Diversity Outreach Subcommittee, and, is active in the Media Law Resource Center.
Herrmann, a Practice Group Leader for one of Butzel Long’s two Business Litigation Groups, concentrates her practice in the areas of media law, particularly defamation and access issues commercial litigation, including Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) non-competes and trade secrets and civil rights. She also is general counsel of the Michigan Press Association.
In addition, Herrmann previously taught Law of the Press in the Journalism Department at Oakland University. She has been a guest speaker on Law of the Press at Wayne State University, Central Michigan University, and Oakland University.
In 2011, she was appointed to the State Bar of Michigan Law and Media Committee.
Herrmann is a 1984 graduate of the University of Michigan and a 1993 graduate of the Detroit College of Law (J.D., cum laude), where she was a Managing Editor of The Law Review.
About Butzel Long
Established in 1854, Butzel Long is a full-service law firm with offices in Detroit, Bloomfield Hills, Lansing and Ann Arbor, Mich. New York, NY and, Washington, D.C., as well as alliance offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Mexico City and Monterrey. The firm is an active member of Lex Mundi, a global association of 160 independent law firms. Visit the Butzel Long website at www.butzel.com.
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