Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that James Plemmons has been elected as a Fellow of Litigation Counsel of America.
The Litigation Counsel of America is an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society. Membership is limited to 3,500 Fellows, representing less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Litigation Counsel of America recognizes deserving, experienced, and highly qualified lawyers and provides them with an outlet for scholarly authorship of legal articles on trial and litigation, additional sources for professional development, promote superior advocacy and ethical standards in the practice of law, assist in community involvement, and to advance a superior judiciary by taking relevant positions on issues affecting the legal profession.
Mr. Plemmons has been a trusted advisor and counsel to numerous automotive OEMs and suppliers for many years in supply chain, troubled supplier, bankruptcy, and other commercial matters. He has an in-depth knowledge of the automotive industry and is a former chair of Dickinson Wright’s Automotive Industry Team. He has represented numerous insurance companies with regard to workout, foreclosure and bankruptcy matters and has been counsel to numerous secured lenders, unsecured lenders, bankruptcy trustees, debtors, shareholders, and investor groups in all nature of bankruptcy, restructuring, and workout proceedings, including corporate and individual reorganization and liquidation proceedings. Mr. Plemmons is a current member of Dickinson Wright’s Management Group.
Mr. Plemmons is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the Tennessee Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association for the Eastern District of Michigan, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the Federal Bar Association (Tennessee). He is recognized as a leader in his field by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, Michigan Super Lawyers, and DBusiness Top Lawyers. Mr. Plemmons received his B.A. from Michigan State University and his J.D. from American University’s Washington College of Law.
About Dickinson Wright PLLC
Dickinson Wright PLLC is a general practice business law firm with more than 475 attorneys among more than 40 practice areas and 16 industry groups. Headquartered in Detroit and founded in 1878, the firm has 18 offices, including six in Michigan (Detroit, Troy, Ann Arbor, Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Saginaw) and 11 other domestic offices in Austin and El Paso, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Lexington, Ky.; Nashville, Tenn.; Las Vegas and Reno, Nev.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Silicon Valley, Calif.; and Washington, D.C. The firm’s Canadian office is located in Toronto.
Dickinson Wright offers our clients a distinctive combination of superb client service, exceptional quality, value for fees, industry expertise and business acumen. As one of the few law firms with ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification, Dickinson Wright has built state-of-the-art, independently-verified risk management controls and security processes for our commercial transactions. Dickinson Wright lawyers are known for delivering commercially-oriented advice on sophisticated transactions and have a remarkable record of wins in high-stakes litigation. Dickinson Wright lawyers are regularly cited for their expertise and experience by Chambers, Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and other leading independent law firm evaluating organizations.