Steven M. Ribiat Elected to Serve Two-Year Term on Butzel Long's Board of Directors

Cite as 3 Litigation Commentary & Rev. 18 (April/May 2010)

Butzel Long has elected the following shareholders to serve a two-year term on the firm's Board of Directors: Justin G. Klimko, Steven M. Ribiat and Jordan S. Schreier.

Other members of the firm's Board of Directors include: Philip J. KEssler, Chairman, Butzel Long; Carey A. DeWitt, J. Michael Huget and James E. Wynne.

Mr. Ribiat is a Vice President and ahreholder based in Butzel Long's Bloomfield Hills office. Mr. Ribiat is the former Business Litigation practice group leader.  Mr. Ribiat has extensive experience representing clients in corporate business litigation, including shareholder and contractual disputes and real estate disputes.  He has substantial experience in securities litigation, including regulatory enforcement actions, and internal corporate investigations and compliance issues.  Mr. Ribiat also represents clients in professional responsibility matters and counsels on matters of ethics.

Mr. Ribiat is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (a national trial lawyer honorary society).  He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan's Professional Ethics Committee (2005 – present), and in March 2006, Mr. Ribiat was appointed to a newly-formed State Bar of Michigan Task Force on Attorney-Client Privilege.  He has been a speaker at seminars on a variety of topics, and is a member of the Federal and Oakland Bar Associations.  He is listed in The Best Lawyers of America for commercial litigation.

Mr. Ribiat is active in several community organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors of Congregation Beth Ahm.

Mr. Ribiat is a graduate of Wayne State University Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1991), Oxford University, Sommerville College (Summer Program 1989), and the University of Michigan (B.A. 1988).

About Butzel Long

Established in 1854, Butzel Long is one of America’s leading law firms. With 220 attorneys, it has offices in Detroit, Bloomfield Hills, Lansing and Ann Arbor, Michigan, New York City, Washington, D.C., Boca Raton and Palm Beach, Florida, as well as Alliance offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Mexico City and Monterrey.  The firm is also a member of the Washington, D.C. law firm, Butzel Long Tighe Patton. 
Butzel Long represents clients from diverse industries on regional, national, and multi-national levels and is a member of Lex Mundi, a global association of 160 independent law firms.  Visit the Butzel Long website at www.butzel.com.