VMC Honors
Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit
Vercruysse Murray & Calzone shareholders, Robert Vercruysse, Gregory Murray, David Calzone, and Daniel Bernard were recently named to the “Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit” in DBusiness magazine. The Top Lawyers List is complied based on the highest ranking available (AV Preeminent) from Martindale-Hubbell Peer-Review Ratings.
According to the magazine, our honored lawyers possess the highest professional ability and ethical standards. To be considered for the AV Preeminent designation, lawyers must have a minimum of three years in practice, be in good standing in both their professional and personal lives, and anonymously review members admitted to the bar.
Also named to the list’s immigration category, with a BV rating, was Dorothy Hanigan Basmaji.
This is the third time in recent months that Vercruysse Murray & Calzone lawyers were honored with peer recognition. In September, six of the law firm’s lawyers, Vercruysse, Murray, Calzone, Basmaji, Debra Auerbach Clephane, and Susan Hartmus Hiser, were named to the 2009 Super Lawyers list, which recognizes outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
Notably, all three of the firm’s founders – Vercruysse, Murray and Calzone – were named to The Top 100 list of lawyers who received the highest points in the 2009 Michigan Super Lawyers nomination, research and blue ribbon process.
Additionally, Vercruysse, Murray, Calzone, Basmaji and Clephane were named to the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America as a result of peer-review surveys. Vercruysse, Murray and Calzone were honored in the Management Labor Lawyers section, while Basmaji and Clephane were honored in the Immigration Law category.
Century Club
Vercruysse Murray & Calzone has been selected by Michigan Lawyers Weekly & the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan as a member of the "Century Club." They are one of the twenty-one law firms honored in 2008 for demonstrating innovative thinking in long-term retention programs for associates that encourage growth within the law firm; flex-time programs that recognize the importance of work/life balance without jeopardizing or compromising momentum for the partnership track; technology-driven offices that allow associates and partners to work as efficiently outside as inside the building; and recruitment programs that encourage the best and brightest from Michigan law schools to stay and practice law in Michigan.
Chambers USA
Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2009 has named Vercruysse Murray & Calzone as a Leading Firm in Labor & Employment in Michigan. The firm has received this honor annually since 2003.
Women's Bar Association
The Women's Bar Association, Oakland County Region of Women Lawyers Association of Michigan recognized Vercruysse Murray & Calzone for its outstanding contributions to the advancement of law firm work-life balance in 2003.