Overview
Ken Brooks is a trial lawyer with more than three decades of business and commercial litigation experience. His practice includes representation of companies and executives in complex commercial litigation matters related to business torts, contracts, shareholder and partnership disputes, securities, insurance coverage, real estate, employment, construction, and regulatory matters. Ken has been listed as one of The Best Lawyers in America and a Michigan Super Lawyer since 2007, and he is the only lawyer in the greater Lansing area to be listed in the 2014 Michigan Super Lawyers Top 50 Business Lawyers.
- Regularly practices in the federal and state trial and appellate courts
- Serves as a member of the firm’s Board of Directors and as the Managing Partner for the firm's Lansing office
Services
Practice Areas
Experience
Prior Experience
- Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, PC, Partner, 1996-2004
- Dickinson Wright, Partner, 1985-1995
Academic Appointments
- Michigan State University College of Law, Pretrial I and II, Adjunct Professor, 2007-2011
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Pretrial Litigation, Adjunct Professor, 1998-2001
Credentials
Education
Michigan State University College of Law, J.D.
- cum laude
Central Michigan University, B.A.
Admissions
- Michigan
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Recognition
Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2007-2025
- Recognized in practice area of Commercial Litigation
- Michigan Super Lawyers, 2007-2021
- Recognized as one of the:
- Top 50 Business Super Lawyers, 2014-2016
- Top 100 Super Lawyers
- Recognized as one of the:
- Law Bulletin Media
- Leading Lawyers, Civil Appellate Law, 2017, 2023-2024
- Leading Lawyers, Commercial Litigation, 2017, 2023-2024
- Leading Lawyers, Insurance Coverage Law: Consumer Insureds, 2017, 2023-2024
- Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
Professional & Community Involvement
- State Bar of Michigan
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- Litigation Section
- Business Law Section
- Real Property Law Section
- Ingham County Bar Association
- Ingham County Commercial Mediation Panel